https://hedwigbarry.com Hedwig Barry Tue, 17 Feb 2026 07:22:05 +0000 https://hedwigbarry.com en https://hedwigbarry.com/Bio-mobile Tue, 17 Feb 2026 07:22:05 +0000 Hedwig Barry https://hedwigbarry.com/Bio-mobile Bio Hedwig Barry (b.1969, Bloemfontein) is a Cape Town-based painter and sculptor. Through her work, she investigates the relationships between perception and intuition, using scale, density and colour to create visual worlds as rich in their outward associations as they are in their internal complexity. Barry is deeply curious about the ethics of artistic practice, and how these extend beyond issues of representation to questions of care, responsibility, ecology, community and personal alignment. Her background as a producer and collaborator in the fields of art publishing and moving image inform her present thinking around the interconnectedness of communities of practice. Her work draws on the knots of relations that hold together societies, families and chosen communities, and searches for a visual language for these interdependencies. Visually, Barry works in an abstract idiom that questions the classical delineation between foreground and background, or figure and ground. For her, all is at once ground and groundlessness. Her painterly surfaces evoke open fields and bodies of water, expansive and at times even bewildering. Inspired by Gertrude Stein’s notion of landscape dramaturgy, Barry proposes all-at-once surfaces that are not predetermined by particular subjects or representations. Rather, each work invites the viewer to stage their own perceptual ‘event’ in the action of looking. In 2020 Barry completed an MA Fine Arts at the Wits School of Arts, and was commissioned to produce a body of large-scale outdoor sculptures of BMW’s South African headquarters in Midrand. She has also produced large-scale sculptures in public space, one of which, Crumple (Jeanette Schoon) (2021) is housed permanently in the collection of the Constitutional Court of South Africa.&nbsp; Her work has been presented at the Nirox Sculpture Park, Constitution Hill, The KwaZulu Natal Society of the Arts, the AVA Gallery and at the Investec Cape Town Art Fair, amongst other venues. She will take up a Fellowship with the Ampersand Foundation in New York City in May 2026. https://hedwigbarry.com/Home Thu, 12 Feb 2026 10:41:20 +0000 Hedwig Barry https://hedwigbarry.com/Home &nbsp;Selected Paintings&nbsp; <img width="2247" height="2975" width_o="2247" height_o="2975" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/58bdb29829e32f832938e9bf684d38194767beb58b7f2357b0e45e100389d0f5/_MG_8722.jpg" data-mid="244914196" border="0" alt="&quot;Hokusai's Octopi&quot;, 2023, oil on canvas board, 61 x 46 cm" data-caption="&quot;Hokusai's Octopi&quot;, 2023, oil on canvas board, 61 x 46 cm" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/58bdb29829e32f832938e9bf684d38194767beb58b7f2357b0e45e100389d0f5/_MG_8722.jpg" /> Selected Sculptures&nbsp; <img width="1200" height="1600" width_o="1200" height_o="1600" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/f7e43b0daadabfb28a543dbd32de0c703d74b3443ab7a594cc84b148e38c4b57/a7eb744d-3ec1-4b28-b315-76016f381246.jpg" data-mid="244772230" border="0" alt="&quot;Crumple (Jeanette Schoon)&quot;, 2022, automotive paint on aluminium (installed in situ at Constitutional Court of South Africa, Johannesburg)" data-caption="&quot;Crumple (Jeanette Schoon)&quot;, 2022, automotive paint on aluminium (installed in situ at Constitutional Court of South Africa, Johannesburg)" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/f7e43b0daadabfb28a543dbd32de0c703d74b3443ab7a594cc84b148e38c4b57/a7eb744d-3ec1-4b28-b315-76016f381246.jpg" /> Works on Paper <img width="1335" height="1848" width_o="1335" height_o="1848" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/77f52052cf365e0df06a0a348172f783454fcc93ffeff0263ad34406138e7061/0U2A3378-0-Darning-repair-Framed-copy.jpg" data-mid="244914334" border="0" alt="&quot;Darning (Repair)&quot;, 2021, mixed media on paper, 100 x 70 cm (photo: Liz Whitter)" data-caption="&quot;Darning (Repair)&quot;, 2021, mixed media on paper, 100 x 70 cm (photo: Liz Whitter)" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/77f52052cf365e0df06a0a348172f783454fcc93ffeff0263ad34406138e7061/0U2A3378-0-Darning-repair-Framed-copy.jpg" /> News 20 - 22 Feb 2026: Investec Cape Town Art Fair, with Graham Contemporary,&nbsp; Main Section, Booth D9 20&nbsp; Feb - 30 May 2026: Exploded View, &nbsp;BlackBrick, Cape TownForthcoming, May 2026: Ampersand Fellowship awardee, Ampersand Foundation, New York CitySeries and Collections&nbsp;Every Frame a Painting (2022-ongoing) Limited edition silk scarf range (2022 - ongoing) CV ︎︎︎Download ︎ Instagram https://hedwigbarry.com/Paintings Thu, 12 Feb 2026 10:41:34 +0000 Hedwig Barry https://hedwigbarry.com/Paintings Selected Paintings 2024 - 2026&nbsp; My most recent work is about the relationship between perception, experience and a sense of place in the context of nature. Bodies of water melt into untamed vegetation;&nbsp; the earth floats up and the sky falls down. These paintings glance at the Western Romantic tradition, but are more enmeshed in the present climite crisis, as thought from a feminist perspective.&nbsp; <img width="8340" height="4732" width_o="8340" height_o="4732" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/82ea8a9ffc811e3059479b620ab909208da9ea620b5281d548c3782169e8a84e/_84A6564comp-2flat-copy.jpeg" data-mid="245377449" border="0" alt="&quot;Interior with Exterior 2&quot;, 2026, oil on Belgian linen, 200 x 175 x 5 cm" data-caption="&quot;Interior with Exterior 2&quot;, 2026, oil on Belgian linen, 200 x 175 x 5 cm" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/82ea8a9ffc811e3059479b620ab909208da9ea620b5281d548c3782169e8a84e/_84A6564comp-2flat-copy.jpeg" /> <img width="6974" height="5549" width_o="6974" height_o="5549" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/e30fd6ffcf21e5b2726e9c3bf0c7349440859c9157e51c9754e4613ebd42c2db/IMG_0002_2-1.jpg" data-mid="244820957" border="0" alt="&quot;Inmost Bower&quot;, 2026, oil on Belgian linen, 190 x 160 x 5 cm" data-caption="&quot;Inmost Bower&quot;, 2026, oil on Belgian linen, 190 x 160 x 5 cm" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/e30fd6ffcf21e5b2726e9c3bf0c7349440859c9157e51c9754e4613ebd42c2db/IMG_0002_2-1.jpg" /> <img width="5712" height="3213" width_o="5712" height_o="3213" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/456e7903b75a9c13556545dc557b54508ccb011a8028606d822061e5d010b2b1/2026-01-04-3.40.36AM.jpg" data-mid="244781840" border="0" alt="&quot;To the East, To the South, To the North, To the West&quot;, 2025, oil on canvas, 187 x 342 x 7.5 cm " data-caption="&quot;To the East, To the South, To the North, To the West&quot;, 2025, oil on canvas, 187 x 342 x 7.5 cm " src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/456e7903b75a9c13556545dc557b54508ccb011a8028606d822061e5d010b2b1/2026-01-04-3.40.36AM.jpg" /> <img width="3615" height="1796" width_o="3615" height_o="1796" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/d5089d942240e7b991cb03d6f2608a08dec74a266c7d446c1e42b5e54ca52a56/2026-01-04-3.34.55AM.jpg" data-mid="244781847" border="0" alt="&quot;First Sight&quot;, 2025, oil on canvas mounted on board, 122 x 244 x 7.5 cm" data-caption="&quot;First Sight&quot;, 2025, oil on canvas mounted on board, 122 x 244 x 7.5 cm" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/d5089d942240e7b991cb03d6f2608a08dec74a266c7d446c1e42b5e54ca52a56/2026-01-04-3.34.55AM.jpg" /> <img width="8462" height="5792" width_o="8462" height_o="5792" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/a4a0f98a887a3e627d06442c83f16a134db5657854a717d50fefb576bf1bd8be/IMG_0007-1.jpg" data-mid="244781841" border="0" alt="&quot;Perceptual Span I: Tracking&quot;, 2024, oil on canvas, 160 x 146 cm" data-caption="&quot;Perceptual Span I: Tracking&quot;, 2024, oil on canvas, 160 x 146 cm" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/a4a0f98a887a3e627d06442c83f16a134db5657854a717d50fefb576bf1bd8be/IMG_0007-1.jpg" /> <img width="8688" height="5792" width_o="8688" height_o="5792" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/608b5eba77ed3af4dfdfdb7350db63d72895bf84e8d65136999cedb2caa1adbe/IMG_0018-1.jpg" data-mid="244781846" border="0" alt="&quot;Perceptual Span 2: Focal Area&quot;, 2024, oil on canvas, 175 x 140 cm" data-caption="&quot;Perceptual Span 2: Focal Area&quot;, 2024, oil on canvas, 175 x 140 cm" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/608b5eba77ed3af4dfdfdb7350db63d72895bf84e8d65136999cedb2caa1adbe/IMG_0018-1.jpg" /> <img width="7022" height="5594" width_o="7022" height_o="5594" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/a17d639fc2b192523e881692f43edaabf9bb88eccec772f8da48b5bb93b14660/IMG_0015-1_1.jpg" data-mid="244782704" border="0" alt="&quot;The Covenant of Water&quot;, 2024, oil on canvas, 40 x 60 cm " data-caption="&quot;The Covenant of Water&quot;, 2024, oil on canvas, 40 x 60 cm " src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/a17d639fc2b192523e881692f43edaabf9bb88eccec772f8da48b5bb93b14660/IMG_0015-1_1.jpg" /> <img width="5641" height="6768" width_o="5641" height_o="6768" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/6a06aab2e61a129966fa1a1f8fb3c6e1b3a3500785aba77b087ac72c950eae4a/IMG_0004-1_1.jpg" data-mid="244782747" border="0" alt="&quot;Daypath&quot;, 2024, oil on canvas, 120 x 100 cm" data-caption="&quot;Daypath&quot;, 2024, oil on canvas, 120 x 100 cm" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/6a06aab2e61a129966fa1a1f8fb3c6e1b3a3500785aba77b087ac72c950eae4a/IMG_0004-1_1.jpg" /> <img width="5639" height="7485" width_o="5639" height_o="7485" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/d60cfcb726d52e22068118f1bdcf85fa49b508794bc3b8c8073fd0d378bf6d2f/IMG_0003-1.jpg" data-mid="244782705" border="0" alt="&quot;At a Walking Pace&quot;, 2024, oil on canvas, 45 x 60 cm" data-caption="&quot;At a Walking Pace&quot;, 2024, oil on canvas, 45 x 60 cm" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/d60cfcb726d52e22068118f1bdcf85fa49b508794bc3b8c8073fd0d378bf6d2f/IMG_0003-1.jpg" /> <img width="5658" height="7554" width_o="5658" height_o="7554" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/16b6664a2edc59b99fbb027cf142407c282f214e1bd19fdd04997152b64b60f4/IMG_0020-1_1.jpg" data-mid="244782703" border="0" alt="&quot;Embracing The Dark Little Room Making It Richer In Colour (Verdaccio)&quot;, 2024, oil and pigment on canvas, 80 x 60 cm" data-caption="&quot;Embracing The Dark Little Room Making It Richer In Colour (Verdaccio)&quot;, 2024, oil and pigment on canvas, 80 x 60 cm" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/16b6664a2edc59b99fbb027cf142407c282f214e1bd19fdd04997152b64b60f4/IMG_0020-1_1.jpg" /> 2022-2023During 2022 and 2023 I spent several months working from the small coastal town of Onrus, near the southern tip of Africa. The paintings made in this period were a way of mapping and countermapping my surroundings, looking for ways to understand the very particular and intense light there, the wildness of the ocean, and the solitude of my experience. I used the direct English translation of Onrus – “unrest” – as a basis for thinking about different kinds of restlessness, both in nature and in ourselves.&nbsp; <img width="1071" height="1341" width_o="1071" height_o="1341" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/c70733be63a6b99b25cdbce73251f7a01dae592de5ea7682cb482db68727e012/_MG_8684-m.jpg" data-mid="244914192" border="0" alt="&quot;To the East&quot;, 2023, oil on canvas, 122 x 153 cm " data-caption="&quot;To the East&quot;, 2023, oil on canvas, 122 x 153 cm " src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/c70733be63a6b99b25cdbce73251f7a01dae592de5ea7682cb482db68727e012/_MG_8684-m.jpg" /> <img width="1113" height="1394" width_o="1113" height_o="1394" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/adf64bde0adf76f7d3f1390a4e7c031278cb5dd406b11728e02587324e853505/_MG_8690-m.jpg" data-mid="244914188" border="0" alt="&quot;To the West&quot;, 2023, oil on canvas, 122 x 153 cm " data-caption="&quot;To the West&quot;, 2023, oil on canvas, 122 x 153 cm " src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/adf64bde0adf76f7d3f1390a4e7c031278cb5dd406b11728e02587324e853505/_MG_8690-m.jpg" /> <img width="2247" height="2975" width_o="2247" height_o="2975" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/3bc6b700d68cc3a682cee0527a07702f193773c4e5af7900b9409a2cb931d202/_MG_8722.jpg" data-mid="244914177" border="0" alt="&quot;Hokusai's Octopi&quot;, 2023, oil on canvas panel,61 x 46 cm" data-caption="&quot;Hokusai's Octopi&quot;, 2023, oil on canvas panel,61 x 46 cm" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/3bc6b700d68cc3a682cee0527a07702f193773c4e5af7900b9409a2cb931d202/_MG_8722.jpg" /> <img width="2905" height="3919" width_o="2905" height_o="3919" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/3ff4853abca81ef985c00f2de79c1a61eb809ebb242a85ce2da52d2252125386/IMG_6691.jpeg" data-mid="244841564" border="0" alt="&quot;All at Once&quot;, 2023, oil on canvas panel, 61 x 46 cm " data-caption="&quot;All at Once&quot;, 2023, oil on canvas panel, 61 x 46 cm " src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/3ff4853abca81ef985c00f2de79c1a61eb809ebb242a85ce2da52d2252125386/IMG_6691.jpeg" /> <img width="2905" height="3527" width_o="2905" height_o="3527" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/40de9e766e4ca98f146f49dd67c283ee5f8a5a0ba38a4abe170aa4444a5114e3/IMG_6993.jpeg" data-mid="244841836" border="0" alt="&quot;Ember&quot;, 2023, oil on canvas, 25,5 x 20 cm " data-caption="&quot;Ember&quot;, 2023, oil on canvas, 25,5 x 20 cm " src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/40de9e766e4ca98f146f49dd67c283ee5f8a5a0ba38a4abe170aa4444a5114e3/IMG_6993.jpeg" /> <img width="2845" height="3721" width_o="2845" height_o="3721" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/6432b8c086939c3616f0eff68c7cce51d36cd336087f3415ef1a2c71f6ceb035/IMG_6991.jpeg" data-mid="244841837" border="0" alt="&quot;Fusion&quot;, 2023, oil on canvas, 30,5 x 23 cm" data-caption="&quot;Fusion&quot;, 2023, oil on canvas, 30,5 x 23 cm" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/6432b8c086939c3616f0eff68c7cce51d36cd336087f3415ef1a2c71f6ceb035/IMG_6991.jpeg" /> <img width="2543" height="3370" width_o="2543" height_o="3370" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/a578cb33258e90aabd7d0333fabd9d378620f7301ad2de796aaaa79a86592fcc/Home-is-where-the-heart-is-my-own-hallowed-ground.jpg" data-mid="244841290" border="0" alt="&quot;Home is where the heart is (my own hallowed ground)&quot;, 2022, oil on linen, 50.8 x 30.5 cm" data-caption="&quot;Home is where the heart is (my own hallowed ground)&quot;, 2022, oil on linen, 50.8 x 30.5 cm" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/a578cb33258e90aabd7d0333fabd9d378620f7301ad2de796aaaa79a86592fcc/Home-is-where-the-heart-is-my-own-hallowed-ground.jpg" /> <img width="2838" height="3529" width_o="2838" height_o="3529" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/d2147a6a7e7bc93823feec8d5b5cb380b7b7c25fb7d160f1a8da97306aea0995/Home-is-where-the-heart-is-Dalrymple-Spring.jpg" data-mid="244841291" border="0" alt="&quot;Home is where the heart is (Dalrymple spring)&quot;, 2022, oil on linen, 50.8 x 30.5 cm" data-caption="&quot;Home is where the heart is (Dalrymple spring)&quot;, 2022, oil on linen, 50.8 x 30.5 cm" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/d2147a6a7e7bc93823feec8d5b5cb380b7b7c25fb7d160f1a8da97306aea0995/Home-is-where-the-heart-is-Dalrymple-Spring.jpg" /> <img width="1080" height="1351" width_o="1080" height_o="1351" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/350d74003892979a2a7cee19021fa4ff06085873369f3f29c0439e6f339eb07d/5CD580A2-161E-4257-A64D-A58B580E7D6C.jpeg" data-mid="244841288" border="0" alt="&quot;Masked Weavers&quot;, 2022, oil on linen, 51 x 41 cm" data-caption="&quot;Masked Weavers&quot;, 2022, oil on linen, 51 x 41 cm" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/350d74003892979a2a7cee19021fa4ff06085873369f3f29c0439e6f339eb07d/5CD580A2-161E-4257-A64D-A58B580E7D6C.jpeg" /> 2020-2021 Following my MA in Fine Art at Wits University, my painting practice was oriented around colour research, exploring how colour can be used in painting to articulate the relationship between figure and ground. I was curious about the possibility of figureless ground, and how the very notion of ground disappears without the ‘figure’. At this time I began to focus the idea of groundlessness, which had emerged as an important motif in my work during my MA.&nbsp; <img width="3834" height="1720" width_o="3834" height_o="1720" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/114778cb1a2af85a2e433ca59507ee0524a5fd437860955d5475b5481586b5ff/IMG_4966.jpg" data-mid="244750800" border="0" alt="Hedwig Barry, &quot;Johannesburg&quot;, 2021, automotive and oil paint on previously used canvas, 220 x 100 x 7 cm" data-caption="Hedwig Barry, &quot;Johannesburg&quot;, 2021, automotive and oil paint on previously used canvas, 220 x 100 x 7 cm" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/114778cb1a2af85a2e433ca59507ee0524a5fd437860955d5475b5481586b5ff/IMG_4966.jpg" /> <img width="2745" height="3350" width_o="2745" height_o="3350" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/9e84593df2e9eb90257ea7273dde2586f01578d4f907b617b959ad24322e017a/IMG_4963.jpeg" data-mid="244750799" border="0" alt="Hedwig Barry, &quot;Tswalu&quot;, 2021, automotive and oil paint on previously used canvas, 160 x 130 x 7 cm," data-caption="Hedwig Barry, &quot;Tswalu&quot;, 2021, automotive and oil paint on previously used canvas, 160 x 130 x 7 cm," src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/9e84593df2e9eb90257ea7273dde2586f01578d4f907b617b959ad24322e017a/IMG_4963.jpeg" /> <img width="2609" height="3219" width_o="2609" height_o="3219" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/147bf173996f2faaec282cf72348cebf331ad6b0d84b4fcf2c87d8afd8c37610/IMG_4996.jpeg" data-mid="244750803" border="0" alt="Hedwig Barry, &quot;Marievale&quot;, 2021, automotive and oil paint on previously used canvas, 160 x 130 x 7 cm" data-caption="Hedwig Barry, &quot;Marievale&quot;, 2021, automotive and oil paint on previously used canvas, 160 x 130 x 7 cm" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/147bf173996f2faaec282cf72348cebf331ad6b0d84b4fcf2c87d8afd8c37610/IMG_4996.jpeg" /> <img width="3731" height="2710" width_o="3731" height_o="2710" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/948cc022bf6cc4cc67be0a57662b7c6b6a7249604bc2de2c2563039c07da63c7/IMG_5005-1.jpeg" data-mid="244750805" border="0" alt="Hedwig Barry, &quot;Makuleke&quot;, 2021, automotive and oil paint on previously used canvas, 220 x 160 x 7 cm" data-caption="Hedwig Barry, &quot;Makuleke&quot;, 2021, automotive and oil paint on previously used canvas, 220 x 160 x 7 cm" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/948cc022bf6cc4cc67be0a57662b7c6b6a7249604bc2de2c2563039c07da63c7/IMG_5005-1.jpeg" /> <img width="1024" height="1017" width_o="1024" height_o="1017" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/fa284aed001e5e95de23f2034ed6fd8170c3a4db346b9048a8f45b9ce768fd45/Waits-for-the-Yellow.jpg" data-mid="244750788" border="0" alt="Hedwig Barry, &quot;Waiting for the Yellow&quot;, 2021, oil on canvas, 100 x 100 cm" data-caption="Hedwig Barry, &quot;Waiting for the Yellow&quot;, 2021, oil on canvas, 100 x 100 cm" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/fa284aed001e5e95de23f2034ed6fd8170c3a4db346b9048a8f45b9ce768fd45/Waits-for-the-Yellow.jpg" /> <img width="886" height="893" width_o="886" height_o="893" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/e0d937a3d6896ecf930cda9eb67a98b310f4e47bc649aa08556539b9f3ef7a5a/0U2A3685-0_Palimpsest_II_Schlumbergero-SML.jpg" data-mid="244750806" border="0" alt="Hedwig Barry, &quot; Palimpsest II, Schlumbergera&quot;, 2021, glue, glitter, enamel and oil paint on previously used canvas, 50 x 50 cm" data-caption="Hedwig Barry, &quot; Palimpsest II, Schlumbergera&quot;, 2021, glue, glitter, enamel and oil paint on previously used canvas, 50 x 50 cm" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/886/i/e0d937a3d6896ecf930cda9eb67a98b310f4e47bc649aa08556539b9f3ef7a5a/0U2A3685-0_Palimpsest_II_Schlumbergero-SML.jpg" /> <img width="1355" height="1972" width_o="1355" height_o="1972" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/8b7c7c2c5430d95010ea2263050ce951c9e92450c3ac92f4b9e6cd51de529170/0U2A3388-Framed.jpg" data-mid="244750789" border="0" alt="Hedwig