Exhibition

Composite Orders, 2015
Rubicon ARI, Melbourne

A composite order refers to the delicate appearance of architectural columns used in churches during the Renaissance. They are a mixed capital design combining and restructuring elements from previous orders in new ways and in a different order. This double use of the word order is important here as it suggests an architectural relation and structural arrangement. This arrangement or order is also reflected in layers of computer code determining the order of operations often visually depicted using the phosphor green of early monochrome computer monitors. In this exhibition Degroot employs this green considering how contemporary painting can abstract, build on and combine visual structures to explore a space between the digital and the real.

12 - 29 August 2015