https://sadiechandler.com Sadie Chandler Artist Sat, 10 Jan 2026 23:59:42 +0000 https://sadiechandler.com en https://sadiechandler.com/Front-page Sat, 10 Jan 2026 08:23:14 +0000 Sadie Chandler Artist https://sadiechandler.com/Front-page <img width="1701" height="2104" width_o="1701" height_o="2104" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/7661dbba052b78b495f5e8ee6b746b6fb4979a35ef965d9f34f777dac866841d/Sadie-Chandler--Portrait-with-Green-Hair-9-Versions--2024--66-x-56-cm.jpg" data-mid="251697137" border="0" data-scale="78" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/7661dbba052b78b495f5e8ee6b746b6fb4979a35ef965d9f34f777dac866841d/Sadie-Chandler--Portrait-with-Green-Hair-9-Versions--2024--66-x-56-cm.jpg" /> https://sadiechandler.com/House-Rules-Book Sat, 10 Jan 2026 08:23:16 +0000 Sadie Chandler Artist https://sadiechandler.com/House-Rules-Book SADIE CHANDLER — HOUSE RULESBOOKEdited by Rachel WeinbergDesign by Lavinia PuccettiEssay by Eve SullivanPublished by Bellavista Books 2025soft covergate fold192 pages180x240x13mm$ 35&nbsp; (plus postage)<img width="584" height="92" width_o="584" height_o="92" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/315c85c1be4508b0abaff28c3a6e9af3a6b1098115d98e6a448477245ebebc92/Screen-Shot-2025-04-30-at-10.53.58-pm.png" data-mid="242963641" border="0" data-scale="21" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/584/i/315c85c1be4508b0abaff28c3a6e9af3a6b1098115d98e6a448477245ebebc92/Screen-Shot-2025-04-30-at-10.53.58-pm.png" />Welcome to Sadie Chandler — House Rules, a book that chronicles the life and work of Australian artist Sadie Chandler. Arranged as an instruction manual, it unfolds across 13 chapters—each a rule that shapes Chandler’s approach to art and life. This 192-page guidebook embraces the ridiculous and reflects on the complexities of understanding (and misunderstanding) the artist’s interests and influences. Featuring images of over 100 paintings, sculptures and wallpaper works, personal anecdotes, and an essay by Eve Sullivan, Sadie Chandler — House Rules reveals the code of Chandler’s practice. Readers are invited to stay, play, and follow the rules.<img width="3661" height="2647" width_o="3661" height_o="2647" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/8a19bd368cc94a6b6cfe5174750b2dfafb8d8df093c9d19d6a372a291aa11b19/page-layout-1.jpg" data-mid="242963634" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/8a19bd368cc94a6b6cfe5174750b2dfafb8d8df093c9d19d6a372a291aa11b19/page-layout-1.jpg" /> <img width="3661" height="2647" width_o="3661" height_o="2647" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/8b1c7068350bfe23eba5f31677b8960d803fd7be389c254330af499cff0aea34/page-layout-2.jpg" data-mid="242963640" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/8b1c7068350bfe23eba5f31677b8960d803fd7be389c254330af499cff0aea34/page-layout-2.jpg" /><img width="3661" height="2647" width_o="3661" height_o="2647" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/c9c43394988142b0cd2f6205b3aa5aee9c76b965b89b03c7d40a9fc43347ee3d/page-layout-3.jpg" data-mid="242963642" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/c9c43394988142b0cd2f6205b3aa5aee9c76b965b89b03c7d40a9fc43347ee3d/page-layout-3.jpg" /><img width="3661" height="2647" width_o="3661" height_o="2647" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/2cb6e2a0985f727fee7f28451e2390ed8ac027cdecd6f51504bee6a245618be2/page-layout-5.jpg" data-mid="242963636" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/2cb6e2a0985f727fee7f28451e2390ed8ac027cdecd6f51504bee6a245618be2/page-layout-5.jpg" /><img width="3661" height="2647" width_o="3661" height_o="2647" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/4b724f3801f0cfe55c76d522ca1230627225391c8865baa5f8cc25ee252470ae/page-layout-6.jpg" data-mid="242963632" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/4b724f3801f0cfe55c76d522ca1230627225391c8865baa5f8cc25ee252470ae/page-layout-6.jpg" /><img width="3661" height="2647" width_o="3661" height_o="2647" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/fa635f185a66664a8e73846baae07d0cc38f716d58e9aed8f5a931c8d2951606/page-layout-7.jpg" data-mid="242963633" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/fa635f185a66664a8e73846baae07d0cc38f716d58e9aed8f5a931c8d2951606/page-layout-7.jpg" /><img width="3661" height="2647" width_o="3661" height_o="2647" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/c1ffab574870db34b48566b1b872e52f864421c1f90303a89264b6839ba4ad9c/page-layout-8.jpg" data-mid="242963643" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/c1ffab574870db34b48566b1b872e52f864421c1f90303a89264b6839ba4ad9c/page-layout-8.jpg" /><img