David Noonan Untitled, 2015 Screen-printed jute and linen collage Framed: 154 x 114 cm Image courtesy of the artist and Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, Sydney David Noonan’s works create specific atmospheres, in which subtle emotion and dramatic expression coexist in a space of temporal complexity. Using a combination of traditional and contemporary methods, Noonan superimposes the figurative with the abstract, uniting diverse imagery into a cohesive whole. Noonan references a range of reproduction processes in his work from ancient tapestry and Japanese Boro, to newsprint and digital media. The dynamic texture that emerges though his collages, reflect Noonan’s interest in the picture plane as both a physically complex surface and as a representational space. David Noonan has exhibited nationally and internationally for almost two decades. Recent solo exhibitions include David Noonan, Contemporary Art Museum, St. Louis (2011); David Noonan: Spiel, The Glasgow International festival of Visual Art, The Mitchell Library Glasgow, UK (2010); David Noonan, Australian Centre for Contemporary Art, Melbourne (2009); David Noonan, the Chisenhale Gallery, London (2008) and David Noonan, Palais de Tokyo, Paris (2007). Recent group exhibitions include: We used to talk about love, Balnaves Contemporary: Photomedia, Art Gallery of New South Wales (2013); Theatre of the World, MONA - Museum of Old and New Art, Tasmania (2012-13); 10 ways to look at the past, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne (2011); Tableaux, MAGASIN - Centre National d'Art Contemporain, Grenoble (2011); Secret Societies. To Know, To Dare, To Will, To Keep Silence, Schirn Kunsthalle Frankfurt, Frankfurt and CAPC de Bordeaux, Bordeaux (2011); The 17th Biennale of Sydney: Beauty of Distance, songs of survival in a precarious age (2010); Altermodern, the Tate Triennial (2009); and the Busan Biennale, Busan, Korea (2008). Noonan’s work is held in major public and private collections such as the Museum of Modern Art, New York, the British Arts Council, UK, the Art Gallery of New South Wales, the National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, the Sender Collection, New York and the Rubell Collection, Florida.
