{"title":"Tamara Mendels","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"i-live-in-a-house-with-no-walls-i-am-floating","title":"I Live In A House With No Walls. I Am Floating","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eArtwork Statement\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe isolated gesture in this painting considers our existence beyond the limits of the physical body. Emerging from a white void, the form retains its individual identity while appearing suspended in a boundless cosmic field. A cloud-like blob sits in front of the gesture, suggesting weightlessness and the sensation of floating high above the physical world.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe work explores another aspect of existence, where energy, resonance and dissonance coexist within our spiritual and material lives. This tension between our physical limitations and our boundless spiritual existence creates a dissonance between the material world we inhabit and the freedom we sense beyond it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1vaomtjIQ_duWvfv955lnX0BFhFMBy937\/view?usp=drive_link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(26, 4, 139);\"\u003eRead: Artist Process\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Flinders Lane Gallery","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54305460912422,"sku":null,"price":4000.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1005\/4179\/2550\/files\/TamaraMendels_ILiveInAhouseWithNoWalls.IAmFloating_2026_Acrylic_SyntheticPolymer_EpoxyResinonCanvas_95x85cm__4000.jpg?v=1793854318"},{"product_id":"i-need-a-magic-pill-or-a-dose-of-super-potion","title":"I Need A Magic Pill Or A Dose Of Super Potion","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eArtwork Statement\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFreedom to paint poses more questions than answers. Too much freedom and you paint nothing; too little and the work becomes boring and redundant. Painting requires structure and confinement. Within set boundaries, works of art can be made. Stabbing in the dark leads to an unrefined chaos.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eI have created my own set of rules for making work. Within these parameters, a multitude of possibilities exists. Outside them lies confusion, uncertainty and an inability to move forward. It is these very limitations that allow me the freedom to create.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eI Need a Magic Pill or a Dose of Super Potion speaks to the desire for motivation, a little help to get things moving. Sometimes I have so many ideas running through my head that I become overwhelmed and unable to act. Can art help us get unstuck? Can a painting offer some relief from the constant demands of connectivity, reactivity and the mundane routines of everyday life? The painting becomes its own magic pill, a way of breaking free from inertia and turning imagination into action.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBlue takes on a transcendental quality as forms collide and overlap, creating a sense of sound, movement and pulsating energy. There is something cosmic about it, as though everything is vibrating at once. The painting is an energy generator. Could this be the magic pill we are all searching for?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1vaomtjIQ_duWvfv955lnX0BFhFMBy937\/view?usp=drive_link\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(26, 4, 139);\"\u003eRead: Artist Process\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Flinders Lane Gallery","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54305466450214,"sku":null,"price":4000.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1005\/4179\/2550\/files\/TamaraMendels_INeedAMagicPillOrADoseOfSuperPotion_2026_Acrylic_SyntheticPolymer_EpoxyResinonCanvas_95x85cm___4000.jpg?v=1793854910"},{"product_id":"connect-to-the-people-intercept-my-brain-cheers-to-the-people-riding-the-train","title":"Connect To The People, Intercept My Brain. Cheers To The People Riding The Train","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eArtwork Statement\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHundreds of hours spent methodically painting lines in my studio, repeated actions, line after line. The result is energetic and free, a loaded brushstroke with the illusion of spontaneity. I have to be brave, even rebellious, to pour a massive splat of house paint onto a painting that has taken so long to construct.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDualities exist simultaneously: freedom and containment, control and spontaneity. Oppositional forces coexist. Certainty is an illusion, and the unexpected is perhaps the only certainty. Abstraction offers a personal freedom; it is poetry made tangible.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCreated in the lead-up to Exploration 26, the work echoes the grunge and flamboyance of Melbourne’s urban landscape. Its thick black outlines recall the bold graphic language of Pop Art and comic-book imagery, while its graffiti-like forms, abundant colour and visual excess introduce a heightened sense of energy.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBeneath this visual excess lies a tension between the desire for connection, the need to be seen and heard, and the solitude essential to independent thought. In a world of constant distraction, where we are increasingly controlled by what is presented to us, painting remains an act of personal freedom.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1vaomtjIQ_duWvfv955lnX0BFhFMBy937\/view?usp=drive_link\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(26, 4, 139);\"\u003eRead: Artist Process\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Flinders Lane Gallery","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54305487323430,"sku":null,"price":8000.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1005\/4179\/2550\/files\/Tamara-Mendels_Connect-To-The-People_-Intercept-My-Brain.-Cheers-To-The-People-Riding-The-Train_2026-1600pt.jpg?v=1793855491"}],"url":"https:\/\/flg.com.au\/collections\/tamara-mendels.oembed","provider":"Flinders Lane Gallery","version":"1.0","type":"link"}