Exhibition Preview- Zoe Maxwell: Came and Gone Before

Repeated journeys and routines act as checkpoints throughout the day yet are often left out of the sequence of recollection. Passed by and absentmindedly glanced at. Came and Gone Before brings focus to these moments and sites, inviting viewers to look closer and consider the shared qualities between these places and more conventional ‘third places’. 

Through her painting practice, Zoe Maxwell pulls at the tether between place and memory, exploring the space that is created away from strict truth and fixed spaces. Her paintings depict shared public and domestic areas, commonplaces reconstructed.

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Image: Zoe Maxwell, ‘Pass by glance’, 2026, Oil on canvas, 100 x 120cm, Image courtesy of the artist.