28/05/2026
TH4Y ‘26 - MEET THE ARTISTS: Sam Black /
Sam Black is a painter working predominantly with oil - her use of layered oil paint explores the unstable terrain between language and image working to investigate how images can be recontextualised subconsciously, looking for patterns of reassurance in dreams.
Through her practice Sam explores personal feelings of identity, desire and conflict through themes of mistranslation and repurposing of the imaginary in the desire for authenticity. Her work is punctuated by typography that destabilises the visual language of the paintings, interpreted as commands, spells or poems upholding an intentionally ambiguous communication speaking to the languageless-ness of connection.
For TH4Y, Sam has expanded on her current practice of typography and visual collaging, expressing cultural merging and reconstruction. Drawing inspiration from the customisation and personification seen in everyday Filipino visual culture particularly the customisation of jeepneys and tarpaulin banner tradition.
PREVIEW - 30/05 6-9pm
OPEN - 31/05 12/07 thurs-sun 12-5pm