Gav Barbey

Film maker, writer, set designer and artist, Gav Barbey has has lead a successful art career in Sydney. Known for his paintings of flourishing coloured birds, Gav has also been experimenting with minimal ice-melts. These abstract colour fields are delicate, intriguing with a poetic aesthetic.

“When we bundle individuals into groups by labelling them, we so often overlook the diversities that make them part of any such group”

 
 
These works by Gav Barbey are frozen pigments melted on paper from the series Ice Works.

These works by Gav Barbey are frozen pigments melted on paper from the series Ice Works.


“The focus of my recent works has been the simple dot – exploring the many complexities within the tiniest of statements, the many hues and textures in what, from a distance, looks like a dot of solid color.”
— Gav Barbey

A dance of reflections upon the wintered sunrise street... light
$4,120.00

Artist: Gav Barbey
Date: 2021

Size: W199 x H91cm
Medium: Frozen pigments melted on linen

Framed Blue
$226.60

Artist: Gav Barbey
Date: 2021

Size: W25.5 x H31 x D3.7cm
Medium: Pigment Ice block melted on paper

Framed Pink Orange Green
$226.60

Artist: Gav Barbey
Date: 2021

Size: W25.5 x H31 x D3.7cm
Medium: Pigment Ice block melted on paper

Ice Works on Paper Unframed
$103.00

Date: 2021

Size: h21 x w15cm

Medium: ink pigment on rag paper

Framed Green Black
$226.60

Artist: Gav Barbey
Date: 2021

Size: W25.5 x H31 x D3.7cm
Medium: Pigment Ice block melted on paper

Framed Pink Purple
$226.60

Artist: Gav Barbey
Date: 2021

Size: W25.5 x H31 x D3.7cm
Medium: Pigment Ice block melted on paper

Framed Mauve Blue
$226.60

Artist: Gav Barbey
Date: 2021

Size: W25.5 x H31 x D3.7cm
Medium: Pigment Ice block melted on paper

 

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