Adult Lullabies
06/12/17 - 22/12/17 at Daine Singer
Installation view
Installation view
Installation view
Installation view
Frangipanis, 2017, oil on canvas framed, 50 x 40.5 cm
Fresh air, 2017, oil on canvas framed, 50 x 40.5 cm
Friends who share feelings, 2017, oil on canvas framed, 50 x 40.5 cm
Work it out I, 2017, oil on canvas framed, 50 x 40.5 cm
Work it out II, 2017, oil on canvas framed, 50 x 40.5 cm
Starry/foggy-eyed, 2017, oil and acrylic on canvas framed, 41 x 30.5 cm
Nervous butterflies, 2017, oil on canvas framed, 50 x 40.5 cm
Try to be appealing and loose your appeal, 2017, oil on canvas framed, 50 x 40.5 cm
Air dry, island breeze, 2017, oil on canvas framed, 50 x 40.5 cm
(Sweet) sweat pooling under knees, 2017, oil on canvas framed, 41 x 30.5 cm
Look at you, 2017, oil and acrylic on canvas framed, 41 x 30.5 cm
Image credit Clare Rae
In Adult Lullabies, Clare Longley explores the kind of romantic idealism you project on to falling in love or walks along the beach during sunset. Assembling a series of visual motifs distinct to her practice, the paintings are innocent, sketchy, and incomplete in parts, like a memory or something intangible. Completely immersed in the atmosphere of seduction, but with a sprinkle of failure, the paintings allude to first kisses, butterflies in your stomach and beach house décor.