Light Gestures: Samara Adamson-Pinczewski – online exhibition

Geometric abstract shapes using faint pastels in colour dark to light

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.

Samara Adamson-Pinczewski, ‘Red Stripe’, (2012), acrylic on canvas, 183 x 183cm, collection of the Honourable Paul Guest OAM QC, image courtesy of the artist and Charles Nodrum Gallery. Photograph by Viki Petherbridge.

Abstract red and blue acrylic, iridescent, fluorescent

Samara Adamson-Pinczewski, ‘Kink’, (2020), acrylic, iridescent acrylic, fluorescent acrylic and Topcoat with UVLS, 183 x 137cm, collection of Gideon Kline, image courtesy of the artist and Charles Nodrum Gallery. Photograph by Gavin Hansford.

Abstract fluorescent acrylic orange and iridescent white acrylic shapes. Like snow capped mountains in the distance.

Samara Adamson-Pinczewski, ‘Around the Corner 6’, (2020), acrylic, iridescent acrylic and fluorescent acrylic and UV Topcoat on ABS resin (SLA), 40 x 75 x 40cm, private collection, image courtesy of the artist and Charles Nodrum Gallery. Photograph by Gavin Hansford.

Abstract in traditional colours like a coat of arms unconstructed. Acrylic and oil on cardboard

Samara Adamson-Pinczewski, ‘Two Female Forms 2’, (1998), acrylic and oil on cardboard, 120 x 150cm, private collection, image courtesy of the artist and Charles Nodrum Gallery. Photograph by Viki Petherbridge.

Abstract blues tones a circle with wavy geometric shapes within

Samara Adamson-Pinczewski, ‘Curved Gravity 2’, (2020), acrylic, iridescent acrylic, fluorescent acrylic and Topcoat with UVLS on wood Diameter 90cm, collection of Tim Millar, image courtesy of the artist and Charles Nodrum Gallery. Photograph by Gavin Hansford.

Square frame with blue black background and pale yellow shape inside. Looks like three layers of origami.

Samara Adamson-Pinczewski, ‘Unanchored’, (2015), acrylic and iridescent acrylic on canvas, 102 x 102cm, collection of the artist, image courtesy of the artist and Charles Nodrum Gallery. Photograph by Gavin Hansford.

Abstact dark and light shapes. Thick 3d triangle blocks balancing together.

Samara Adamson-Pinczewski, ‘Around the Corner 2’, (2019), acrylic and iridescent acrylic on ABS resin (SLA), 40 x 15 x 38.5cm, private collection, image courtesy of the artist and Charles Nodrum Gallery. Photograph by Gavin Hansford.

Abstract triangles in blue, white and purple in a rectangular frame

Samara Adamson-Pinczewski, ‘Mercurial’, (2018), acrylic, iridescent acrylic, fluorescent acrylic, phosphorescent acrylic and Topcoat with UVLS on wood, 113.6 x 155.9 x 5.6cm, unfixed orientation, collection of the artist, image courtesy of the artist and Charles Nodrum Gallery. Photograph by Gavin Hansford.

Abstract square white background with diamond shape with geometric blue pink and navy shapes.

Samara Adamson-Pinczewski, ‘Pivot’, (2016), acrylic and iridescent acrylic on canvas, diagonal 259 x 259cm, collection of the artist, image courtesy of the artist and Charles Nodrum Gallery. Photograph by Gavin Hansford.

Abstract rectangle portrait view. Blue background with geometric black white and grey. Looks almost like a close up modern building.

Samara Adamson-Pinczewski, ‘Surface Slope’, (2014), acrylic on canvas, 183 x 137cm, collection of Patrick Barry, image courtesy of the artist and Charles Nodrum Gallery. Photograph by Viki Petherbridge.

Abstract rectangle portrait view. Dark grey blue geometric ladder or crisscross.

Samara Adamson-Pinczewski, ‘Blue Corner 2’, (2014), acrylic on wood panel, 30 x 25cm, collection of the artist, image courtesy of the artist and Charles Nodrum Gallery. Photograph by Viki Petherbridge.

Abstract white rectangle landscape view with 5 diamond shapes with geometric colours inside

Samara Adamson-Pinczewski, ‘Torque 6-10 (Black Diamonds)’, (2017), acrylic and iridescent acrylic on wood panel, installation 112 x 280cm, 56 x 56cm each panel, collection of the artist, image courtesy of the artist and Charles Nodrum Gallery. Photograph by Gavin Hansford.

