John Aslanidis: Sonic Network no 20

26 April - 21 May 2022

Exhibition Drinks:
Wed, 27 April 2022, 6 - 8pm

Exhibition Floor Talk
and Sound Performance by Evan Flux
in response to Sonic Network no. 20:
Saturday, 7 April, 2:30 - 4:30pm


In a society devoid of optimism disfunctionality becomes the default setting. Aesthetics encoded with optimism embody social change.
John Aslanidis, 2022

Metro Gallery is pleased to announce Sonic Network no 20, an exhibition of recent paintings by John Aslanidis. Painter, musician, sound, installation and conceptual artist, Aslanidis has been exhibiting regularly in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Berlin, and New York. His works have been included in a number of important surveys of contemporary art and acquired by QAGOMA, Heide MoMA, and further regional, tertiary, corporate, and notable private collections in Australia and overseas.

Aslanidis’s vibrant paintings, pulsating with colour, movement, and energy, are created with a mathematical algorithm, which underpins the symmetry of the compositional coherence. While Aslanidis is often compared to Bridget Riley, Lesley Dumbrell, and other Op artists, his paintings pursue a higher goal of synaesthetic experience. They reflect the artist’s life-long interest in music and sound, and the challenge of capturing sonic reverberations on canvas.

Quite aptly, one of his site-specific commissions, Sonic Network 11, graces the walls of the Hamer Hall, at the Art Centre in Melbourne; and the colours and moiré patterns of his paintings have been utilised by Berlin-based sound artist Brian May for immersive soundscape performances.

For further information, please contact us on +613 9500 8511 or info@metrogallery.com.au