Barry, &quot;Hiding the Blues II, Rory's Shark&quot;, 2021, oil and enamel paint, glitter and glue on canvas, 93 x 63 cm" data-caption="Hedwig Barry, &quot;Hiding the Blues II, Rory's Shark&quot;, 2021, oil and enamel paint, glitter and glue on canvas, 93 x 63 cm" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/8b7c7c2c5430d95010ea2263050ce951c9e92450c3ac92f4b9e6cd51de529170/0U2A3388-Framed.jpg" /> <img width="4803" height="6797" width_o="4803" height_o="6797" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/d0e08a48b1687c80bf2d89e611ddf65463cae26fda89906d42cf088b416f2dd0/AP_210220_008.jpg" data-mid="244750807" border="0" alt="Hedwig Barry, &quot;The more you look the more you see&quot;, 2020, oil on canvas, 42 x 30 cm" data-caption="Hedwig Barry, &quot;The more you look the more you see&quot;, 2020, oil on canvas, 42 x 30 cm" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/d0e08a48b1687c80bf2d89e611ddf65463cae26fda89906d42cf088b416f2dd0/AP_210220_008.jpg" /> <img width="5250" height="6630" width_o="5250" height_o="6630" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/95d63fcba89c5e35dbe4861af379ff2201d70d67bae861b629fef45eeeb8b6ef/0U2A3763-0_reaching_the_Unattainable_or_it_all_matters.jpg" data-mid="244841877" border="0" alt="&quot;Reaching the Unattainable, or It All Matters&quot;, 2020, oil on canvas, 36 x 27 cm" data-caption="&quot;Reaching the Unattainable, or It All Matters&quot;, 2020, oil on canvas, 36 x 27 cm" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/95d63fcba89c5e35dbe4861af379ff2201d70d67bae861b629fef45eeeb8b6ef/0U2A3763-0_reaching_the_Unattainable_or_it_all_matters.jpg" /> https://hedwigbarry.com/Every-Frame-a-Painting Tue, 17 Feb 2026 06:34:11 +0000 Hedwig Barry https://hedwigbarry.com/Every-Frame-a-Painting Every Frame a Painting 2023 - ongoingEvery Frame a Painting is an ongoing series of small paintings that draw on the linear logic of moving image. Each work continues the world of colour and marks from its antecedent, just as a still frame in a film continue almost imperceptibly from the previous one. It is the whole that comes together and communicates a sense of progression and meaning, and yet, at the same time, each painting is complete in itself and has its own sense of containment.&nbsp; <img width="776" height="610" width_o="776" height_o="610" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/c64aa3b0e9bc1ea2b32ff9d7eb280ab6f85a3c432c4eb0da84a3ad47ad1b6068/EFAP6.jpeg" data-mid="244907850" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/776/i/c64aa3b0e9bc1ea2b32ff9d7eb280ab6f85a3c432c4eb0da84a3ad47ad1b6068/EFAP6.jpeg" /> <img width="776" height="608" width_o="776" height_o="608" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/3f0d7065ccc88e00f5502d587f1c5eac35883ef271fc1908e6767ccfe56fa6e6/EFAP2.jpeg" data-mid="244907854" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/776/i/3f0d7065ccc88e00f5502d587f1c5eac35883ef271fc1908e6767ccfe56fa6e6/EFAP2.jpeg" /> <img width="776" height="607" width_o="776" height_o="607" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/d2a877aa81a874bf4b645d8e4879b1d947aa0e867a677756a8aef9f5c9ad9b8d/EFAP5.jpeg" data-mid="244907851" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/776/i/d2a877aa81a874bf4b645d8e4879b1d947aa0e867a677756a8aef9f5c9ad9b8d/EFAP5.jpeg" /> <img width="776" height="608" width_o="776" height_o="608" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/12ecea1db8a9b6615dd29ca52dfe6fd0202015c635480b20e9655e75f193f63f/EFAP4.jpeg" data-mid="244907852" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/776/i/12ecea1db8a9b6615dd29ca52dfe6fd0202015c635480b20e9655e75f193f63f/EFAP4.jpeg" /> <img width="776" height="605" width_o="776" height_o="605" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/cd3bc4d400fb7d41729b0922d8e4ae9890a9e1cffee43a23936fafa2774b450a/EFAP3.jpeg" data-mid="244907853" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/776/i/cd3bc4d400fb7d41729b0922d8e4ae9890a9e1cffee43a23936fafa2774b450a/EFAP3.jpeg" /> <img width="776" height="609" width_o="776" height_o="609" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/f4b394a52b66ef522f96e431e130209a3c060adb6191233148b048c97f2bc35d/EFAP1.jpeg" data-mid="244907855" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/776/i/f4b394a52b66ef522f96e431e130209a3c060adb6191233148b048c97f2bc35d/EFAP1.jpeg" /> “Every Frame a Painting: Mountain x Sea Dissolve 32-37”, 2023, oil on canvas board, 13 x 18 cm each&nbsp; <img width="6823" height="1477" width_o="6823" height_o="1477" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/1816699f50f870c5dabe051dea8ab239b5a7dc0542281d76f4569c56e81ef82c/comp-3-f-m.jpg" data-mid="244914431" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/1816699f50f870c5dabe051dea8ab239b5a7dc0542281d76f4569c56e81ef82c/comp-3-f-m.jpg" /> “Every Frame a Painting: Mountain x Mountain Dissolve 25, 26, 27, 28, 30, 31”, 2023, oil on canvas board, 13 x 18 cm each https://hedwigbarry.com/Works-on-Paper Thu, 12 Feb 2026 11:25:59 +0000 Hedwig Barry https://hedwigbarry.com/Works-on-Paper Selected Works on Paper, 2019 - 2026 Paper has always been an important material for me, and is the surface on and through which I do much of my thinking and experimentation. I am fascinated by the way it holds different kinds of pigment, paints and inks, and the lightness and looseness with which it is possible to work on paper. At the same time, many of my works on paper explore a certain emotional intensity that leaves its trace in fascinating ways on the surface. What is committed to paper cannot easily be taken back or reversed, leading one to work with an urgency and precision that is quite particular to the medium. <img width="4479" height="6262" width_o="4479" height_o="6262" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/c1598c86faea89567f51f04eed00a11bb440144884d67f1132cd307bf5f55cb0/IMG_0019_1-1.jpg" data-mid="245377329" border="0" alt="&quot;Thicket&quot;, 2025, Mixed media on Fabriano paper, 70 x 50cm" data-caption="&quot;Thicket&quot;, 2025, Mixed media on Fabriano paper, 70 x 50cm" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/c1598c86faea89567f51f04eed00a11bb440144884d67f1132cd307bf5f55cb0/IMG_0019_1-1.jpg" /> <img width="4458" height="4434" width_o="4458" height_o="4434" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/3768c756a4776c00062869589c32a9939f9f98aa2475cba8fcb527bff5623468/IMG_0026-1.jpg" data-mid="245377482" border="0" alt="&quot;Night, Water, Pool&quot;, 2022-2025, ink, pastel and oil paint on paper, 25 x 26 cm" data-caption="&quot;Night, Water, Pool&quot;, 2022-2025, ink, pastel and oil paint on paper, 25 x 26 cm" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/3768c756a4776c00062869589c32a9939f9f98aa2475cba8fcb527bff5623468/IMG_0026-1.jpg" /> <img