Abstract large triangle shapes with contracting colours inside. Chequered blue white squares and white and red. Also rust and black.

Samara Adamson-Pinczewski, ‘Metallic Reflective 3’, (2009), oil, impasto and acrylic on aluminium sheeting, 46 x 32.5cm (10 panels), unfixed orientation, collection of the artist, image courtesy of the artist and Charles Nodrum Gallery. Photograph by Viki Petherbridge.

Abstract square black corners red grey black geometric shapes. Almost like looking up at a giant 3d letter T in the sky

Samara Adamson-Pinczewski, ‘Topsy-Turvy’, (2012), acrylic on canvas, 183 x 183cm, collection of Bendigo Art Gallery, promised gift of the Honourable Paul Guest OAM QC, image courtesy of the artist and Charles Nodrum Gallery. Photograph by Viki Petherbridge.

Abstract 6 thin panels separated by thin white lines. Within multicoloured shapes and tones in geometric random styles.

Samara Adamson-Pinczewski, ‘New Order’, (2003), oil on canvas, 130 x 270cm (6 panels), collection of the artist, image courtesy of the artist and Charles Nodrum Gallery. Photograph by Viki Petherbridge.

Abstract rectangle landscape view. With mirror image geometric pattern in white navy and blue. This forms a central cross in the middle.

Samara Adamson-Pinczewski, ‘Sway’, (2019), acrylic and iridescent acrylic on canvas, 183 x 137cm, collection of the artist, image courtesy of the artist and Charles Nodrum Gallery. Photograph by Gavin Hansford.

Abstract rectangle in white. With yellow centre. And blue, white and red outline. Looks like origami.

Samara Adamson-Pinczewski, ‘Tenterhooks’, (2018), acrylic, iridescent acrylic, fluorescent acrylic and Topcoat with UVLS on wood, 198 x 116.7 x 4.5cm, collection of the artist, image courtesy of the artist and Charles Nodrum Gallery. Photograph by Gavin Hansford.

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.

Samara Adamson-Pinczewski, ‘Lucent’, (2020), acrylic, iridescent acrylic, fluorescent acrylic and Topcoat with UVLS on canvas, 183 x 183cm, collection of the artist, image courtesy of the artist and Charles Nodrum Gallery. Photograph by Gavin Hansford.

Exhibition photography

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Visitors to 'Light Gestures' looking at an artwork made up of long skinny panels, covered in abstract geometric shapes.

Visitors at the official opening of ‘Light Gestures: Samara Adamson-Pinczewski’, Town Hall Gallery, 2021. Artwork by Samara Adamson-Pinczewski is pictured. Photography by ImagePlay.

Visitors to 'Light Gestures' looking at paintings on the walls. In the foreground is a table with abstract sculptures.

Visitors at the official opening of ‘Light Gestures: Samara Adamson-Pinczewski’, Town Hall Gallery, 2021. Artwork by Samara Adamson-Pinczewski is pictured. Photography by ImagePlay.

Visitors to 'Light Gestures' looking at sculptures on a table.

Visitors at the official opening of ‘Light Gestures: Samara Adamson-Pinczewski’, Town Hall Gallery, 2021. Artwork by Samara Adamson-Pinczewski is pictured. Photography by ImagePlay.

Abstract geometric sculpture with lots of angles and broad flat surfaces.

Installation view, ‘Light Gestures: Samara Adamson-Pinczewski’, Town Hall Gallery, 2021. Artwork by Samara Adamson-Pinczewski is pictured. Photography by ImagePlay.

Visitors to 'Light Gestures' looking at paintings on the walls and sculptures on a table.

Visitors at the official opening of ‘Light Gestures: Samara Adamson-Pinczewski’, Town Hall Gallery, 2021. Artwork by Samara Adamson-Pinczewski is pictured. Photography by ImagePlay.

Portrait of artist Samara Adamson-Pinczewski in front of one of her abstract geometric paintings.

Portrait of artist Samara Adamson-Pinczewski at the official opening of ‘Light Gestures: Samara Adamson-Pinczewski’, Town Hall Gallery, 2021. Artwork by Samara Adamson-Pinczewski is pictured. Photography by ImagePlay.