Key Rhythm | Tamara Mendels

Key Rhythm is an exhibition of new work by Northern Rivers artist, Tamara Mendels, exploring gesture, line and surface. Spanning across painting and sculpture, Mendels’ unique forms are a result of working within her own processes and self-imposed boundaries. Her abstractions evolve from rhythmic gestures — lyrical movements with paint and resin that become frozen mid-act and held by the resistance of their own materiality.

These enigmatic forms fold into themselves generating tension between depth and surface, and simultaneously reveal and conceal subconscious impulses and primordial ciphers from the artist. Featuring cast resin sculptures alongside a series of resin and acrylic paintings, Mendels’ new work marks a significant evolution in her practice.

Tamara Mendels
Polyphonic Spectrum with Modulated Disruptors (detail) 2025
acrylic, synthetic polymer and resin on canvas
140 x 122 cm
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