Unbounded

Ramp Gallery, Hamilton, New Zealand, 2018

“A recent recurring theme in Novak’s practice has been the ‘expanded gallery’ where he continually pushes the physical boundaries of the gallery space; artworks move off the walls into the digital realm and off institutional sites into the city itself. Unbounded at Ramp Gallery is, in a sense, a chance to look at Novak’s work again with an expanded view in mind. In re-telling, the ‘expanded artist’ is explored. By re-staging past work and presenting new pieces, the conversations around his practice have a chance to deepen and move beyond their alluring surfaces and the ‘known’, to explore the ideas and structures that underpin them - to the ‘potential’ and the unknown”.

Wendy Richdale, Gallery Manager and Curator.