16 July - 8 August, 2026
Glaciers are rivers of slow moving ice that were formed during ice ages thousands, sometimes millions of years ago. In Tasmania, the mountains of the South West were carved out and shaped by glaciers as recently as 20,000 years ago at a time when the Palawa were the first people to inhabit this land. Indigenous people would have known, revered and loved these glaciers, however, tragically that cultural knowledge has since been lost. Connecting this understanding of geological time with cultural time resonates deeply for me and underpins my desire to make paintings that interpret the precarity of the world’s glacier ecosystems with reflection and sensitivity.
Sue Lovegrove, No 629, 2026, acrylic, acryla-gouache and ink on board, 90 x 120 cm
My fascination with glaciers stems from witnessing and experiencing first hand their dynamic and active landscapes in both New Zealand and Iceland. These fragile ecosystems exist constantly in a state of flux and are deeply affected by changes in the earths warming. I think of glaciers as living entities that deserve our respect and protection in order to survive, just like any other living being.
Sue Lovegrove, No 626, 2026, acrylic and ink on aluminium, 46 x 61 cm
This series is both a sensory and poetic tribute to the life and voice of glaciers. The paintings celebrate the ‘being of ice’- the life and energy of glaciers as archives of impermanence, while also drawing attention to their precarity.