Vivienne Shark LeWitt: Sine Proprio
7 September—10 December 2023
Vivienne Shark LeWitt, Plantula, 2014, water paint and gold leaf on linen, 46 x 46 cm. Courtesy of the artist and Anna Schwartz Gallery.
Vivienne Shark LeWitt, The Wind Bloweth Where it Listeth, 2020, water based paint on Hessian. Courtesy of the artist and Anna Schwartz Gallery.
Vivienne Shark LeWitt
Sine Proprio (without property)
The wind blows where it will – over grassland, through tree branches, open windows, bringing the unbidden, the unplanned for. Air and light fill the open. Rich means support poor means. The solid frames the empty, the missing, the poor, the holy. What can and can't be seen, what is and isn’t there, are found to be much the same.
These works are part of Vivienne Shark LeWitt’s recent study into religious poverty and poverty of spirit in relation to art practice. 'Sine proprio' refers to the Franciscan form of life without ownership.
Vivienne Shark LeWitt
Born 1956, Sale, Victoria Australia. Lives and works in Daylesford. Vivienne Shark LeWitt is represented by Anna Schwartz Gallery, Melbourne.
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