Nudge 2015 - 16
The title of the exhibition, Nudge, is taken from the idea of a nudge being both gesture and suggestion. In this way, the term applies equally to how the paintings are constructed and viewed. As a term of delicate encouragement, nudge pushes us to look more closely at the paintings, revealing subtleties that may not be initially obvious. As a physical gesture, nudge refers more outwardly to the Van Halm’s process whereby she introduces and shifts colours plains in contrast to, and in tandem with, imagery culled from architectural and design sources.
Sophie Brodovitch
Up and Down. 2015, oil on canvas, 72"x 60". Private collection.
Cut Out, 2014. Acrylic on canvas, 72" x 54".
l-r Cut Out and Up and Down . Both 2015, oil on canvas, 72” x 60” . Installation view exhibition Equinox Gallery, Vancouver, Nudge, February 2016.
Installation view exhibition Equinox Gallery, Vancouver, Nudge, February 2016.
Side Light, 2015. Acrylic on canvas, 32" x 24"
Angling, 2015. Acrylic on canvas, 32" x 24". Collection | Vancouver Art Gallery
Drape, 2015. Acrylic on canvas, 48" x 36"
View Up, 2015. Acrylic on canvas, 30" x 24"
Leg Up, 2014. Acrylic on canvas, 10" x 8".
Arena, 2015. Acrylic on canvas.
Split, 2015. Acrylic on canvas, 18" x 14". Private collection.
Linen, 2015. Acrylic on canvas, 14" x 11".
Restoration, 2015. Acrylic on canvas, 14" x 12". Private collection.
Flow, 2015. Acrylic on canvas,
Placing, 2015. Acrylic on canvas, 14" x 11". Private collection.
