On Planar
May 14 - May 24, 2026
Felicity Celeste Bruce, Oliver Strauss and Yingxi Xu
D’Arcy Doyle Place, Ipswich
Opening Night: May 16, 3pm-6pm
Artist Talk: May 23, 11am-12pm
On Planar is a group exhibition featuring Magandjin/Brisbane-based artists Felicity Celeste Bruce, Oliver Strauss and Yingxi Xu. ‘Planar’ is a specialised mathematic term which, according to the Cambridge Dictionary, describes ‘having a flat surface that continues in all directions’. Bruce, Strauss and Xu explore this idea through their contemporary practices of geometric abstraction and conceptual painting.
The title, a linguistic ode to the modernist method, en plein air, overlaps the distinctiveness between the artists’ selected works. Though not involving outdoor painting, On Planar critically and experimentally addresses the unique observation and production process of abstract art from modernism to now. The artists employ methods such as technical drawing, hard edge, audience imagination, 留白 (‘leaving blank’), mental/visual kerfuffles, and juxtaposition. Together they scrutinise the two-dimensional and physical boundaries of the art object through studio and philosophical inquiries into surface, support and space.
View the digital catalogue and exhibition essay.
Exhibition Essay written by Alex Grady.
On Planar, installation view in Ipswich Community Gallery, 2026. Image credit: Carl Warner.
Artist talk recording coming soon. Image courtesy of Yingxi Xu.
Felicity Celeste Bruce, Sun Shower/ Purple Rain, 2026, Acrylic on acrylic disks, 150mm (diameter) x 4mm . Installation view in On Planar, Ipswich Community Gallery. Photo credit: Carl Warner.
List of artworks on display
Yingxi Xu, Untitled (Imaginative Blue), 2025, Ink and pigment on Chinese Xuan paper, 138cm x 69cm each.
Yingxi Xu, Untitled (Lake no. 3), 2026, Ink on wood panels, 20cm x 30cm each.
Oliver Strauss, Untitled #2/#1/#3, 2026, Acrylic on canvas, 122cm x 91cm each.
Felicity Celeste Bruce, Binary Void System (Eclipse), 2026, A3 print paper, 29.7cm x 21cm.
Felicity Celeste Bruce, Paper Void (Formations no.1-8), 2026, A4 print paper, 29.7cm x 21cm.
Yingxi Xu, Untitled (Sky no.4), 2026, Pigment on Chinese Xuan paper, 97cm x 97cm.
Yingxi Xu, Untitled (Sky no.5), 2026, Pigment on Chinese Xuan paper, 97cm x 97cm.
Felicity Celeste Bruce, This Is Not The Moon no.1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 14 (Series), 2023-6, Watercolour, graphite, fine ink pen and magnet on sketchbook paper, 29.7cm x 21cm each.
Felicity Celeste Bruce, Sun Shower/Purple Rain Study no.2, 2026, Acrylic on tarpaulin product info sheet, 37cm x 26cm.
Felicity Celeste Bruce, Sun Shower/Purple Rain Study no.1, 2026, Acrylic on acrylic disks, 15cm (diameter) x 0.4cm.
Oliver Strauss, 996 Study, 2026, Graphite on paper, 21cm x 29.5cm.
Oliver Strauss, Blue Squares, 2025, Graphite, plastic and ink on paper, 15cm x 15cm.
Oliver Strauss, Five Circles, 2025, Graphite and ink on paper, 14.5cm x 20.5cm.
Oliver Strauss, GK1, 2025, Graphite and acrylic on paper, 15cm x 21cm .
Oliver Strauss, Untitled, 2025, Acrylic on canvas board, 21cm x 21cm.
Oliver Strauss, Moon Eyes, 2025, Ink and acrylic on paper, 10.5cm x 15cm
Artists’ Socials
@felicitycelestebruce
@olvr_strss
@yingxi_xu
Acknowledgments
This exhibition is supported by RADF. The Regional Arts Development Fund is a partnership between the Queensland Government and Ipswich City Council to support local arts and culture in regional Queensland.