width="4538" height="5437" width_o="4538" height_o="5437" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/0876b93ba5a3f06f1514c8ec7ec99c959539782406b287f712b1980382d86958/IMG_0030-1_3.jpg" data-mid="245377486" border="0" alt="&quot;Coleopteror's Dream&quot;, 2022-2025, mixed media on paper" data-caption="&quot;Coleopteror's Dream&quot;, 2022-2025, mixed media on paper" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/0876b93ba5a3f06f1514c8ec7ec99c959539782406b287f712b1980382d86958/IMG_0030-1_3.jpg" /> <img width="5699" height="7394" width_o="5699" height_o="7394" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/f6cbb03317dbfa1a34424d37fa9266e3f1cb98a123bdd47e40dc7d4b241db7ea/IMG_0008-1.jpeg" data-mid="245377358" border="0" alt="&quot;Contour (Earth)&quot;, 2023, mixed media on paper, 66 x 51 cm" data-caption="&quot;Contour (Earth)&quot;, 2023, mixed media on paper, 66 x 51 cm" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/f6cbb03317dbfa1a34424d37fa9266e3f1cb98a123bdd47e40dc7d4b241db7ea/IMG_0008-1.jpeg" /> <img width="2705" height="3670" width_o="2705" height_o="3670" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/f4d203a6098e22e6fb8b06096e82bd6b6979b74f583503d02f48b45e2471b5bc/element---wind-.jpg" data-mid="244908014" border="0" alt="&quot;Element (Wind)&quot;, 2023, mixed media on archival paper, 77 x 57 cm" data-caption="&quot;Element (Wind)&quot;, 2023, mixed media on archival paper, 77 x 57 cm" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/f4d203a6098e22e6fb8b06096e82bd6b6979b74f583503d02f48b45e2471b5bc/element---wind-.jpg" /> <img width="2886" height="3677" width_o="2886" height_o="3677" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/3abc73f9b6885cc07d8307c6e6316155dd1472350bfdd269b5a8bef9f1c4083f/element---fire.jpg" data-mid="244908012" border="0" alt="&quot;Element (Fire)&quot;, 2023, mixed media on archival paper, 52 x 69 cm" data-caption="&quot;Element (Fire)&quot;, 2023, mixed media on archival paper, 52 x 69 cm" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/3abc73f9b6885cc07d8307c6e6316155dd1472350bfdd269b5a8bef9f1c4083f/element---fire.jpg" /> <img width="5760" height="8640" width_o="5760" height_o="8640" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/108129abde345236190a4e8687b8dbfc137aa186f81d30083a9818d3da2e440c/IMG_0010_3-1.jpg" data-mid="244841918" border="0" alt="&quot;Shepstone Gardens, 26 September 22 (for Juanita)&quot;, 2023, mixed media on paper, 21 x 15 cm" data-caption="&quot;Shepstone Gardens, 26 September 22 (for Juanita)&quot;, 2023, mixed media on paper, 21 x 15 cm" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/108129abde345236190a4e8687b8dbfc137aa186f81d30083a9818d3da2e440c/IMG_0010_3-1.jpg" /> <img width="5743" height="8615" width_o="5743" height_o="8615" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/3742002471970d6943ba4a069690db2684e54fd7382646aed69875e4ff0f45e6/IMG_0003_3-1.jpg" data-mid="244841919" border="0" alt="&quot;The Aftermath&quot;, 2023, mixed media on paper, 20.5 x 14 cm " data-caption="&quot;The Aftermath&quot;, 2023, mixed media on paper, 20.5 x 14 cm " src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/3742002471970d6943ba4a069690db2684e54fd7382646aed69875e4ff0f45e6/IMG_0003_3-1.jpg" /> <img width="5766" height="8649" width_o="5766" height_o="8649" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/cbc10586596a3f462bed46c4ce86d2d7fc029fdb31e72b68fd8ac7d348bf36dd/IMG_0005-1.jpg" data-mid="244841920" border="0" alt="&quot;Jenny's Visit&quot;, 2023, mixed media on paper, 27.5 x 21 cm" data-caption="&quot;Jenny's Visit&quot;, 2023, mixed media on paper, 27.5 x 21 cm" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/cbc10586596a3f462bed46c4ce86d2d7fc029fdb31e72b68fd8ac7d348bf36dd/IMG_0005-1.jpg" /> <img width="5686" height="8528" width_o="5686" height_o="8528" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/6c854aff24fea8fd50a46482c12402c8c3249827aee4befdf392b1f0185e41cb/IMG_0029_2-1.jpg" data-mid="245377406" border="0" alt="&quot;Sloppy Seconds&quot;, 2023, mixed media on paper, 21 x 15 cm" data-caption="&quot;Sloppy Seconds&quot;, 2023, mixed media on paper, 21 x 15 cm" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/6c854aff24fea8fd50a46482c12402c8c3249827aee4befdf392b1f0185e41cb/IMG_0029_2-1.jpg" /> <img width="5766" height="8648" width_o="5766" height_o="8648" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/d66174f8b8752db7a5b59ce99cb66f817e0b6050a79ec608e01e871fef3a07a6/IMG_0026_2-1.jpg" data-mid="245377407" border="0" alt="&quot;Pelvis&quot;, 2023, mixed media, 21 x 15 cm" data-caption="&quot;Pelvis&quot;, 2023, mixed media, 21 x 15 cm" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/d66174f8b8752db7a5b59ce99cb66f817e0b6050a79ec608e01e871fef3a07a6/IMG_0026_2-1.jpg" /> <img width="5788" height="8682" width_o="5788" height_o="8682" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/b1b3757ed47644e7fa61462d69fcf3a4870b37fb7f3b71019f37acaa85e78eef/IMG_0024_2-1.jpg" data-mid="244841933" border="0" alt="&quot;Love Letter to the Book of Books&quot;, 2023, mixed media on paper, 21 x 15 cm" data-caption="&quot;Love Letter to the Book of Books&quot;, 2023, mixed media on paper, 21 x 15 cm" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/b1b3757ed47644e7fa61462d69fcf3a4870b37fb7f3b71019f37acaa85e78eef/IMG_0024_2-1.jpg" /> <img width="1111" height="1765" width_o="1111" height_o="1765" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/7859470b323ae42d847d43188a46df997722cfb6e7cba4958e300823995028e2/2022-06-12-22.40.53-1.jpg" data-mid="244842061" border="0" alt="&quot;A Short Walk I&quot;, 2022, inks, soft pastel and oil paint on Fabriano paper, 25.5 x 16.5 cm " data-caption="&quot;A Short Walk I&quot;, 2022, inks, soft pastel and oil paint on Fabriano paper, 25.5 x 16.5 cm " src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/7859470b323ae42d847d43188a46df997722cfb6e7cba4958e300823995028e2/2022-06-12-22.40.53-1.jpg" /> <img width="1094" height="1735" width_o="1094" height_o="1735" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/eee68d7efd6982c564d720433c7611dab8aceef4bbf35c708189b5ddf761d8b1/2022-06-12-22.39.59.jpg" data-mid="244842052" border="0" alt="&quot;A Short Walk II&quot;, 2022, inks, soft pastel and oil paint on Fabriano paper, 25.5 x 17 cm " data-caption="&quot;A Short Walk II&quot;, 2022, inks, soft pastel and oil paint on Fabriano paper, 25.5 x 17 cm " src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/eee68d7efd6982c564d720433c7611dab8aceef4bbf35c708189b5ddf761d8b1/2022-06-12-22.39.59.jpg" /> <img width="1052" height="1397" width_o="1052" height_o="1397" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/75dd1b1ba7a0e0667192c8ead74a4931195de14ba34dcf91e2590d349fd5999d/2022-06-12-22.35.34.jpg" data-mid="244842019" border="0" alt="&quot;Tracking II (Tswalu)&quot;, 2022, inks, soft pastel and oil paint on Fabriano paper, 50 x 35 cm" data-caption="&quot;Tracking II (Tswalu)&quot;, 2022, inks, soft pastel and oil paint on Fabriano paper, 50 x 35 