Surface Tensions :: Stephan Ehrenhofer, Molly Thomson, Derek Wilson
&Gallery presents Surface Tensions, the work of three artists who explore the material, structural, and conceptual possibilities of wall-based sculpture.
About Surface Tensions :: Stephan Ehrenhofer, Molly Thomson, Derek Wilson
| 2nd Aug 2025 to 30th Aug 2025 | |
| Tue - Fri 10am - 5pm / Sat 10am - 4pm | |
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Surface Tensions brings together the work of Stephan Ehrenhofer, Molly Thomson, and Derek Wilson — three artists who explore the material, structural, and conceptual possibilities of wall-based sculpture. Across ceramics, constructed paintings, and textile forms, their practices interrogate the surfaces that hold, resist, and reveal.
Each artist employs minimalist strategies to question the boundaries of their chosen medium. Stephan Ehrenhofer’s restrained textile and mixed media works evoke a quiet precision, reflecting on the intrinsic qualities of materials and the legacy of non-objective art. His pared-back compositions invite close attention to the relationships between surface, texture, and form.
Molly Thomson’s constructed paintings operate in a space between painting and sculpture, where the panel is cut, fractured, and reassembled. Her works carry the traces of their own making—scars, shifts, and imperfect geometries that destabilise the object and resist easy resolution. These are paintings that question what should be seen, and what lies just beyond the surface.
Derek Wilson brings a sculptural sensibility to the ceramic vessel, abstracting functional forms into complex constructions that play with balance, light, and shadow. His wall-based pieces embrace subtle tonal variations and the quiet drama of surface tension, leaning into the interplay between interior and exterior, utilitarian and abstract.
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