GINNIE GARDINER

JUNE 13 - JULY 12, 2026

The main components of my recent subject matter in the “Interspace Series” are folded, curved, and cut-out pieces of paper, selected fragments from my photographs of various objects, and hand painted and printed papers. As a painter and collage artist, my Interspace Series explores the translation of three dimensional paper shapes into two dimensional color designs, in a further exploration of the relativity of color, figure/ground and negative space. These studies for my large scale oil paintings are focused on space, shapes, shadow and light. Shadows are usually considered as negative space, but in my studies, they become distinctive shapes that I balance with the paper shapes, considering the two kinds of shapes on an equal basis.

My transition into the Interspace series, begun in late 2022 to present, was inspired by Peter Weibel’s book ‘Negative Space’, and the influence of modernist sculpture.

There is a conceptual shift in my recent three dimensional mixed media Interspace collages, where folded paper ‘sculptures’ are used as subjects. This is an exciting and new territory to explore.