{"title":"Lauren Jones","description":"\u003ch3 style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eSOLO EXHIBITION\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003ch3 style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e'ROUGE'\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eStudio Gallery is delighted to present Lauren Jones' solo exhibition 'Rouge' at our Wandoo St, Fortitude Valley gallery. \u003c\/span\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLocation |\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eStudio Gallery, 7D Wandoo Street, Fortitude Valley\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eExhibition |\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e \u003cspan data-sheets-root=\"1\"\u003eAugust 22nd - August 29th\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan data-sheets-root=\"1\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eOpening Night |\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e6pm-8pm \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eAugust 22nd\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.eventbrite.com.au\/e\/1555083469519?aff=oddtdtcreator\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(255, 42, 0);\"\u003e\u003cspan data-sheets-root=\"1\"\u003eRSVP HERE\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0267\/1073\/6977\/files\/Screenshot_2025-08-04_at_10.06.00_AM_600x600.png?v=1754265998\" style=\"float: none;\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0267\/1073\/6977\/files\/Screenshot_2025-08-04_at_10.04.25_AM_600x600.png?v=1754266000\" style=\"margin-bottom: 16px; float: none;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eRouge\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, oil painting is employed not as a vehicle for nostalgia but as a site for immediacy and re-centring. Working in an \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ealla prima\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e approach (wet-into-wet, direct, and responsive), the artist resists polish in favour of presence. Marks are left visible, gestures unrevised, allowing the materiality of paint to echo the embodied themes at play.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe recurring tulip becomes a charged motif: held in hand, cast in shadow, isolated against cloth or colour field. It functions as a structural thread through both still life and portraiture, drawing attention to what is often overlooked. In this context, the flower is neither passive nor ornamental. The tulip, in all its swoon and sway, becomes a symbol of self-possession, sensuality, and quiet strength.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0267\/1073\/6977\/files\/Screenshot_2025-08-04_at_9.53.06_AM_600x600.png?v=1754265674\" style=\"margin-bottom: 16px; float: none;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThroughout the work, there is a deliberate tension between constructed composition and intuitive application. Painterly immediacy meets formal deliberation. Colour is used not descriptively but assertively—red, especially, recurs with intention, signalling presence, intensity, and interruption.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBy bringing a historically slow, contemplative medium into a mode of directness and urgency, the artist engages with oil painting as a contemporary act—one that is deeply sensory and reflective. Here, the domestic and symbolic are not backgrounded but placed front and centre. Objects become vessels. Figures claim space. And the feminine is not just depicted; it is rearticulated.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0267\/1073\/6977\/files\/Screenshot_2025-08-04_at_10.15.32_AM_600x600.png?v=1754266574\" style=\"margin-bottom: 16px; float: none;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0267\/1073\/6977\/files\/Screenshot_2025-08-04_at_10.04.57_AM_600x600.png?v=1754265999\" style=\"margin-bottom: 16px; float: none;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis series of red-hued oil paintings explores the intimate terrain of agency, femininity, and renewal. Centred around the tulip—a flower at once delicate and unyielding—these works trace the arc of womanhood.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb id=\"docs-internal-guid-52396662-7fff-92a0-653f-732343476051\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eRouge\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is both a celebration and a love note in red: to blooming, to passion, to holding one's own.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0267\/1073\/6977\/files\/Screenshot_2025-08-04_at_9.51.58_AM_600x600.png?v=1754266152\" style=\"margin-bottom: 16px; float: none;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e \u003cspan class=\"OYPEnA font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\"\u003eRouge \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"OYPEnA font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\"\u003ewill run from August 22nd - August 29th at 7D Wandoo Street, Fortitude Valley\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"she-bends-before-she-breaks","title":"She Bends Before She Breaks","description":"","brand":"Lauren Jones","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46882029469952,"sku":"LJO-76","price":2200.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0267\/1073\/6977\/files\/cae4e837-5c5c-4436-b721-709f56816a56-l.jpg?v=1780150717"},{"product_id":"figments-and-fortitudes-of-falling-light","title":"Figments and Fortitudes of Falling Light","description":"","brand":"Lauren Jones","offers":[{"title":"Default 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