width="3661" height="2647" width_o="3661" height_o="2647" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/1324f18cc0fcc1f284dc8940c2eff6c0eef6aaf4ef9f9fc4cf7f9ba837394834/page-layout-9.jpg" data-mid="242963638" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/1324f18cc0fcc1f284dc8940c2eff6c0eef6aaf4ef9f9fc4cf7f9ba837394834/page-layout-9.jpg" /> https://sadiechandler.com/buildings Sat, 10 Jan 2026 23:44:15 +0000 Sadie Chandler Artist https://sadiechandler.com/buildings Buildings and Infrastructure <img width="1058" height="1374" width_o="1058" height_o="1374" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/4c24b64679c685bccd5441361607f6cb6be0088edc984f36f9ddaaf47ad81185/Cardboard-house-tower.jpg" data-mid="243069315" border="0" data-scale="38" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/4c24b64679c685bccd5441361607f6cb6be0088edc984f36f9ddaaf47ad81185/Cardboard-house-tower.jpg" /> Buildings and Infrastructure - pipes, tubes, drains, transformers, compressors and connectors.It’s the stuff behind the plaster, inside the walls. It’s there all the time, unseen under the facade. I have passwords, key chains and lists of appliances that manage gadgets connected to the infrastructure. There are circuits and portals on my computer and around the city. Construction sites expand and populate. The buildings are like bodies with all the messy parts under the skin. They have personalities, frailties and complications. All of them are different and similar, some fitting in, some standing alone.To make things function, sometimes messy connections are necessary.As a background to the canvas paintings, the painted wallpaper forms an ongoing pattern, but there is no repetition, as every part is unique. With no singularity, everything is related, inter-dependant and connected. <img width="919" height="613" width_o="919" height_o="613" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/9bc8b4946518c23d5b4f222cb3d7354302add4b56f6f9e94c211a7310a569a34/Sadie-Chandler---25.01.2022-062.jpg" data-mid="243069314" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/919/i/9bc8b4946518c23d5b4f222cb3d7354302add4b56f6f9e94c211a7310a569a34/Sadie-Chandler---25.01.2022-062.jpg" /><img width="855" height="1091" width_o="855" height_o="1091" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/abdfbc9382841020d30132d55909d03b41ba191bee8e2d4851134cfa647485e1/Sadie-Chandler-Infrasructure-V.jpg" data-mid="243069336" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/855/i/abdfbc9382841020d30132d55909d03b41ba191bee8e2d4851134cfa647485e1/Sadie-Chandler-Infrasructure-V.jpg" /> <img width="919" height="613" width_o="919" height_o="613" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/7d45f495b4b69a311eb8fd6571744f201b9682628d84a89894c8883717c5d15e/Sadie-Chandler---25.01.2022-017.jpg" data-mid="243069334" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/919/i/7d45f495b4b69a311eb8fd6571744f201b9682628d84a89894c8883717c5d15e/Sadie-Chandler---25.01.2022-017.jpg" /> https://sadiechandler.com/Framework Sat, 10 Jan 2026 08:23:17 +0000 Sadie Chandler Artist https://sadiechandler.com/Framework <img width="2934" height="2148" width_o="2934" height_o="2148" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/d16bedac551887ad99f4abad2782dfc80fb30b10be281a1c2206daf92e270eee/Crystal-Picture-of-an-Abstract-Sculpture.jpg" data-mid="242695448" border="0" data-scale="77" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/d16bedac551887ad99f4abad2782dfc80fb30b10be281a1c2206daf92e270eee/Crystal-Picture-of-an-Abstract-Sculpture.jpg" /> Sadie Chandler, Crystal, 2023, ink on paper<img width="708" height="922" width_o="708" height_o="922" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/67aa6f6294820b1a4032a6e304bdf2a5751a63dd453b2bc1828a9d99a891e4b7/Sadie-Chandle---18.11.2019-044.jpg" data-mid="242695440" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/708/i/67aa6f6294820b1a4032a6e304bdf2a5751a63dd453b2bc1828a9d99a891e4b7/Sadie-Chandle---18.11.2019-044.jpg" /><img width="708" height="922" width_o="708" height_o="922" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/6f54ce2e5d6e0248de95e216330b7b819b16c11c82002fd3dbf57bf6198ef926/Sadie-Chandle---18.11.2019-053.jpg" data-mid="242695446" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/708/i/6f54ce2e5d6e0248de95e216330b7b819b16c11c82002fd3dbf57bf6198ef926/Sadie-Chandle---18.11.2019-053.jpg" />FrameworkFramework, 2019, ink and acrylic on paper and canvas, 150 x 200 cmThe Framework series is a sort of filing system or archive of all the works from all the museums all at once — a massive and immersive collection. The ink on paper sketches based on framed historical artworks are pasted one on top of the other creating a simultaneous view.The eye wanders from one image to the next as if the whole of the history of art could be there, coded and compressed. In a way, that’s how the images are stored in my mind. I can recall them without much detail, just the outlines of their general components as economical thumbnail sketches.