Karen Black

  1. 2024
    Three point landing
    Karen Black

    Three point landing

    , 2024
    Glazed earthenware with coloured lustres, epoxy clay and acrylic paint
    58 x 35 x 30cm
    Silver tongue
    Karen Black

    Silver tongue

    , 2024
    Glazed earthenware with coloured lustres, epoxy clay and acrylic paint
    62 x 44 x 33cm
    The Rider
    Karen Black

    The Rider

    , 2024
    Glazed earthenware with coloured lustres, epoxy clay and acrylic paint
    64 x 22 x 21cm
    Mountain head
    Karen Black

    Mountain head

    , 2024
    Glazed earthenware with coloured lustres, epoxy clay and acrylic paint
    79 x 52 x 38cm
    Floating cloud
    Karen Black

    Floating cloud

    , 2024
    Oil on canvas
    97 x 82cm
    Stranger things have happened
    Karen Black

    Stranger things have happened

    , 2024
    Oil on canvas
    97 x 163.2cm (diptych)
    Thin ice
    Karen Black

    Thin ice

    , 2024
    Oil on canvas
    97 x 163.2cm (diptych)
    Racing the rain
    Karen Black

    Racing the rain

    , 2024
    Oil on canvas
    97 x 163.2cm (diptych)
    A ring for a squared circle
    Karen Black

    A ring for a squared circle

    , 2024
    Oil on canvas
    97 x 163.2cm (diptych)
    Nightclub
    Karen Black

    Nightclub

    , 2024
    Oil on canvas
    40 x 60cm
    Passing a passerby
    Karen Black

    Passing a passerby

    , 2024
    Oil on canvas
    40 x 60cm
    A risky murmur
    Karen Black

    A risky murmur

    , 2024
    Oil on canvas
    40 x 60cm
    Insomnia
    Karen Black

    Insomnia

    , 2024
    Oil on canvas
    40 x 60cm
    Swept away
    Karen Black

    Swept away

    , 2024
    Oil on canvas
    40 x 60cm
    Camp site
    Karen Black

    Camp site

    , 2024
    Oil on canvas
    40 x 60cm
    Knitted blanket
    Karen Black

    Knitted blanket

    , 2024
    Oil on canvas
    183 x 152cm
    Around the waterfall
    Karen Black

    Around the waterfall

    , 2024
    Oil on canvas
    183 x 152cm
    A ring for a squared circle
    Karen Black

    A ring for a squared circle

    , 2024
    Installation view
    Sutton Gallery, Melbourne
    Photography Andrew Curtis
    A ring for a squared circle
    Karen Black

    A ring for a squared circle

    , 2024
    Installation view
    Sutton Gallery, Melbourne
    Photography Andrew Curtis
    A ring for a squared circle
    Karen Black

    A ring for a squared circle

    , 2024
    Installation view
    Sutton Gallery, Melbourne
    Photography Andrew Curtis
    A ring for a squared circle
    Karen Black

    A ring for a squared circle

    , 2024
    Installation view
    Sutton Gallery, Melbourne
    Photography Andrew Curtis
    A ring for a squared circle
    Karen Black

    A ring for a squared circle

    , 2024
    Installation view
    Sutton Gallery, Melbourne
    Photography Andrew Curtis
    A ring for a squared circle
    Karen Black

    A ring for a squared circle

    , 2024
    Installation view
    Sutton Gallery, Melbourne
    Photography Andrew Curtis
    A ring for a squared circle
    Karen Black

    A ring for a squared circle

    , 2024
    Installation view
    Sutton Gallery, Melbourne
    Photography Andrew Curtis
    A ring for a squared circle
    Karen Black

    A ring for a squared circle

    , 2024
    Installation view
    Sutton Gallery, Melbourne
    Photography Andrew Curtis
    A ring for a squared circle
    Karen Black

    A ring for a squared circle

    , 2024
    Installation view
    Sutton Gallery, Melbourne
    Photography Andrew Curtis
    A ring for a squared circle
    Karen Black

    A ring for a squared circle

    , 2024
    Installation view
    Sutton Gallery, Melbourne
    Photography Andrew Curtis
    A ring for a squared circle
    Karen Black

    A ring for a squared circle

    , 2024
    Installation view
    Sutton Gallery, Melbourne
    Photography Andrew Curtis
    A ring for a squared circle
    Karen Black

    A ring for a squared circle

    , 2024
    Sutton Gallery, Melbourne
    Videography: Andrew Curtis
  2. 2023
    Light gap
    Karen Black

    Light gap

    , 2023
    Oil on board
    27 x 42cm (framed)
  3. 2022
    Elegant sunshine
    Karen Black

