ESTHER STEWART
Zip, Step, Site
21 August – 18 September 2021
STATION | MELBOURNE
Zip, Step, Site presents three significant works composed of many interconnected parts that together establish a collective language. This material assemblage of sorts explores notions of the multitude as an accumulative mode of production as opposed to singular. Stewart’s modular configurations propose a layering of histories and ideas not dissimilar to that which occurs in architectural spaces through the passing of time. Her multifaceted paintings contemplate what it means to build upon rather than build again.
In what she describes as a process of ‘architectural sampling’, Stewart draws from her own memory and collected imagery of building facades, architectural plans, domestic interiors, textile patterns, awnings and 1970/80s ceramic tile advertisements. She further abstracts her source material through the repetitious application of painted coloured grids and patterns that dissect her architectural compositions and generate non-linear narratives of space and time.
Zip, Step, Site presents fictional yet familiar architectural landscapes that gesture to the ever-present possibility of change and transformation within contemporary society.
Esther Stewart
Zip, Step, Site 2021
installation view
Esther Stewart
Zip, Step, Site 2021
installation view
Esther Stewart
Zip, Step, Site 2021
installation view
Esther Stewart
Zip, Step, Site 2021
installation view
Esther Stewart
Zip, Step, Site 2021
installation view
Esther Stewart
Module 1 2021
acrylic on aluminium, aluminium frames
overall: 221.0 × 303.0 cm, framed
Esther Stewart
Restrict flexibility 2021
acrylic on aluminium, aluminium frames
221.0 × 151.5 cm, framed
Esther Stewart
The evolving house 2021
acrylic on aluminium, aluminium frame
221.0 × 151.5 cm, framed
Esther Stewart
Module 2 2021
acrylic on aluminium, aluminium frames
overall: 222.0 × 163.0 cm, framed
Esther Stewart
Taken as a whole 2021
acrylic on aluminium, aluminium frame
111.0 × 81.5 cm, framed
Esther Stewart
The moral of the fable 2021
acrylic on aluminium, aluminium frame
111.0 × 81.5 cm, framed
Esther Stewart
Out of step 2021
acrylic on aluminium, aluminium frame
111.0 × 81.5 cm, framed
Esther Stewart
Refoundation 2021
acrylic on aluminium, aluminium frame
111.0 × 81.5 cm, framed
Esther Stewart
Module 3 2021
acrylic on aluminium, aluminium frames
overall: 221.0 × 363.0 cm, framed
Esther Stewart
Freely from one mode to another 2021
acrylic on aluminium, aluminium frame
181.5 × 150.5 cm, framed
Esther Stewart
The era has come to an end 2021
acrylic on aluminium, aluminium frame
181.5 × 150.5 cm, framed
Esther Stewart
Installed in a hallway 2021
acrylic on aluminium, aluminium frame
90.5 × 70.5 cm, framed
Esther Stewart
Serve it on a platter 2021
acrylic on aluminium, aluminium frame
90.5 × 70.5 cm, framed
Esther Stewart
Turned out 2021
acrylic on aluminium, aluminium frame
90.5 × 70.5 cm, framed
Esther Stewart
The tolerance demanded 2021
acrylic on aluminium, aluminium frame
90.5 × 70.5 cm, framed