Jo Barrett 07

Generation
23rd October - 3rd November, 2007

Smooth, naked desolation. Absence as ominous and peaceful as loss.

Jo Barrett’s landscapes are like an emotive step into the past through deep muted tones and textural layers of heartfelt testament to the disruptive birth of modern Aotearoa.

Warm, earthy, tactile paint, carved into textural strips denoting lineage and smoothed into mottled depths representing colonisation; Barrett’s unique paintings are strongly nostalgic & familiar, ancient & ominous.