West Gallery Thebarton opens for a one-off exhibition for SALA 2024

INEXPLICABLE YEARNING
Mark Thomson, Margie Sheppard, Samone Turnbull

25 July - 25 August 2024

Opening night: 6-8pm Thursday 25 July
Artist talk: 2pm Saturday 10 August

For most of us, to yearn is to experience a rather undefinable magnetic pull towards an idea, a pattern, a colour, a shape, a sensation, a phrase or a combination of all of those things.

Behind this mildly turbulent, yet oddly pleasurable, sensation is an admission that you may not reach the destination that this yearning points towards but at least you were venturing into interesting territory.

Inexplicable yearning could well be the kind of fire-in-the belly force that keeps many artists working. Even if they don’t know why they keep going, or if those nagging questions are answered or the solutions we are searching for will actually materialise. And there’s always a nagging possibility of realising something new and unique that was previously just out of our grasp.

Such yearning, and the action it prompts, can be an unstoppable force.

Inevitably, it’s only in time that we find out if all this yearning leads to an arrival or realisation of some kind. Which brings us to West Gallery Thebarton for SALA 2024…

Please note: the gallery will only be open between 25 July to 25 August 2024
11am-5pm Thursday to Saturday & 1-5pm Sunday

Stair access only