![Geometric abstract shapes using faint pastels in colour dark to light](/sites/default/files/2021-04/0.%20Light%20Gestures%20banner%20-%201200%20x%20480%20px.jpg)
Image credit: Samara Adamson-Pinczewski, detail from 'Around the Corner 2', 2019, acrylic and iridescent acrylic on ABS resin (SLA), 40 x 15 x 38.5cm, private collection, Melbourne. Image courtesy of the artist and Charles Nodrum Gallery.
Samara Adamson-Pinczewski’s practice focuses on the relationship between geometric abstract art, architecture and urban space. Her boldly coloured paintings, constructions, sculptures, drawings and studio-based installations explore ambiguous spatial readings created through the use of reflective materials, fragmented abstract forms and oblique linear structures.
This exhibition celebrates Adamson-Pinczewski’s sinuous compositions that encourage the viewer to walk in circles around the works, to figure out their geometry and catch their colour shifts. Illustrating the artist’s mastery of paint technology and colour theory, ‘Light Gestures: Samara Adamson-Pinczewski’ features works from her 20-year career alongside new paintings and sculptures commissioned by the Town Hall Gallery.
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Works by the artist
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![Abstact dark and light shapes. Like a thin 3d block or building int the distance.](/sites/default/files/styles/council_photo_gallery_small/public/2021-04/1.%20Samara%20Adamson-Pinczewski%20-%20%20Red%20Stripe%20-1200%20x%20675%20px.png?h=c74750f6&itok=lUxYCccB)
![Abstract red and blue acrylic, iridescent, fluorescent](/sites/default/files/styles/council_photo_gallery_small/public/2021-04/3.%20Samara%20Adamson-Pinczewski%20-%20Kink%20-1200%20x%20675%20px.png?h=c74750f6&itok=fsAx0etn)
![Abstract fluorescent acrylic orange and iridescent white acrylic shapes. Like snow capped mountains in the distance.](/sites/default/files/styles/council_photo_gallery_small/public/2021-04/4.%20Samara%20Adamson-Pinczewski%20-%20Around%20the%20Corner%206%20-1200%20x%20675%20px.png?h=c74750f6&itok=ShjJX2E_)
![Abstract in traditional colours like a coat of arms unconstructed. Acrylic and oil on cardboard](/sites/default/files/styles/council_photo_gallery_small/public/2021-04/5.%20Samara%20Adamson-Pinczewski%20-%20Two%20Female%20Forms%202%20-%201200%20x%20675%20px.png?h=c74750f6&itok=EEQU8EZq)
![Abstract blues tones a circle with wavy geometric shapes within](/sites/default/files/styles/council_photo_gallery_small/public/2021-04/6.%20Samara%20Adamson-Pinczewski%20-%20Curved%20Gravity%202%20-1200%20x%20675%20px.png?h=c74750f6&itok=MrcAIvHK)
![Square frame with blue black background and pale yellow shape inside. Looks like three layers of origami.](/sites/default/files/styles/council_photo_gallery_small/public/2021-04/7.%20Samara%20Adamson-Pinczewski%20-%20Unanchored%20-1200%20x%20675%20px.png?h=c74750f6&itok=oWkt7_IJ)
![Abstact dark and light shapes. Thick 3d triangle blocks balancing together.](/sites/default/files/styles/council_photo_gallery_small/public/2021-04/8.%20Samara%20Adamson-Pinczewski%20-%20Around%20the%20Corner%202-1200%20x%20675%20px.png?h=c74750f6&itok=b0RTSekT)
![Abstract triangles in blue, white and purple in a rectangular frame](/sites/default/files/styles/council_photo_gallery_small/public/2021-04/9.%20Samara%20Adamson-Pinczewski%20-%20Mercurial%20-%201200%20x%20675%20px.png?h=c74750f6&itok=UN2po0CW)
![Abstract square white background with diamond shape with geometric blue pink and navy shapes.](/sites/default/files/styles/council_photo_gallery_small/public/2021-04/10.%20Samara%20Adamson-Pinczewski%20-%20Pivot%20-%201200%20x%20675%20px.png?h=c74750f6&itok=90SPL73n)