cm" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/75dd1b1ba7a0e0667192c8ead74a4931195de14ba34dcf91e2590d349fd5999d/2022-06-12-22.35.34.jpg" /> <img width="1099" height="1150" width_o="1099" height_o="1150" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/1806aa61be7f050692b1d93706b50f51113e99905f1597c5da2e51eebaad13ce/2022-06-12-22.36.37.jpg" data-mid="244842021" border="0" alt="&quot;Mapping I (Tswalu)&quot;, 2022, inks, soft pastel and oil paint on Fabriano paper, 56x52,5cm" data-caption="&quot;Mapping I (Tswalu)&quot;, 2022, inks, soft pastel and oil paint on Fabriano paper, 56x52,5cm" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/1806aa61be7f050692b1d93706b50f51113e99905f1597c5da2e51eebaad13ce/2022-06-12-22.36.37.jpg" /> <img width="1021" height="1067" width_o="1021" height_o="1067" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/f47761d245d7211d874a98e36991c7a7633e13175af953b4177200803aac144e/2022-06-12-22.37.07.jpg" data-mid="244842078" border="0" alt="&quot;Imagining Biotic Interactions (Tswalu)&quot;, 2022, inks, soft pastel and oil paint on Fabriano paper, 35,5 x 34 cm" data-caption="&quot;Imagining Biotic Interactions (Tswalu)&quot;, 2022, inks, soft pastel and oil paint on Fabriano paper, 35,5 x 34 cm" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/f47761d245d7211d874a98e36991c7a7633e13175af953b4177200803aac144e/2022-06-12-22.37.07.jpg" /> <img width="1106" height="1493" width_o="1106" height_o="1493" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/0536c447271365522fdbe054faeae04c75e51a29a9a86d9039d4b05efc0f7eea/2022-06-12-22.41.05.jpg" data-mid="244842020" border="0" alt="&quot;Tswalu Colour&quot;, 2022, ink and oil paint on watercolour paper, 30 x 23 cm" data-caption="&quot;Tswalu Colour&quot;, 2022, ink and oil paint on watercolour paper, 30 x 23 cm" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/0536c447271365522fdbe054faeae04c75e51a29a9a86d9039d4b05efc0f7eea/2022-06-12-22.41.05.jpg" /> <img width="1333" height="1843" width_o="1333" height_o="1843" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/9c613f8e7708cacea921dac4b391139a086af9205e9d78d1dd17e02a53d20a23/My-Sister-Gerrida-Framed-copy.jpg" data-mid="244753404" border="0" alt="Hedwig Barry, &quot;My Sister Gerrida&quot;, 2021, enamel paint, acrylic ink, soft pastel, glue and glitter on Fabariano paper, 100 x 70 cm (photo: Liz Whitter)" data-caption="Hedwig Barry, &quot;My Sister Gerrida&quot;, 2021, enamel paint, acrylic ink, soft pastel, glue and glitter on Fabariano paper, 100 x 70 cm (photo: Liz Whitter)" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/9c613f8e7708cacea921dac4b391139a086af9205e9d78d1dd17e02a53d20a23/My-Sister-Gerrida-Framed-copy.jpg" /> <img width="1302" height="1751" width_o="1302" height_o="1751" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/dd3f5bea71380955ae9928d892051fe3b3f85a1865c06b0062bca7f6dada23cc/0U2A3515-0-Dapple-forage-Dapple-Framed.jpg" data-mid="244753385" border="0" alt="Hedwig Barry, &quot;Dapple, Forage, Dapple&quot;, 2021, mixed media on paper, 105 x 75 cm (photo: Liz Whitter)" data-caption="Hedwig Barry, &quot;Dapple, Forage, Dapple&quot;, 2021, mixed media on paper, 105 x 75 cm (photo: Liz Whitter)" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/dd3f5bea71380955ae9928d892051fe3b3f85a1865c06b0062bca7f6dada23cc/0U2A3515-0-Dapple-forage-Dapple-Framed.jpg" /> <img width="1335" height="1848" width_o="1335" height_o="1848" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/77f52052cf365e0df06a0a348172f783454fcc93ffeff0263ad34406138e7061/0U2A3378-0-Darning-repair-Framed-copy.jpg" data-mid="244753390" border="0" alt="Hedwig Barry, &quot;Darning (Repair)&quot;, 2021, mixed media on paper, 100 x 70 cm (photo: Liz Whitter)" data-caption="Hedwig Barry, &quot;Darning (Repair)&quot;, 2021, mixed media on paper, 100 x 70 cm (photo: Liz Whitter)" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/77f52052cf365e0df06a0a348172f783454fcc93ffeff0263ad34406138e7061/0U2A3378-0-Darning-repair-Framed-copy.jpg" /> <img width="5079" height="7208" width_o="5079" height_o="7208" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/cb89e541b3a1247a0e645d41129fe0723060cbfcc1d3394367a1cca60c7d09ba/AP_210220_003.jpg" data-mid="244753387" border="0" alt="Hedwig Barry, &quot;Compose&quot;, 2020, mixed media on Fabriano paper, 100 x 70 cm (photo: Anthea Pokroy)" data-caption="Hedwig Barry, &quot;Compose&quot;, 2020, mixed media on Fabriano paper, 100 x 70 cm (photo: Anthea Pokroy)" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/cb89e541b3a1247a0e645d41129fe0723060cbfcc1d3394367a1cca60c7d09ba/AP_210220_003.jpg" /> <img width="5079" height="7247" width_o="5079" height_o="7247" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/d60ca480950bf0c6cef5c57b2e5c18d915757a3a3d3911b8b0c32b6bbaa8e8e3/AP_210220_001.jpg" data-mid="244753386" border="0" alt="Hedwig Barry, &quot;Decompose&quot;, 2020, mixed media on Fabriano paper, 100 x 70 cm (photo: Anthea Pokroy)" data-caption="Hedwig Barry, &quot;Decompose&quot;, 2020, mixed media on Fabriano paper, 100 x 70 cm (photo: Anthea Pokroy)" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/d60ca480950bf0c6cef5c57b2e5c18d915757a3a3d3911b8b0c32b6bbaa8e8e3/AP_210220_001.jpg" /> <img width="5028" height="7194" width_o="5028" height_o="7194" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/be818326eedbabf4b21fab9905017cc68631d17295e7636193a405a0246b9bbc/AP_210220_002.jpg" data-mid="244753411" border="0" alt="Hedwig Barry, &quot;Recompose&quot;, 2020, mixed media on Fabriano paper, 100 x 70 cm (photo: Anthea Pokroy)" data-caption="Hedwig Barry, &quot;Recompose&quot;, 2020, mixed media on Fabriano paper, 100 x 70 cm (photo: Anthea Pokroy)" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/be818326eedbabf4b21fab9905017cc68631d17295e7636193a405a0246b9bbc/AP_210220_002.jpg" /> <img width="5068" height="5174" width_o="5068" height_o="5174" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/6c50da20c0f5453ff9b9906c95d87c512b23195999c0e840694bb38292f09785/AP_210220_005.jpg" data-mid="244753393" border="0" alt="Hedwig Barry, &quot;Skin&quot;, 2019, mixed media on blotting paper, 76 x 74 cm (photo: Liz Whitter)" data-caption="Hedwig Barry, &quot;Skin&quot;, 2019, mixed media on blotting paper, 76 x 74 cm (photo: Liz Whitter)" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/6c50da20c0f5453ff9b9906c95d87c512b23195999c0e840694bb38292f09785/AP_210220_005.jpg" /> <img width="5057" height="5173" width_o="5057" height_o="5173" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/7dfc8aab93e0c07c2f537fe53f01628e24c079392e0cb2f01cef69e0e4679ed0/AP_210220_004.jpg" data-mid="244753392" border="0" alt="Hedwig Barry, &quot;Under Skin&quot;, 2019, mixed media on blotting paper, 76 x 74 cm (photo: Liz Whitter)" data-caption="Hedwig Barry, &quot;Under Skin&quot;, 2019, mixed media on blotting paper, 76 x 74 cm (photo: Liz