MAGIC IN THE THIRD SPACE
27TH JULY – 2ND AUGUST
OPENING NIGHT TUESDAY 28TH JULY 6 – 9 PM
ENTERTAINMENT SATURDAY 1ST AUGUST from 5 PM
Three wonderful artists exhibiting their beautiful artworks.
Matthew Flood:
I was born in Darlinghurst on Gadigal Land and so wish to acknowledge the First Nations people of this country. My mother loved the paintings of Constable and my father gifted me with The Blue Boy by Gainsborough when I was very young.As a kid of the sixties I was more fascinated though by the Saturday morning cartoons which led to a love of Marvel and DC comic characters.As an adult I still have those interests but became more drawn to underground British and American artists. Coupling this obsession with pop culture with my interest in primitive man and animals I have created themes that reflect both. Worlds crossing over. Art and human history meets dinosaurs, aliens, robots, and monsters.
Ben Jaimen:
My work is driven by mystery, magic, colour, movement and energy, often moving between real places and imagined inner worlds. I’m drawn to streets at night,strange light, dreamlike spaces, and the feeling that ordinary scenes can suddenly become theatrical, symbolic or slightly enchanted. I studied graphic design at Enmore Design Centre and completed a Diploma of Visual Arts at TAFE, where I developed a more personal painting practice. My work often begins loosely, with colour, texture and movement, before figures, buildings, stories or atmospheres start to appear. I like the sense that a painting can reveal itself gradually, almost like remembering a dream or walking into a scene halfway through. For me, painting is a way of exploring emotion, place and imagination without needing everything to be fully explained. I’m interested in creating images that feel alive, open-ended and a little mysterious.
Ozge Guzel Ozcicek
I majored in English Literature and minored in Photography at Hacettepe University in Ankara, where I studied the fundamentals of photography alongside theatre, poetry, and prose. Literature taught me that every story contains another beneath its surface; photography taught me to search for those stories without words. My work continues to be shaped by the cinematic language of Stanley Kubrick, Ingmar Bergman, Jim Jarmusch, and Xavier Dolan, whose films have profoundly influenced the way I think about atmosphere, silence, composition, and the emotional weight of an image. For me, photography is not simply a means of documenting the world, it is how I connect with it. I have not yet found a language for love, so I return instead to images. Photography has become the closest thing I know to a conversation: a way of reaching towards others, of making sense of distance, intimacy, memory, and belonging. Every encounter leaves behind a sensory memory; a smell, a sound, a silence that lingers long after the moment has passed. What interests me is not merely what is seen, but what continues to resonate after the image has disappeared. I often think of photography as a way of tracing a path through the world. In this sense, it resembles a songline, a living route through memory, place, and encounter. The photograph is never the destination; it is the path itself. Each frame becomes a point of connection between people, places, and moments that might otherwise remain unnoticed. Working primarily in black and white, I seek to strip away distraction and reveal the emotional architecture of an encounter, inviting viewers to bring their own memories, questions, and stories into the image.
ENTERTAINMENT SATURDAY 1ST AUGUST from 5 PM
Join Matthew and Friends on Saturday 1st August from 5 PM for entertainment from:
First band Caravan is a folk duo
Second performer John Maddox is a legendary jazz musician in Sydney.
