Solo Exhibition at May Space Gallery, Sydney July 1- 18th 2020
In Looking In, Seeing Out, Peta Minnici presents a body of work developed during a month-long residency at Bundanon, the former estate of Australian artists Arthur and Yvonne Boyd. Confronted by late arrival and restricted access to the homestead, Minnici began photographing through windows — an act of quiet observation that evolved into a conceptual pivot. The reflective glass unexpectedly collapsed distinctions between interior and exterior, merging landscape and architecture within a single visual plane.
This perceptual layering became foundational to the series. Drawings formed intuitively from these window reflections explore distortion and time, using meditative mark-making to blur focus and slow perception. In contrast, Minnici’s paintings deconstruct the photographic image through tonal fragments and delicate brushwork — reducing observed reality into abstracted planes of light, shape, and memory.
The resulting works suggest not only what is seen, but how seeing itself is shaped by longing, limitation, and the spaces between.
