IN THE GALLERY: Nulla Dies Sine Linea
We Loved Until I Didn't, 2022
Ink on Japanese Awagami paper, framed
47.5 x 56.5 cm
An Ordinary Day With You, 2022
Ink on Archival paper, framed
60.5 x 60.5 cm
The Residue of Us, 2022
Ink on Japanese Awagami paper, framed
47.5 x 56.5 cm
Nulla Dies Sine Linea, 2023
THIS IS NO FANTASY
Installation View
Photo: Simon Strong
Nulla Dies Sine Linea, 2023
THIS IS NO FANTASY
Installation View
Photo: Simon Strong
Nulla Dies Sine Linea, 2023
THIS IS NO FANTASY
Installation View
Photo: Simon Strong
My Lovely Sister 1, 2022
Ink on Archival paper, framed
56.5 x 47.5 cm, framed
Photo: Simon Strong
Elephant In The Room, 2022
ink on archival paper
34 x 39.5 cm, framed
Photo: Simon Strong
Don't Tell Me What To Do, 2023
Ink on Archival paper (5 panels), perspex armature
Variable Dimensions
Photo: Simon Strong
Nulla Dies Sine Linea, 2023
THIS IS NO FANTASY
Installation View
Photo: Simon Strong
Nulla Dies Sine Linea, 2023
THIS IS NO FANTASY
Installation View
Photo: Simon Strong
Nulla Dies Sine Linea, 2023
THIS IS NO FANTASY
Installation View
Photo: Simon Strong
I Love You More, 2022
Ink on Archival paper, framed
50 x 41 cm
Elephant in the room, 2022
Ink on raw Japanese rice paper, framed
34 x 39.5 cm
My Lovely Sister 3
Ink on Japanese Awagami paper, framed
56.5 x 47.5 cm
Nulla Dies Sine Linea, 2023
THIS IS NO FANTASY
Installation View
Photo: Simon Strong
Come be in lock down with me, 2022
ink on archival paper, framed
60.5 x 60.5 cm
Photo: Simon Strong
Jo Plank
13 Apr - 6 May 2023
Nulla Dies Sine Linea continues Jo Plank’s meditations on life, love, and loss. Plank’s ritualistic, repetitive ink-on-paper works strip bare the artist’s innermost thoughts, revealing intimate stories in minute, precise detail that emerge only on close inspection.
Nulla Dies Sine Linea is a Latin phrase meaning “no day without a line”. The phrase was coined by Pliny the Elder (Natural History, XXXV, 84), who applied the idea to the Greek painter Apelles, who did not go a day without drawing at least one line. Plank embodies Apelles, where her artistic output is ritualistic, meditative, and routine. A line at a time, Plank steadily refines her novellas, with each repetition reinforcing her sentiment. Although repeated, each occurrence is a unique echo.
In this new body of work, Plank reflects on new beginnings, familial love, and everyday moments of joy and sorrow.