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 and repetitious ink-on-paper works strip bare the artist’s inner-most thoughts, displaying her intimate stories in minute and precise detail, only revealing themselves on close inspection.
Nulla Dies Sine Linea is a Latin phrase meaning “no day without a line”. The phrase was originated 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. Presented on found and archival Japanese paper, her minimalist love letters to life are both personal and universal.
See full catalogue HERE