Image: Charles Nodrum Gallery, Melbourne
Jan Murray’s exhibition ‘Rapt’ runs from 10 to 31 October 2026 at Charles Nodrum Gallery, placing the presentation within a defined three-week period at the gallery.
Among the catalogue entries is ‘Pelt (blue)’, a 2024 oil painting on linen by Jan Murray, identified by its title, artist, year and medium. The catalogue also lists ‘Sospendere 1’, ‘Sospendere 2’ and ‘Sospendere 3’ as works made in 2025, grouping the three numbered paintings within the same named sequence.
The accompanying essay by Sean Lowry discusses Murray’s longstanding engagement with trompe-l’oeil, painting’s relationship to objects and architecture, and the tension between visual seduction and uncertainty; these are the essay’s stated areas of discussion.
‘Constellations’ is described as a gentle lure into a hall of mirrors and a labyrinth constructed from resemblance, while also being called clean, cool and very, very slippery; the description compares it with a Borgesian fable that begins with certainty and singularity before things become multiple and mercurial.
