Petalia Humphreys
EPLC deconstructed | 2025 | low sheen interior/exterior acrylic (Almost Smitten, Mint Pea and Quarter Pearl Lustre) on plywood | two pieces: 30 x 50 x 20cm / 20 x 20 x 20cm
Local Contemporary Art Prize 2026 – Finalist
Image courtesy of the artist.
Petalia Humphreys | EPLC deconstructed | 2025 | low sheen interior/exterior acrylic (Almost Smitten, Mint Pea and Quarter Pearl Lustre) on plywood | two pieces: 30 x 50 x 20cm / 20 x 20 x 20cm
Study for EPLC deconstructed is the deconstruction of a single cube work, revealed in two separate potentially interlocking pieces. My three-dimensional paintings may appear upon first impressions as a rendering of modernist abstraction, presented to us in delicious candy-coloured hues. However, upon further inspection they reveal to the viewer a series of illusory puzzles. The cube has been cut open, dissected, revealing a cross section of form.
As active objects they invite the ambulatory viewer to engage in a playful discovery where multiple compositions shift in an out of view, collapsing perspective and perception. Our awareness and experience of space is heightened as we move around the modular forms.