    Elegant sunshine

    , 2022
    152.5 x 244cm (2 panels)
    Healer Healing
    Karen Black

    Healer Healing

    , 2022
    Oil on canvas
    152.5 x 122cm
    Blend in zone out
    Karen Black

    Blend in zone out

    , 2022
    Oil on canvas
    61 x 46cm
    Inside outwards
    Karen Black

    Inside outwards

    , 2022
    Oil on canvas
    61 x 92cm (2 panels)
    You are my philodendron (climbing)
    Karen Black

    You are my philodendron (climbing)

    , 2022
    Oil on canvas
    152.5 x 244cm
    You are my philodendron (climbing)
    Karen Black

    You are my philodendron (climbing)

    , 2022
    Oil on canvas
    152.5 x 244cm
    Pressure points (deep water)
    Karen Black

    Pressure points (deep water)

    , 2022
    Oil on canvas
    152.5 x 122cm
    Cocoon
    Karen Black

    Cocoon

    , 2022
    Oil on canvas
    61 x 92cm (2 panels)
    Pressure points
    Karen Black

    Pressure points

    , 2022
    Installation view, Melbourne Art Fair
    Pressure points
    Karen Black

    Pressure points

    , 2022
    Installation view, Melbourne Art Fair
    Pressure points
    Karen Black

    Pressure points

    , 2022
    Installation view, Melbourne Art Fair
    Pressure points
    Karen Black

    Pressure points

    , 2022
    Installation view, Melbourne Art Fair
    What’s that noise there 16
    Karen Black

    What’s that noise there 16

    , 2022
    Oil on board
    25 x 40cm
  4. 2021
    Overt Human Content
    Karen Black

    Overt Human Content

    , 2021
    Oil on canvas
    122.4 x 180.3cm
    Solo for a mirror
    Karen Black

    Solo for a mirror

    , 2021
    Oil on canvas
    122.4 x 180.3cm
    What’s that noise there 5
    Karen Black

    What’s that noise there 5

    , 2021
    Oil on board
    25 x 40cm
    What’s that noise there 1
    Karen Black

    What’s that noise there 1

    , 2021
    Oil on board
    25 x 40cm
    What’s that noise there 2
    Karen Black

    What’s that noise there 2

    , 2021
    Oil on board
    25 x 40cm
    What’s that noise there 3
    Karen Black

    What’s that noise there 3

    , 2021
    Oil on board
    25 x 40cm
    What’s that noise there 4
    Karen Black

    What’s that noise there 4

    , 2021
    Oil on board
    25 x 40cm
    What’s that noise there 6
    Karen Black

    What’s that noise there 6

    , 2021
    Oil on board
    25 x 40cm
    What’s that noise there 7
    Karen Black

    What’s that noise there 7

    , 2021
    Oil on board
    25 x 40cm
    What’s that noise there 8
    Karen Black

    What’s that noise there 8

    , 2021
    Oil on board
    25 x 40cm
    What’s that noise there 9
    Karen Black

    What’s that noise there 9

    , 2021
    Oil on board
    25 x 40cm
    What’s that noise there 10
    Karen Black

    What’s that noise there 10

    , 2021
    Oil on board
    25 x 40cm
    What’s that noise there 11
    Karen Black

    What’s that noise there 11

    , 2021
    Oil on board
    25 x 40cm
    What’s that noise there 12
    Karen Black

    What’s that noise there 12

    , 2021
    Oil on board
    25 x 40cm
    What’s that noise there 13
    Karen Black

    What’s that noise there 13

    , 2021
    Oil on board
    40 x 25cm
    What’s that noise there 14
    Karen Black

    What’s that noise there 14

    , 2021
    Oil on board
    25 x 40cm
    What’s that noise there 15
    Karen Black

    What’s that noise there 15

    , 2021
    Oil on board
    25 x 40cm
    What’s that noise there 17
    Karen Black

    What’s that noise there 17

    , 2021
    Oil on board
    25 x 40cm
    The Solo(ist)
    Karen Black

    The Solo(ist)

    , 2021
    Oil on canvas
    182 x 122cm
    Trapeze
    Karen Black

    Trapeze

    , 2021
    Oil on canvas
    122.4 x 180.3cm
  5. 2020
    La Fouine
    Karen Black

    La Fouine

    , 2020
    Oil on wood
    37 x 42cm
    Madame
    Karen Black

    Madame

    , 2020
    Porcelain, earthenware, paint, clay modelling compound
    33 x 21 x 14cm
    The Crossroads
    Karen Black

    The Crossroads

    , 2020
    Porcelain, earthenware, paint, clay modelling compound
    33 x 21 x 14cm
    The Small Window
    Karen Black

    The Small Window

    , 2020
    Oil on wood
    37 x 42cm (framed)
    Time Machine
    Karen Black

    Time Machine

    , 2020
    Porcelain, earthenware, paint, clay modelling compound
    24 x 40 x 27cm
    So French
    Karen Black