![Abstract rectangle portrait view. Blue background with geometric black white and grey. Looks almost like a close up modern building.](/sites/default/files/styles/council_photo_gallery_small/public/2021-04/11.%20Samara%20Adamson-Pinczewski%20-%20Surface%20Slope%20-1200%20x%20675%20px.png?h=c74750f6&itok=JWKHDfYv)
![Abstract rectangle portrait view. Dark grey blue geometric ladder or crisscross.](/sites/default/files/styles/council_photo_gallery_small/public/2021-04/12.%20Samara%20Adamson-Pinczewski%20-%20Blue%20Corner%202%20-1200%20x%20675%20px.png?h=c74750f6&itok=G0AoGU0P)
![Abstract white rectangle landscape view with 5 diamond shapes with geometric colours inside](/sites/default/files/styles/council_photo_gallery_small/public/2021-04/13.%20Samara%20Adamson-Pinczewski%20-%20Torque%206-10%20%28Black%20Diamonds%29%20-1200%20x%20675%20px.png?h=c74750f6&itok=Lk-rlPG1)
![Abstract large triangle shapes with contracting colours inside. Chequered blue white squares and white and red. Also rust and black.](/sites/default/files/styles/council_photo_gallery_small/public/2021-04/14.%20Samara%20Adamson-Pinczewski%20-%20Metallic%20Reflective%203%20-%201200%20x%20675%20px.png?h=c74750f6&itok=8sGx5q2c)
![Abstract square black corners red grey black geometric shapes. Almost like looking up at a giant 3d letter T in the sky](/sites/default/files/styles/council_photo_gallery_small/public/2021-04/16.%20Samara%20Adamson-Pinczewski%20-%20Topsy-Turvy%20-1200%20x%20675%20px.png?h=c74750f6&itok=RPDVSwvP)
![Abstract 6 thin panels separated by thin white lines. Within multicoloured shapes and tones in geometric random styles.](/sites/default/files/styles/council_photo_gallery_small/public/2021-04/17.%20Samara%20Adamson-Pinczewski%20-%20New%20Order%20-%201200%20x%20675%20px.png?h=c74750f6&itok=m7_GfJZG)
![Abstract rectangle landscape view. With mirror image geometric pattern in white navy and blue. This forms a central cross in the middle.](/sites/default/files/styles/council_photo_gallery_small/public/2021-04/18.%20Samara%20Adamson-Pinczewski%20-%20Sway%20-1200%20x%20675%20px.png?h=c74750f6&itok=V9GwOD5E)
![Abstract rectangle in white. With yellow centre. And blue, white and red outline. Looks like origami.](/sites/default/files/styles/council_photo_gallery_small/public/2021-04/19.%20Samara%20Adamson-Pinczewski%20-%20Tenterhooks%20-1200%20x%20675%20px.png?h=c74750f6&itok=ZPKDnNej)
![Abstract square. Big bold colours and shapes. Hot pink top. Dark bottom Orange, green sloped triangles. Almost like an extreme close up of diamond pattern.](/sites/default/files/styles/council_photo_gallery_small/public/2021-04/20.%20Samara%20Adamson-Pinczewski%20-%20Lucent-%201200%20x%20675%20px.png?h=c74750f6&itok=kqGAvQen)
Exhibition photography
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![Portrait of artist Samara Adamson-Pinczewski in front of one of her abstract geometric paintings.](/sites/default/files/styles/council_photo_gallery_small/public/2021-05/7.%20Portrait%20of%20artist%20Samara%20Adamson-Pinczewski%20at%20Town%20Hall%20Gallery%2C%20April%202021.%20Photograph%20by%20ImagePlay..jpg?h=c74750f6&itok=BF56tKwS)
![Installation view of 'Light Gestures' at Town Hall Gallery. Abstract geometric painting on the wall. Square canvas with pillar-like shapes.](/sites/default/files/styles/council_photo_gallery_small/public/2021-05/16.%20Installation%20view%20of%20%E2%80%98Light%20Gestures%20Samara%20Adamson-Pinczewski%E2%80%99%2C%20Town%20Hall%20Gallery%2C%20April%202021.jpg?h=c74750f6&itok=gxHdViQU)
