Mark Hislop lives and works in Naarm, on the land of
the Wurundjeri people of the Kulin Nation.

Sydney Contemporary
Carriageworks
9-12 September 2021
Booth A08

Wagner Contemporary
Hampden St, Paddington, NSW
T: 02 9360 6069  •  M: 0419 251 013
www.wagnerycontemporary.com.au

Working with images and mark making that developed around ideas of navigation and exploration during a residency in Helsinki in 2016, Chance Settings OK references plants and other urban backyard vines and creepers that I encounter in and around my inner city Melbourne studio.

Aerial perspectives are mixed with observation mark-making and painting pouring techniques. Like all my work over the last couple of years it’s painted on the back of a clear acrylic sheets. The painting process is reversed or I like to think of it vertically, in layers. The process is inverted when compared to traditional paint-on-canvas methods. The background colour is painted last and covers the entire surface. There is no going back at that stage and the painting only reveals itself at that moment.