Whitter)" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/7dfc8aab93e0c07c2f537fe53f01628e24c079392e0cb2f01cef69e0e4679ed0/AP_210220_004.jpg" /> <img width="1026" height="765" width_o="1026" height_o="765" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/589a9dba9807a427afca231f90eb1161c5bd89eec0ad0b7aa969d54ff99c6f0b/Groundless-II.jpg" data-mid="244753394" border="0" alt="Hedwig Barry, &quot;Groundless II&quot;, 2019, mixed media on Fabriano paper, 202 x 151 cm" data-caption="Hedwig Barry, &quot;Groundless II&quot;, 2019, mixed media on Fabriano paper, 202 x 151 cm" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/589a9dba9807a427afca231f90eb1161c5bd89eec0ad0b7aa969d54ff99c6f0b/Groundless-II.jpg" /> <img width="1813" height="1347" width_o="1813" height_o="1347" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/05473a28c2d8ec79d851b19a3340f6a432afa8bf20a8927fd78b92d6cf5b88e4/0U2A3387-0-Ramifydehiscence-Framed-copy.jpg" data-mid="244753391" border="0" alt="Hedwig Barry and David Andrew, &quot;Ramify (Dehiscence)&quot;, 2019, mixed media on paper, 86 x 116 cm" data-caption="Hedwig Barry and David Andrew, &quot;Ramify (Dehiscence)&quot;, 2019, mixed media on paper, 86 x 116 cm" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/05473a28c2d8ec79d851b19a3340f6a432afa8bf20a8927fd78b92d6cf5b88e4/0U2A3387-0-Ramifydehiscence-Framed-copy.jpg" /> https://hedwigbarry.com/Sculptures Thu, 12 Feb 2026 11:26:28 +0000 Hedwig Barry https://hedwigbarry.com/Sculptures Selected sculptures My practice experiments with how meaning can inhabit form, colour and material. This is perhaps nowhere more evident than in my sculptures. The large-scale “crumple” sculptures transform industrial aluminium sheets into forms resembling crumpled paper. Their all-over surfaces, rendered luminescent with automotive paints and enamels, affirm the visibility and presence of that which is overlooked or discarded. Likewise, the tumescent forms of a series of sculptures made from polyurethane foam transform this humble material, inviting us to look at it with curiosity and wonder. Several of my crumple scultpures were installed at the Nirox Sculpture Park, both in the gallery and outdoors throughout the park grounds, during my solo exhibition at Nirox in 2022 (Here is Where We Meet, 2022). I have also created crumple works for the Spier Light Art Festival (also 2022) and for outdoor public spaces, including the site of the Constitutional Court of South Africa in Johannesburg. <img width="6336" height="9504" width_o="6336" height_o="9504" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/86c47dc0f91afc4792dc08e768160f42984c08218e7ab1814ad356d2edaaf877/DSC05208.jpg" data-mid="244753455" border="0" alt="&quot;Seat&quot;, 2022, automotive paint on alumnium, 120 &times; 120 &times; 60 cm. Photo: Alexi Portokallis" data-caption="&quot;Seat&quot;, 2022, automotive paint on alumnium, 120 × 120 × 60 cm. Photo: Alexi Portokallis" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/86c47dc0f91afc4792dc08e768160f42984c08218e7ab1814ad356d2edaaf877/DSC05208.jpg" /> <img width="6336" height="9504" width_o="6336" height_o="9504" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/2d19d26371d91eb5226088feff1ebd2e49dbe2adf1b0336693201bcaa2253015/DSC05062.jpg" data-mid="244753459" border="0" alt="&quot;Mother&quot;, 2022, automotive paint on aluminium, 390 &times; 260 &times; 270 cm" data-caption="&quot;Mother&quot;, 2022, automotive paint on aluminium, 390 × 260 × 270 cm" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/2d19d26371d91eb5226088feff1ebd2e49dbe2adf1b0336693201bcaa2253015/DSC05062.jpg" /> <img width="1024" height="768" width_o="1024" height_o="768" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/6d827938ca75ba99b802a2382bd179bcdc71bd4ede6415b3ad0081c24ca8296f/WhatsApp-Image-2022-01-18-at-20.52.59-3.jpeg" data-mid="244753458" border="0" alt="&quot;Angel of History&quot;, 2022, automotive paint on aluminium, 145 &times; 60 &times; 122 cm" data-caption="&quot;Angel of History&quot;, 2022, automotive paint on aluminium, 145 × 60 × 122 cm" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/6d827938ca75ba99b802a2382bd179bcdc71bd4ede6415b3ad0081c24ca8296f/WhatsApp-Image-2022-01-18-at-20.52.59-3.jpeg" /> <img width="6336" height="9504" width_o="6336" height_o="9504" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/801a7455bb03bfec1f5b47f268c61ede83b7c16985b5bbf828f29cec0fe5f056/DSC05224.jpg" data-mid="244753456" border="0" alt="&quot;Sharkboy&quot;, 2022 Automotive paint on aluminium, 180 &times; 110 &times; 210 cm. Photo: Alexi Portokallis" data-caption="&quot;Sharkboy&quot;, 2022 Automotive paint on aluminium, 180 × 110 × 210 cm. Photo: Alexi Portokallis" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/801a7455bb03bfec1f5b47f268c61ede83b7c16985b5bbf828f29cec0fe5f056/DSC05224.jpg" /> <img width="1024" height="1024" width_o="1024" height_o="1024" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/e5324ae537ca63cf0a07f8f841ecae9d764e9f2f1beff8977c4205655556e3ca/Crumple-Jeanette-Schoon.JPG" data-mid="244753450" border="0" alt="&quot;Crumple (Jeanette Schoon)&quot;, 2021-2022, automotive paint on aluminium, 3,4 x 2 x 2 m" data-caption="&quot;Crumple (Jeanette Schoon)&quot;, 2021-2022, automotive paint on aluminium, 3,4 x 2 x 2 m" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/e5324ae537ca63cf0a07f8f841ecae9d764e9f2f1beff8977c4205655556e3ca/Crumple-Jeanette-Schoon.JPG" /> <img width="1600" height="1200" width_o="1600" height_o="1200" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/e9a22684e0a370fbf4f20d91da9b174f6a07dab35e14af350bc1775781a34678/Night-Crumple.jpg" data-mid="244753460" border="0" alt="&quot;Night Crumple&quot;, 2022, automotive paint mied with phosphorescent powder on aluminium, 2,2 x 3,5 x 3 m" data-caption="&quot;Night Crumple&quot;, 2022, automotive paint mied with phosphorescent powder on aluminium, 2,2 x 3,5 x 3 m" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/e9a22684e0a370fbf4f20d91da9b174f6a07dab35e14af350bc1775781a34678/Night-Crumple.jpg" /> <img width="3002" height="3791" width_o="3002" height_o="3791" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/e659d252cc56fe235212c7b2fcf9d725af2e5630339c1dc72a835a612e1725f7/IMG_0665-2.JPG" data-mid="244753463" border="0" alt="&quot;I am an Island&quot;, 2022, enamel and automotive paint on polyurethane, 75 x 70 x 15 cm cm" data-caption="&quot;I am an Island&quot;, 2022, enamel and automotive paint on polyurethane, 75 x 70 x 15 cm cm" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/e659d252cc56fe235212c7b2fcf9d725af2e5630339c1dc72a835a612e1725f7/IMG_0665-2.JPG" /> <img width="8688" height="5792" width_o="8688" height_o="5792" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/7532dc0037114ec8d0225e14c08ef244338cbf52323a70126026fc09690f3295/IMG_0012-1-2.jpg" data-mid="245646334" border="0" alt="&quot;Boyfriend&quot;, 