![Installation view of 'Light Gestures' at Town Hall Gallery. Abstract geometric painting on the wall that are reminiscent of buildings or structures. Abstract sculptures on a table, made up of large flat surfaces and lots of angles.](/sites/default/files/styles/council_photo_gallery_small/public/2021-05/17.Installation%20view%20of%20%E2%80%98Light%20Gestures%20Samara%20Adamson-Pinczewski%E2%80%99%2C%20Town%20Hall%20Gallery%2C%20April%202021.jpg?h=c74750f6&itok=bACgLSHZ)
![Installation view of 'Light Gestures' at Town Hall Gallery. Abstract geometric painting on the wall that are reminiscent of buildings or structures. Abstract sculptures on a table, made up of large flat surfaces and lots of angles.](/sites/default/files/styles/council_photo_gallery_small/public/2021-05/18.Installation%20view%20of%20%E2%80%98Light%20Gestures%20Samara%20Adamson-Pinczewski%E2%80%99%2C%20Town%20Hall%20Gallery%2C%20April%202021.jpg?h=c74750f6&itok=fybQqPBi)
![Installation view of 'Light Gestures' at Town Hall Gallery. Abstract geometric painting on the wall that are reminiscent of buildings or structures. Abstract sculptures on a table, made up of large flat surfaces and lots of angles.](/sites/default/files/styles/council_photo_gallery_small/public/2021-05/19.Installation%20view%20of%20%E2%80%98Light%20Gestures%20Samara%20Adamson-Pinczewski%E2%80%99%2C%20Town%20Hall%20Gallery%2C%20April%202021.jpg?h=c74750f6&itok=O0p3pSQO)
![Installation view of 'Light Gestures' at Town Hall Gallery. Abstract geometric painting on the wall. Abstract sculptures on a table, made up of large flat surfaces and lots of angles.](/sites/default/files/styles/council_photo_gallery_small/public/2021-05/20.Installation%20view%20of%20%E2%80%98Light%20Gestures%20Samara%20Adamson-Pinczewski%E2%80%99%2C%20Town%20Hall%20Gallery%2C%20April%202021.jpg?h=c74750f6&itok=LvZ4-Q9b)
![Installation view of 'Light Gestures' at Town Hall Gallery. Abstract geometric painting on the wall that are reminiscent of buildings or structures.](/sites/default/files/styles/council_photo_gallery_small/public/2021-05/21.Installation%20view%20of%20%E2%80%98Light%20Gestures%20Samara%20Adamson-Pinczewski%E2%80%99%2C%20Town%20Hall%20Gallery%2C%20April%202021.jpg?h=c74750f6&itok=H-gzeEZo)
![Installation view of 'Light Gestures' at Town Hall Gallery. Abstract geometric painting on the wall that are reminiscent of buildings or structures. Abstract sculptures on a table, made up of large flat surfaces and lots of angles.](/sites/default/files/styles/council_photo_gallery_small/public/2021-05/22.Installation%20view%20of%20%E2%80%98Light%20Gestures%20Samara%20Adamson-Pinczewski%E2%80%99%2C%20Town%20Hall%20Gallery%2C%20April%202021.jpg?h=c74750f6&itok=0vZeilcP)
![Installation view of 'Light Gestures' at Town Hall Gallery. Abstract geometric painting on the wall that are reminiscent of buildings or structures. Abstract sculptures on a table, made up of large flat surfaces and lots of angles.](/sites/default/files/styles/council_photo_gallery_small/public/2021-05/23.Installation%20view%20of%20%E2%80%98Light%20Gestures%20Samara%20Adamson-Pinczewski%E2%80%99%2C%20Town%20Hall%20Gallery%2C%20April%202021.jpg?h=c74750f6&itok=DYS9vai9)
![Installation view of 'Light Gestures' at Town Hall Gallery. Abstract geometric painting on the walls.](/sites/default/files/styles/council_photo_gallery_small/public/2021-05/24.Installation%20view%20of%20%E2%80%98Light%20Gestures%20Samara%20Adamson-Pinczewski%E2%80%99%2C%20Town%20Hall%20Gallery%2C%20April%202021.jpg?h=c74750f6&itok=bNUYqjY1)
![Installation view of 'Light Gestures' at Town Hall Gallery. Abstract geometric painting on the walls.](/sites/default/files/styles/council_photo_gallery_small/public/2021-05/25.Installation%20view%20of%20%E2%80%98Light%20Gestures%20Samara%20Adamson-Pinczewski%E2%80%99%2C%20Town%20Hall%20Gallery%2C%20April%202021.jpg?h=c74750f6&itok=nzlerrV2)