    So French

    , 2020
    Oil on wood
    42 x 37cm (framed)
    The Cook and her Driver
    Virginia Leonard

    The Cook and her Driver

    , 2020
    Installation view, Gertrude Glasshouse
    Madonna
    Karen Black

    Madonna

    , 2020
    Oil on canvas
    96.5 x 81.5cm
  6. 2019
    Hanging a curtain, hiding a mountain
    Karen Black

    Hanging a curtain, hiding a mountain

    , 2019
    Oil on wood
    61 x 70cm (framed)
    My head is a mountain my heart is a sea
    Karen Black

    My head is a mountain my heart is a sea

    , 2019
    Oil on canvas
    216.8 x 201cm (framed)
    The green piano
    Karen Black

    The green piano

    , 2019
    Oil on wood
    58 x 67cm
    Untitled (green)
    Karen Black

    Untitled (green)

    , 2019
    Glazed ceramic
    42 x 14 x 20cm
    A woman who thinks she’s a butterfly who thinks she’s a woman
    Karen Black

    A woman who thinks she’s a butterfly who thinks she’s a woman

    , 2019
    Glazed ceramic
    60 x 20 x 10cm
    Gust of wind
    Karen Black

    Gust of wind

    , 2019
    Oil on wood
    41 x 62.5cm
    Monument to her (between two trees)
    Karen Black

    Monument to her (between two trees)

    , 2019
    Oil on canvas
    69 x 120cm
    Overlapping voices
    Karen Black

    Overlapping voices

    , 2019
    Oil on wood
    28 x 42.6cm (2 panels)
    Riding a blue horse
    Karen Black

    Riding a blue horse

    , 2019
    Installation view
    Riding a blue horse
    Karen Black

    Riding a blue horse

    , 2019
    Installation view
    Riding a blue horse
    Karen Black

    Riding a blue horse

    , 2019
    Installation view
    Riding a blue horse
    Karen Black

    Riding a blue horse

    , 2019
    Oil on canvas
    69 x 120cm
    Scattering the grasses in waves
    Karen Black

    Scattering the grasses in waves

    , 2019
    Oil on wood
    28 x 62.5cm (3 panels)
    Silent Shadows
    Karen Black

    Silent Shadows

    , 2019
    Oil on wood
    36.5 x 31.5cm waves
    Tearing grasses, holding worms
    Karen Black

    Tearing grasses, holding worms

    , 2019
    Oil on wood
    62.5 x 49cm
    Untitled (red)
    Karen Black

    Untitled (red)

    , 2019
    Glazed ceramic
    38 x 28 x 12cm
    Woman with a horse
    Karen Black

    Woman with a horse

    , 2019
    Oil on wood
    40 x 49cm
    Woman wrestling with the moon
    Karen Black

    Woman wrestling with the moon

    , 2019
    Glazed ceramic with lustre
    21 x 23 x 12cm
    The sky is folding over
    Karen Black

    The sky is folding over

    , 2019
    Oil on canvas
    201 x 216.8cm
  7. 2018
    Hands behind her back
    Karen Black

    Hands behind her back

    , 2018
    glazed earthenware ceramic
    57 x 23 x 16 cm
  8. 2017
    Temporary Arrangements
    Karen Black

    Temporary Arrangements

    , 2017
    Installation view, Sutton Gallery
    Temporary Arrangements
    Karen Black

    Temporary Arrangements

    , 2017
    Installation view
    Temporary Arrangements – Red in three  parts
    Karen Black

    Temporary Arrangements – Red in three parts

    , 2017
    128 x 60 x 60cm
    Glazed earthenware and yellow plinth with rose oil
    Temporary Arrangements – White in nine parts
    Karen Black

    Temporary Arrangements – White in nine parts

    , 2017
    174 x 55 x 38cm
    Glazed earthenware, bisqueware, with frankincense oil
    Untitled 1 (temporary arrangements)
    Karen Black

    Untitled 1 (temporary arrangements)

    , 2017
    18 x 52 x 15cm
    Glazed earthenware in three parts
    QUT Painting with ceramic
    Karen Black

    QUT Painting with ceramic

    , 2017
    Oil on canvas , ceramic
    Variable
  9. 2016
    Crown legs arms
    Karen Black

    Crown legs arms

    , 2016
    Glazed earthenware with 23K gold leaf
    68.5 x 31 x 30cm
    Fragile broken
    Karen Black

    Fragile broken

    , 2016
    Oil on canvas
    67 x 116cm
    Gathering
    Karen Black

    Gathering

    , 2016
    Wood, glazed and unglazed ceramics
    Dimensions variable
    Crown Legs Arms
    Karen Black

