Convoi Exceptionnel 

27 October – 26 November 2023

Divisions Gallery is proud to present ‘Convoi Exceptionnel’. 

Pentridge Arts warmly invites you to our forthcoming exhibition, Convoi Exceptionnel by Christopher Jewitt, opening Friday 27th of October and continuing until the 26th of November, 2023. 

Exhibition Statement by Dave Latimer

Trucks all over France display the words ‘convoi exceptionnel’ to warn motorists.

Attention! You’re sharing the road with a heavy, abnormal object. Lost in the buzz of transit.

Load: oversized. Christopher Jewitt delivers dense, polychromatic compositions that live somewhere between abstract and figurative art. 

Extracting meaning from the commotion of colours and routes in Convoi Exceptionnel can be challenging. But airbrushed figures are the simple, poetical foundation. These figures gain elusive agency through an intuition for expressive mark-making.

This work involves a series of discrete stages, employing airbrush, marker, caulking gun and oil brush. The abrasions and agreements between these layers construct a heavy, vibrational visual story.

The careful balance of forms and orientation within each frame is indispensable to Jewitt’s craft. Tiny pockets of negative space are preserved throughout, allowing intricacies and groupings to coexist. Exposed canvas is an exceptional feature of his paintings.

Colours and shapes combine with childish boldness in Convoi Exceptionnel. The pieces convey an unashamedly naive interplay of materials. Objects can appear flat, simple-minded, or blockish. But the movement between the bare and the complicated is the strongest premise of the work. 

Opening Night

Friday, 27th October, 2023

From 6pm at Divisions Gallery

Drinks supplied.

Free to attend. 

Visit Divisions Gallery

12-6pm, Thursday to Sunday

Located inside Pentridge Shopping Center.

Level 1, opposite Pentridge Cinemas.

gallery@pentridgecoburg.com.au