![Installation view of 'Light Gestures' at Town Hall Gallery. Abstract geometric painting on the wall.](/sites/default/files/styles/council_photo_gallery_small/public/2021-05/26.Installation%20view%20of%20%E2%80%98Light%20Gestures%20Samara%20Adamson-Pinczewski%E2%80%99%2C%20Town%20Hall%20Gallery%2C%20April%202021.jpg?h=c74750f6&itok=4L2lywFT)
![Installation view of 'Light Gestures' at Town Hall Gallery. Abstract geometric paintings on the walls.](/sites/default/files/styles/council_photo_gallery_small/public/2021-05/27.Installation%20view%20of%20%E2%80%98Light%20Gestures%20Samara%20Adamson-Pinczewski%E2%80%99%2C%20Town%20Hall%20Gallery%2C%20April%202021.jpg?h=c74750f6&itok=p9836euj)
![Installation view of 'Light Gestures' at Town Hall Gallery. Abstract geometric paintings on the walls.](/sites/default/files/styles/council_photo_gallery_small/public/2021-05/28.Installation%20view%20of%20%E2%80%98Light%20Gestures%20Samara%20Adamson-Pinczewski%E2%80%99%2C%20Town%20Hall%20Gallery%2C%20April%202021.jpg?h=c74750f6&itok=sAcLi-bs)
![Detail of painting in 'Light Gestures: Samara Adamson- Pinczewski'. Painting has sharp lines and angles.](/sites/default/files/styles/council_photo_gallery_small/public/2021-05/29.Installation%20view%20of%20%E2%80%98Light%20Gestures%20Samara%20Adamson-Pinczewski%E2%80%99%2C%20Town%20Hall%20Gallery%2C%20April%202021_0.jpg?h=c74750f6&itok=n4ImrVP3)
![Detail of painting in 'Light Gestures: Samara Adamson- Pinczewski'. Made up of multiple small square canvas' turned to stand on their points. Painting has sharp lines and angles zig-zagging across the canvas's.](/sites/default/files/styles/council_photo_gallery_small/public/2021-05/30.Installation%20view%20of%20%E2%80%98Light%20Gestures%20Samara%20Adamson-Pinczewski%E2%80%99%2C%20Town%20Hall%20Gallery%2C%20April%202021.jpg?h=c74750f6&itok=0LbNwK5G)
![Installation view of 'Light Gestures' at Town Hall Gallery. Abstract geometric painting on the wall that are reminiscent of scrunched paper. Abstract sculptures on a table, made up of large flat surfaces and lots of angles.](/sites/default/files/styles/council_photo_gallery_small/public/2021-05/31.Installation%20view%20of%20%E2%80%98Light%20Gestures%20Samara%20Adamson-Pinczewski%E2%80%99%2C%20Town%20Hall%20Gallery%2C%20April%202021.jpg?h=c74750f6&itok=IcIs_4J3)
![Installation view of 'Light Gestures' at Town Hall Gallery. Abstract geometric paintings on the wall made from cut out shapes. Abstract sculptures on a table, made up of large flat surfaces and lots of angles.](/sites/default/files/styles/council_photo_gallery_small/public/2021-05/32.Installation%20view%20of%20%E2%80%98Light%20Gestures%20Samara%20Adamson-Pinczewski%E2%80%99%2C%20Town%20Hall%20Gallery%2C%20April%202021.jpg?h=c74750f6&itok=k7UvzF7e)
![Installation view of 'Light Gestures' at Town Hall Gallery. Abstract geometric paintings on the wall. Abstract sculpture on a table, made up of large flat surfaces and lots of angles.](/sites/default/files/styles/council_photo_gallery_small/public/2021-05/33.Installation%20view%20of%20%E2%80%98Light%20Gestures%20Samara%20Adamson-Pinczewski%E2%80%99%2C%20Town%20Hall%20Gallery%2C%20April%202021.jpg?h=c74750f6&itok=ynmHtp6c)
![Detail of painting in 'Light Gestures: Samara Adamson- Pinczewski'. Painting has sharp lines and angles.](/sites/default/files/styles/council_photo_gallery_small/public/2021-05/34.Installation%20view%20of%20%E2%80%98Light%20Gestures%20Samara%20Adamson-Pinczewski%E2%80%99%2C%20Town%20Hall%20Gallery%2C%20April%202021.jpg?h=c74750f6&itok=PjwgGfeq)