“Bowl of Fruit and Loaves on a Table” Avtar Singh, “The Chalkboard Hand” Rene Astle
The Chalkboard Hand
Māpura Studios
17 April - 8 June 2025
First Floor Galleries
Opening Tuesday 29 April, 5:30pm - 7:30pm
The Chalkboard Hand presents drawing as both a trace of an innovative, fluid creative process and an act of world-building—a means of aligning the external world with the lived experiences of artists whose perspectives often challenge neurotypical norms. It captures the essence of drawing as a performative act, one that re-orders the world through movement, memory, and mark-making to align with the artist's lived experience.
Featuring seven Māpura Studios artists with divergent and performative drawing practices, this exhibition expands the boundaries of social memory, world-building, and the interplay between cultural consumption, reading, and writing.
With this exhibition, audiences are invited to consider otherness not as a limitation but as a powerful, generative space for creativity and transformation.
FEATURING
Min Ji Baik
Trevor Bull
Harish Harish
Madeleine Wilson
Avtar Singh
Rene Astle
Michael Pere
Images by Warisara Thomson