Decoding the Jungle – the latest collection of works by Melbourne-based artist Barbara Kitallides – was launched in Melbourne as part of an exhibition developed by The Design Files.
In this series, Kitallides navigates the emotional jungle that sometimes lives within and around us. Through abstract landscapes, she explores the chaos of both our physical and emotional worlds. The resulting works are where these two worlds intersect.
Barbara approaches each painted landscape from dual perspectives – from the sky looking down and from the ground looking up – giving each work a layered complexity. It is the artist’s desire to connect both perspectives and analyse their commonality, discovering that they habitually co-exist.
The works in Decoding the Jungle invite the audience to navigate and explore their own personal jungle, and seek clarity through the lush density of the jungle labyrinth.
Decoding the Jungle by Barbara Kitallides is on until 3 April as part of TDF Collect, 87 Albert Street, Brunswick, Victoria.