Oil crayon on paper | 2021
The work of Australia-based Gene A’hern (b.1993) expresses an autobiographical conversation between previous meditations and present impulses. This interaction, which originates from organic symbolism found throughout his sketchbook, evolves in layers that inform each other in a movement dependent on the present tense. While his art is influenced by the spiritual meditation that inspires many of the motifs used throughout his work, he actualizes these symbols in his paintings through a process of disinhibited, childlike automation. Untitled conveys his signature approach to assembling color, form and gesture.
