Ride. Fly. Ride
Branka Sinobad

Ride. Fly. Ride

$6,000 AUD
AUD $6,000 AUD

2026 – Original

Gesso, polymer paint, spray paint, charcoal and pencil on canvas.

167cm x 137cm

Artwork statement
Ride. Fly. Ride (2026) forms part of an ongoing exploration of memory, in which painting, drawing and text interact through layering, obscuring and revision. The work is built through layers of polymer paint, spray paint and transparent gesso, with charcoal drawing and fragments of text worked into the surface. An awkward, cartoon-like figure takes shape through repeated, overlapping charcoal lines, creating a sense of movement across the surface. Dark charcoal lines contrast with areas of pale pink, cream, grey and red, while traces of earlier marks remain visible within the layered surface.

Drawing on memories of learning to rollerblade, the painting moves between the fear of falling and the pleasure of movement. The peculiar struggle to stay upright becomes a reflection on the uncertainties and small absurdities of everyday life.

Learn more about Branka Sinobad

Branka Sinobad is a Brisbane/Meanjin-based artist working across painting and drawing. She holds a Bachelor of Fine Art (Honours) from the Queensland College of Art, Griffith University. Her practice investigates painting as a temporal field, where memory is encountered through the emergence of forms. Through layered processes of drawing, painting, obscuring, and revision, she develops surfaces in which gestures emerge, recede, and remain embedded within strata, forming compositions where multiple temporal states coexist. Paint functions as surface time, embedding drawing within a structure of duration. Figures emerge within this layered ground as provisional condensations of time. Some retain a resonance with memory, while others detach and become autonomous formations within the painting. This instability reflects her central concern: how memory is transformed through time, allowing new forms of presence to emerge.

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