• Installation view of Shannon McCulloch works in The Devoted Eye at Ames Yavuz Sydney, photographed by Felipe Olivares Barreto.
  • Installation view of Karen Black works in The Devoted Eye at Ames Yavuz Sydney, photographed by Felipe Olivares Barreto.
  • Karen Black, Floating, Cloud, 2024, glazed earthenware, 14 x 28 x 27 cm
  • Karen Black, Soul, Bearer, 2024, glazed earthenware, 25.5 x 24 x 23 cm
  • Karen Black, Wild, Kind, 2024, glazed earthenware, 23.5 x 28 x 29 cm
  • Solomon Kammer, Wastage, 2024, charcoal on paper, 90 x 90 cm
  • Solomon Kammer, Cost of goods, 2024, charcoal on paper, 90 x 90 cm
  • Installation view of The Devoted Eye at Ames Yavuz Sydney, photographed by Felipe Olivares Barreto.
  • Deborah Kelly, Fertility Cult, 2017, paper collage, ink, pigments on handmade paper by Garza Papel, 41 x 30 cm (artwork size); 49.5 x 38 cm (framed size)
  • Deborah Kelly, Order Araneae, 2024, paper collage, ink, metallic pigments, watercolour, natural diamond on handmade paper by Moulin de Larrocque, 44.5 x 31 cm (artwork size); 51 x 37 cm (framed size)
  • Deborah Kelly, Pandora at Prayer, 2023, paper collage, watercolour, gouache, on found page, 29 x 22 cm (artwork size); 35 x 28 cm (framed size)
  • Deborah Kelly, The Erl King, 2024, paper collage, gouache, on found page, 23.5 x 17 cm (artwork size); 33 x 27 cm (framed size)
  • Deborah Kelly, Petal from The Daphnes, 2023, paper collage, ink, metallic pigments, watercolour, gouache on handmade paper by Moulin de Larrocque, 49 x 32 cm (artwork size); 55.5 x 39 cm (framed size)
  • Deborah Kelly, Now You See Her, 2024, paper collage, watercolour, on found page, 23.5 x 17 cm (artwork size); 33 x 27 (framed size)
  • Deborah Kelly, Fire Fae, 2017-2023, paper collage, ink, gouache on handmade paper by Garza Papel, 41 x 31 cm (artwork size); 47 x 37.5 cm (framed size)
  • Deborah Kelly, A Maria, 2023, paper collage, ink, on found page, 30 x 22 cm (artwork size); 37 x 28 cm (framed size)
  • Installation view of Deborah Kelly works in The Devoted Eye at Ames Yavuz Sydney, photographed by Felipe Olivares Barreto.
  • Charles Levi, Turn-coat, 2024, textile Appliqué and Embroidery, 58 x 120 cm
  • Charles Levi, In-vest, 2024, textile appliqué and embroidery, 58 x 90 cm
  • Riley Payne, Loss of Self, 2024, oil on canvas, 45.7 x 40.6 cm
  • Riley Payne, Here Be Life, 2024, oil on canvas, 38 x 30.5 cm
  • Riley Payne, Hot Water, Cool Sky, 2024, oil on canvas, 48.25 x 38 cm
  • Riley Payne, Late Late Summer NYC, 2024, oil on canvas, 45.7 x 38 cm
  • Riley Payne, Lil’ Mooner, 2024, oil on canvas, 35.5 x 28 cm
  • Todd Robinson, Helmut Lang double stripe office trouser printemps/été 2000, 2024, Patinated bronze, 38 x 27.5 x 9 cm
  • Todd Robinson, Helmut Lang double stripe office trouser printemps/été 2000, 2024, Patinated bronze, 45 x 28 x 9 cm
  • Todd Robinson, Helmut Lang double stripe office trouser printemps/été 2000, 2024, Patinated bronze, 39 x 20 x 12 cm
  • Shannon McCulloch, Image Held, 2024, oil on canvas, 53 x 39 cm
  • Shannon McCulloch, Holding the Image, 2024, oil on canvas, 53 x 39 cm
  • Shannon McCulloch, I Miss You Still, 2024, oil on marine ply, 42 x 35 cm
  • Shannon McCulloch, Night Watching, 2024, oil on canvas, 215 x 325 cm
  • Shannon McCulloch, Still Run, 2024, oil on marine ply, 35 x 22 cm
  • Shannon McCulloch, Still Swan, 2024, oil on marine ply, 35 x 42 cm
  • Installation view of Elle Wickens works in The Devoted Eye at Ames Yavuz Sydney, photographed by Felipe Olivares Barreto.
  • Elle Wickens, Window Body, 2024, oil and pastel on suede, 25.5 x 20.5 cm
  • Elle Wickens, The Play and Gleam of It, 2024, oil and pastel on suede, acrylic resin composite, 30 x 40 cm
  • Detail of Elle Wickens, The Play and Gleam of It, 2024, oil and pastel on suede, acrylic resin composite, 30 x 40 cm
  • Elle Wickens, I Split, I Tear, 2024, oil on suede, 65 x 55 cm
  • Elle Wickens, Chamber, 2024, oil and pastel on suede, 65 x 55 cm
  • Elle Wickens, A Finger Twice Its Length, 2024, oil and pastel on suede, 65 x 55 cm
  • Installation view of The Devoted Eye at Ames Yavuz Sydney, photographed by Felipe Olivares Barreto.
  • Jennifer Brady, stitch it closed, 2024, embroidery on found mattress protector, 29 x 24 cm
  • Jennifer Brady, unravel again, 2024, embroidery on found mattress protector, 25 x 19 cm
  • Jennifer Brady, react repair compare despair, 2024, embroidery on found mattress protector, 17 x 19 cm
EXHIBITION

Karen Black, Jennifer Brady, Solomon Kammer, Deborah Kelly, Charles Levi, Shannon McCulloch, Riley Payne, Todd Robinson and Elle Wickens.

The Devoted Eye

14 January – 8 Feburary 2025

Coinciding with Sarah Drinan’s solo exhibition, The Devoted Eye is a group show that examines intersections of identity, language, textile and the figure. This is revealed through the seen and unseen within works by Australian artists Karen Black, Jennifer Brady, Solomon Kammer, Deborah Kelly, Charles Levi, Shannon McCulloch, Riley Payne, Todd Robinson and Elle Wickens. 

The Devoted Eye is both obscured and revealed by shifting shadows lacquered in paint, gentle contemplations on stitched edges, and glimpses of limbs that twist themselves in charcoal, ceramic and embroidery. Each artist directs our gaze to the slippage of boundaries between body, consumption of the everyday image, offering powerful narratives that emerge from personal archives and histories.