Lara Merrett: High Stakes
Lara Merrett
High Stakes
Outdoor studio: April 29 – May 10
Exhibition: July 26 – January 18
Sydney-based artist Lara Merrett presents High Stakes: a newly commissioned project in two parts. First, a temporary outdoor studio will inhabit the grounds in front of the UQ Art Museum. Over ten days the artist hosted the UQ student community to make visible the practice of painting for the public. This will culminate in a large installation inside the Art Museum. Audiences can make physical contact with the paintings, altering assumptions about what painting can be, and how we can engage with it.
Lara Merrett lives and works in Sydney. She studied painting at the Círculo de Bellas Artes in Madrid, Spain (1993) before completing a Bachelor of Fine Arts (1996) and a Master of Arts (Painting) (1997) at the College of Fine Arts, University of New South Wales. In February 2019, Merrett will curate and exhibit in Things we do together as part of ARTBAR, Museum of Contemporary Art Australia, Sydney. Recent solo exhibitions include: Lady luck, Tristian Koenig, Melbourne (2018); High-rise, COMA Gallery, Sydney (2018); and Paint me in, Bella Room, MCA, Sydney (2018).
Lara Merrett
High Stakes 2019
Painted drop cloths and bamboo
Variable dimensions
Reproduced of the artist.
Installation view, UQ Art Museum.
Photo: Carl Warner