A PRACTITIONER OF ALCHEMY
CHRISTOPHER FIRMSTONE / DAVID KEATING
5-28 FEBRUARY 2026
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Pleased to announce a duo presentation between David Keating and Christopher Firmstone under the title, A Practitioner Of Alchemy. The exhibition will open to the public Thursday 2pm February 5 until February 28 Wednesday to Saturday 2-6pm or by appointment.
Like alchemists seeking to change base metals - two of Australia´s most accomplished mid-career artists Christopher Firmstone and David Keating both influenced by the legacy of Donald Judd share an interest in the transformation of industrial materials (aluminium, galvanized iron and steel) to convey new meaning and asethetics through their physical presence.
Focused on concrete materials and spatial relationships their individual connection to minimalism is more implicit - for example, the interplay of colour and tension slightly varies between artists - they both create precise, elemental forms that define space and demand direct experience, a kind of material transmutation.
The implications from Keating´s work elevates a level of visual frankness if you will, while Firmstone reveals a fondness for subtle diversions and distractions.
A Practitioner Of Alchemy continues until February 28.
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David Keating
untitled (Black)
Oil and Steel on canvas
39 x 26 x 5 cm
2015
SOLD
Christopher Firmstone
In and On (In Turquoise)
Acrylic and anodised aluminium on Arches 640 gsm cold pressed paper
framed in wood and UV acrylic
70 x 54 x 2 cm
2024
Price on request
images courtesy of Soomin Jeong
David Keating
Untitled (Grey)
Oil and Steel on canvas
50 x 30 x 5 cm
2015
Price on request
Christopher Firmstone
In and On (In White)
Acrylic and anodised aluminium on Arches 640 gsm cold pressed paper
framed in wood and UV acrylic
70 x 54 x 2 cm
2024
SOLD
David Keating
Untitled (Green)
Oil and Steel on canvas
42 x 31 x 5 cm
2015
Price on request
David Keating
Untitled (Blue)
Oil and Steel on canvas
50 x 42 x 5 cm
2015
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OTHER AVAILABLE BY DAVID KEATING
David Keating selective solo exhibitions include Segmentary Bodies CHAUFFEUR Sydney (2024), Lines (or against Fixation) LaTrobe University, Bendigo (2023), The Containers, CHAUFFEUR Sydney and Habitual Despair, Conner Conners Melbourne (2021), A Sun In HIs Head, CHAUFFEUR Sydney (2019), Endless Nameless, Kunsthaus Basel, Switzerland (2016), Solo booth with RaebervonStenglin Zurich at Art Basel, Hong Kong (2012), Passage, RaebervonStenglin, Zurich, Sequence and descending, RaebervonStenglin, Zurich, Switzerland, In Division, Koh–i-noor, Copenhagen, Denmark and There’s a Storm Blowing up Above Us, Wendt + Friedmann, Berlin, Germany.
Other groups presentations between 2011-2020 at Army Collective New York, FRUTTA, Rome, Bischoff Projects, Frankfurt with Fred Sandback, N. Dash and Jens Risch. Hopkinson Mossman, Auckland, Supportico Lopez, Berlin, FIAC with RaebervonStenglin; Paris, 1857 Oslo, Norway, Spazio Cabinet, Milan, Italy, Sandy Brown, Berlin, ARCO Madrid with Tanya Leighton Gallery Berlin and commissioned for the Art Public at Bass Museum of Art, Miami curated by Christine Y. Kim.
Public collections include Chartwell Trust Collection / Auckland Art Gallery, New Zealand, Private collections Hong Kong, Europe, UK, USA and Australia / New Zealand.
David Keating
Untitled (Dark Grey)
Oil and Steel on canvas
169 x 135 x 8 cm
2016
Price on request
David Keating
Untitled (Light Green)
Oil and Steel on canvas
163 x 97 x 5 cm
2016
Price on request
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