16 July - 8 August, 2026
For more than three decades, Tasmanian-based Sue Lovegrove has forged a practice which is grounded in her sustained encounters with remote and sometimes hostile landscapes. Whether scaling the wave-battered rockfaces of isolated islands in Bass Strait or actively descending into glacial crevasses in northern and southern global regions, her work emerges not from distant observation but through direct bodily experience of place. The landscape is not a backdrop to her art practice but a living presence which informs her raison d’etre.
Slow Moving Ice continues the artist’s lifelong engagement with environments defined by elemental forces, this time through the exploration of glacial terrain in New Zealand and Iceland. These experiences are further enhanced by her research into Tasmania's geology, parts of which were sculpted by glaciers as recently as 20,000 years ago.
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