<img width="614" height="614" width_o="614" height_o="614" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/db4bb58b86f7a646e98e3ae8d9d16c42c57a17d6f9ed49009d7d1640f0ee8f4d/Sadie-Chandler-Framework.jpg" data-mid="242695441" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/614/i/db4bb58b86f7a646e98e3ae8d9d16c42c57a17d6f9ed49009d7d1640f0ee8f4d/Sadie-Chandler-Framework.jpg" /> Framework, 2020, installation view Sofitel Melbourne<img width="1200" height="1173" width_o="1200" height_o="1173" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/64de20baf0e5a3f08106c3dcb35b15c946f7548887d739133afdc878f26e14b7/archway1-3.jpg" data-mid="242695445" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/64de20baf0e5a3f08106c3dcb35b15c946f7548887d739133afdc878f26e14b7/archway1-3.jpg" />Framework, 2020, oil on linen 120 x 120 cm, ink on wallpaper, installation view Sofitel Melbourne.I’ve spent years looking at collections in art museums, thinking about how we’re caught in a circuit of image reception and reproduction.&nbsp; It’s impossible not to be influenced by these selections and presentations.When visiting historical collections in museums, I see iconic works of art in halls of paintings and sculptures. Sometimes the old masters have faded or are dimmed with dark varnish and hang one above the other on crowded walls in a salon hang. I’m fascinated by the genre and the formality of the works of art, the protocols of painting and representation.Moving through collections of ‘ great’ art works and immersed in the context of the museum and it’s arrangement of objects and images, including plinths and frames in grand crowded galleries, I try to take it all in. I’m like a tourist making these studies, engrossed in them for a few intense minutes and then moving on to the next, not focusing for long on a particular image.<img width="1845" height="1228" width_o="1845" height_o="1228" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/58ad3dce173a547db398b6feeace71be2c8a377f0869f330f7b47d9bbccfd684/GKH_4915_alt.jpg" data-mid="242695439" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/58ad3dce173a547db398b6feeace71be2c8a377f0869f330f7b47d9bbccfd684/GKH_4915_alt.jpg" />Painting with Dora Maar, 2019, ink and acrylic on canvas, 150 x 200 cm, installation view @ Charles Nodrum Gallery, Melbourne<img width="1193" height="1311" width_o="1193" height_o="1311" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/77a454b22d0c33d14bd5d45e68006287cce6fcad634b4628719f4a52fd50956c/archway2.jpg" data-mid="242695447" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/77a454b22d0c33d14bd5d45e68006287cce6fcad634b4628719f4a52fd50956c/archway2.jpg" />Framework, 2020, installtion view Sofitel foyer, Melbourne<img width="922" height="918" width_o="922" height_o="918" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/0fce6fe6ed3ccadd7d699fa6c441dc3ba0b4a3acec7715bd1843cd3a5ef2d068/Sadie-Chandle---18.11.2019-007.jpg" data-mid="242695444" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/922/i/0fce6fe6ed3ccadd7d699fa6c441dc3ba0b4a3acec7715bd1843cd3a5ef2d068/Sadie-Chandle---18.11.2019-007.jpg" />Painting with Harriet Hosmer, 2019, ink and arylic on paper and canvas, 120 x 120 cmFramework Wallpaper, 2019, wallpaper detail, ink marker on paper<img width="4001" height="3543" width_o="4001" height_o="3543" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/f4aa286a4d09e14a17487c91e908dfbf3700e99e7d648094777ca29a5e557522/Sadie-Chandler-SADIE-10.jpg" data-mid="242695442" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/f4aa286a4d09e14a17487c91e908dfbf3700e99e7d648094777ca29a5e557522/Sadie-Chandler-SADIE-10.jpg" />Still Life after Chardin, 2019, ink and acrylic on paper and canvas, 51 x 56 cm<img width="3421" height="4248" width_o="3421" height_o="4248" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/7193d231b27383dcaad0060ad5fa689e58daa66477f145684c15bbc2461b9af9/Sadie-Chandler-SADIE-14.jpg" data-mid="242695443" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/7193d231b27383dcaad0060ad5fa689e58daa66477f145684c15bbc2461b9af9/Sadie-Chandler-SADIE-14.jpg" />Still Life, 2019, ink and acrylic on paper and canvas, 51 x 61 cm https://sadiechandler.com/Art-History Sat, 10 Jan 2026 08:23:17 +0000 Sadie Chandler Artist https://sadiechandler.com/Art-History <img width="1200" height="900" width_o="1200" height_o="900" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/d4f1f71c3953d47ad4e74a1c5a33005ccbc1b2e37f898e26d37752e31011f208/The-Weight-of-Images-ACCA.jpg" data-mid="242695452" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/d4f1f71c3953d47ad4e74a1c5a33005ccbc1b2e37f898e26d37752e31011f208/The-Weight-of-Images-ACCA.jpg" />The Weight of Images, 2017, installation view, