KENT MORRIS IN PATTERN RECOGNITION

A selection of Kent Morris’s kaleidoscopic photographic works will be on display at Town Hall Gallery, Melbourne as part of Pattern Recognition, a major exhibition exploring the intentions and motivations of artists who continually engage a theme, subject or visual style throughout their creative process.

The human brain’s ability to identify patterns and repeat symbols allows us to visually match what we see with the information we already know, finding structure, cementing knowledge and gaining further understanding. The allure of returning to, reconsidering or reframing our understanding speaks to our mind’s ability to interrogate and innovate.

The exhibition features artists who have dedicated their practice to exploring and evolving a particular concept or enduring preoccupation, including Kent Morris, Emma Coulter, Casey Jeffery, Chaco Kato, Jenna Lee and Esther Stewart. Their art is expressed through purposeful and continued use of colour and form, pattern and repetition, motif and subject.