    Crown Legs Arms

    , 2016
    Installation view
    Crown Legs Arms
    Karen Black

    Crown Legs Arms

    , 2016
    Installation view
    Crown Legs Arms
    Karen Black

    Crown Legs Arms

    , 2016
    Installation view
    Crown Legs Arms
    Karen Black

    Crown Legs Arms

    , 2016
    Installation view
    Rooftop at night
    Karen Black

    Rooftop at night

    , 2016
    Glazed earthenware with 23K gold leaf
    73 x 28 x 28cm
    Mother, Sister
    Karen Black

    Mother, Sister

    , 2016
    Glazed earthenware
    50 x 25 x 25cm
    The last paediatrician
    Karen Black

    The last paediatrician

    , 2016
    Glazed earthenware with 23K gold leaf
    59 x 19 x 19cm
    Zenobia
    Karen Black

    Zenobia

    , 2016
    Glazed earthenware
    70 x 20 x 20cm
    Time Bomb
    Karen Black

    Time Bomb

    , 2016
    Glazed earthenware
    45 x 33 x 13cm
    Golden Queen
    Karen Black

    Golden Queen

    , 2016
    Glazed earthenware with 23K gold leaf
    54 x 29 x 29cm
    Letting her hair down
    Karen Black

    Letting her hair down

    , 2016
    Glazed earthenware with 23K gold leaf
    46 x 31 x 20cm
    Untitled 2 (gathering)
    Karen Black

    Untitled 2 (gathering)

    , 2016
    Oil on wood
    25 x 20cm
    Untitled 1 (gathering)
    Karen Black

    Untitled 1 (gathering)

    , 2016
    Oil on wood
    25 x 20cm
    Falling, captive
    Karen Black

    Falling, captive

    , 2016
    Oil on canvas
    67 x 116cm
    Fragile, broken
    Karen Black

    Fragile, broken

    , 2016
    Oil on canvas
    67 x 116cm
    Dogs and oranges
    Karen Black

    Dogs and oranges

    , 2016
    Oil on canvas
    67 x 116cm
    Monument to man
    Karen Black

    Monument to man

    , 2016
    Oil on canvas
    67 x 116cm
    Blow by blow
    Karen Black

    Blow by blow

    , 2016
    Oil on wood
    37 x 46cm
    Gather
    Karen Black

    Gather

    , 2016
    Oil on wood
    37 x 46cm
  10. 2015
    The crossing
    Karen Black

    The crossing

    , 2015
    Oil on wood
    25 x 20cm
  11. 2014
    Room for strangers
    Karen Black

    Room for strangers

    , 2014
    Oil on marine plywood
    57 x 96cm
    Gasoline in my pocket 1
    Karen Black

    Gasoline in my pocket 1

    , 2014
    Oil on Italian wood panel
    25 x 20cm
    Gasoline in my pocket 2
    Karen Black

    Gasoline in my pocket 2

    , 2014
    Oil on Italian wood panel
    25 x 20cm
    Gasoline in my pocket 3
    Karen Black

    Gasoline in my pocket 3

    , 2014
    Oil on Italian wood panel
    25 x 20cm
    Gasoline in my pocket 4
    Karen Black

    Gasoline in my pocket 4

    , 2014
    Oil on Italian wood panel
    25 x 20cm
    Gasoline in my pocket 5
    Karen Black

    Gasoline in my pocket 5

    , 2014
    Oil on Italian wood panel
    25 x 20cm
    Against all wars
    Karen Black

    Against all wars

    , 2014
    Oil on marine plywood
    134 x 348cm
    Only half alive
    Karen Black

    Only half alive

    , 2014
    Oil on marine plywood
    110 x 90cm
    No such thing as freedom
    Karen Black

    No such thing as freedom

    , 2014
    Oil on marine plywood
    67 x 58cm
    A lion still has claws
    Karen Black

    A lion still has claws

    , 2014
    Oil on marine plywood
    67 x 58cm
    Sacred mountain (full of gold)
    Karen Black

    Sacred mountain (full of gold)

    , 2014
    Oil on marine plywood
    116 x 67cm
    Sacred mountain (tunnel)
    Karen Black

    Sacred mountain (tunnel)

    , 2014
    Oil on marine plywood
    116 x 67cm
    Sacred mountain (shaft)
    Karen Black

    Sacred mountain (shaft)

    , 2014
    Oil on marine plywood
    116 x 67cm
    Peace is guilty
    Karen Black

    Peace is guilty

    , 2014
    Installation view
    Peace is guilty
    Karen Black

    Peace is guilty

    , 2014
    Installation view
    Peace is guilty
    Karen Black

    Peace is guilty

    , 2014
    Installation view

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