2022, enamel and automotive paint on polyurethane, 57 x 55 x 58 cm" data-caption="&quot;Boyfriend&quot;, 2022, enamel and automotive paint on polyurethane, 57 x 55 x 58 cm" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/7532dc0037114ec8d0225e14c08ef244338cbf52323a70126026fc09690f3295/IMG_0012-1-2.jpg" /> <img width="2947" height="3655" width_o="2947" height_o="3655" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/7ea46f1846d57fbf9d903b35086ba6a3b776b663feccf36b3086b18c28361633/IMG_0664-4.JPG" data-mid="244753461" border="0" alt="&quot;Gutsy&quot;, 2022, enamel and automotive paint on polyurethane, 50 x 50 x 12 cm" data-caption="&quot;Gutsy&quot;, 2022, enamel and automotive paint on polyurethane, 50 x 50 x 12 cm" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/7ea46f1846d57fbf9d903b35086ba6a3b776b663feccf36b3086b18c28361633/IMG_0664-4.JPG" /> <img width="2593" height="2722" width_o="2593" height_o="2722" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/8892c68753f620f62c0db5e0feb94424a278b3776d5540cbf80ddfd4c51198bb/IMG_0666-2.JPG" data-mid="244753464" border="0" data-no-zoom="true" alt="&quot;I am a Rock&quot;, 2022, enamel and automotive paint on polyurethane, 22 x 10 x 13 cm" data-caption="&quot;I am a Rock&quot;, 2022, enamel and automotive paint on polyurethane, 22 x 10 x 13 cm" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/8892c68753f620f62c0db5e0feb94424a278b3776d5540cbf80ddfd4c51198bb/IMG_0666-2.JPG" /> <img width="1214" height="809" width_o="1214" height_o="809" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/d50609f21f9423d78e6325cf9252a20aa6d93fa7b5aa16547b024f346ec18e7e/0U2A3532-0_crumple_the_feeling_of_being_at_sea_Perspex_BG-SML.jpg" data-mid="244753451" border="0" alt="&quot;Crumple: The Feeling of Being At Sea&quot;, 2021, enamel on pewter, 10 x 10 x 15 cm. Photo: Liz Whitter" data-caption="&quot;Crumple: The Feeling of Being At Sea&quot;, 2021, enamel on pewter, 10 x 10 x 15 cm. Photo: Liz Whitter" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/d50609f21f9423d78e6325cf9252a20aa6d93fa7b5aa16547b024f346ec18e7e/0U2A3532-0_crumple_the_feeling_of_being_at_sea_Perspex_BG-SML.jpg" /> <img width="1214" height="809" width_o="1214" height_o="809" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/532d3e7994d26b09b3188008665227d3d33e577a66f95102e33548133e4cddf9/0U2A3537-0_crumple_-_multi_coloured_sampler_Perspex_BG-1.jpg" data-mid="244753452" border="0" alt="&quot;Crumple: Multicoloured Sampler&quot;, 2021, enamel on pewter, 15 x 18 x 12 cm. Photo: Liz Whitter" data-caption="&quot;Crumple: Multicoloured Sampler&quot;, 2021, enamel on pewter, 15 x 18 x 12 cm. Photo: Liz Whitter" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/532d3e7994d26b09b3188008665227d3d33e577a66f95102e33548133e4cddf9/0U2A3537-0_crumple_-_multi_coloured_sampler_Perspex_BG-1.jpg" /> https://hedwigbarry.com/Hedwig-Barry-HIWWM Thu, 12 Feb 2026 10:42:48 +0000 Hedwig Barry https://hedwigbarry.com/Hedwig-Barry-HIWWM Hedwig Barry: Here Is Where We MeetNIROX Sculpture Park, Johannesburg22/02/2022–13/03/2022 About Hedwig Barry.&nbsp;&nbsp; Download the catalogue (44.6 MB). Download small version of the catalogue (10.4 MB) View the exhibition on Artsy.&nbsp; Press Release:FORMS Gallery and NIROX Sculpture Park&nbsp; are pleased to present Here Is Where We Meet, a solo exhibition by Hedwig Barry.Barry’s first solo exhibition, Here Is Where We Meet, is a collection of&nbsp; sculptures and paintings completed during her seven-week residency at the NIROX Sculpture Park. The exhibition centres around new Crumple sculptures, large-scale three-dimensional works made from massive sheets of crumpled metal welded together and then painted&nbsp; to create complex and enigmatic forms.The Crumple series dramatises the relationship between force, scale and fragility, drawing attention to the simultaneous structural resilience and vulnerability of the work’s primary material, aluminium sheets. Barry’s sculptures explore the relationship between destruction and preservation, force and form: the works were initially inspired by crumpled up paper, and then invisible&nbsp; “crumple zones” in cars – areas in the bodies of cars which are designed to buckle in the instance of an accident, absorbing the force of impact and protecting the bodies inside the vehicle.Alongside the Crumple sculptures Barry presents paintings on canvas which continue her exploration of automotive paints and painting techniques used on the Crumples’ surfaces. These paintings derive from memories of experiences in nature, using colour and form to evoke different environments that are ecologically unique and increasingly vulnerable. The visual language of the paintings spills into the sculptures, areas of which are hand-painted in a similar style.“The surfaces that interest me provide opportunities for forms of looking that are persistent and patient, and therefore resilient,” Barry says. “At the same time, I strive to create surfaces that are enchanting and seductive, that offer the viewer an experience of the sublime. I see exuberance, enchantment and resilience as concepts that are unified through both the act of making work and the act of experiencing it as a viewer. Through creating complex and exuberant surfaces, I investigate the ways in which we – artists and viewers – can practice different kinds of resilience, self-care and space-holding for ourselves and others.”The exhibition extends from the Covered Space at the NIROX Sculpture Park to the park grounds, and until 4 February will be supplemented by smaller-scale works and exploratory video pieces on show in and adjacent to the studio in which Barry has been working for the duration of the residency. 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Installation view showing “Angel of History”&nbsp; (sculpture)&nbsp; and “Johannesburg” (painting). Photo: Alexi Portokallis 2.&nbsp; Installation view showing “Arch”.&nbsp; 3. Hedwig Barry, “Arch”, 2022, automotive paint on aluminium, 170 × 350 × 170 cm.&nbsp; Photo: Alexi Portokallis 4.&nbsp;Hedwig Barry, "Seat", 2022, automotive paint on alumnium, 120 × 120 × 60 cm. Photo: Alexi Portokallis 5.&nbsp;Hedwig Barry, "Mother", 2022, automotive paint on aluminium, 390 × 260 × 270 cm. Photo: Alexi Portokallis 6.&nbsp;Hedwig Barry, "Sharkboy", 2022 Automotive paint on aluminium, 180 × 110 × 210 cm. Photo: Alexi Portokallis 7.&nbsp;Hedwig Barry, "Marievale", 2021, automotive and oil paint on previously used canvas, 160 x 130 x 7 cm. Photo: Liz Whitter 8.&nbsp;Hedwig Barry, "Tswalu", 2021, automotive and oil paint on previously used canvas, 160 x 130 x 7 cm. Photo: Liz Whitter 9.&nbsp;Hedwig Barry, "Johannesburg", 2021, automotive and oil paint on previously used canvas, 220 x 100 x 7 cm. Photo: Liz Whitter 10.&nbsp;Hedwig Barry, "Makuleke", 2021, automotive and oil paint on previously used canvas, 220 x 160 x 7 cm. Photo: Liz Whitter