Helen Smith featured in The West Australian
Waves of Colour by Lyn di Ciero
The West Australian
When Perth artist Helen Smith took a sneak peek at her exhibition installed at the Art Gallery of WA, her first reaction was: “Wow! I like it.”
The second in the State gallery’s WA Focus series after the recent
Abdullah brothers exhibition, Smith’s candy-coloured canvases
immediately pack a punch before your eye is drawn to her optically
charged patterns on canvas and minimalist photographs.
Smith says exhibiting at AGWA is a fantastic opportunity. “It’s a really
great program they’ve initiated here because it will benefit a lot of
WA artists, particularly when so many galleries have closed,” she
says. “It gives you more exposure to an audience you might not have
otherwise and attracts a different sort of demographic than a
commercial gallery.”
Read the full article.
Waves of Colour by Lyn di Ciero
The West Australian
When Perth artist Helen Smith took a sneak peek at her exhibition installed at the Art Gallery of WA, her first reaction was: “Wow! I like it.”
The second in the State gallery’s WA Focus series after the recent Abdullah brothers exhibition, Smith’s candy-coloured canvases immediately pack a punch before your eye is drawn to her optically charged patterns on canvas and minimalist photographs.
Smith says exhibiting at AGWA is a fantastic opportunity. “It’s a really great program they’ve initiated here because it will benefit a lot of WA artists, particularly when so many galleries have closed,” she
says. “It gives you more exposure to an audience you might not have otherwise and attracts a different sort of demographic than a commercial gallery.”