In this new body of work, Schlesinger investigates the formalist possibilities within seascapes and waves. The artist removes traditional landscape tropes, such as panoramic vistas and horizon lines, offering instead closely-cropped vignettes whose perspectives ebb and flow through gentle shifts in palette and tone. Operating within these limitations, Schlesinger introduces geometric abstraction into her work that complicates our understanding of surface and object.

As the exhibition title suggests, Schlesinger’s depictions emphasise the subjectivity of vision. The artist illuminates her works without revealing their light source; hazy oranges glisten on the surface of inky blues and murky greens, alluding to sunsets or sunrise. This temporal ambiguity disorients our sense of place, allowing the landscape to exist in a state of continual revelation and concealment.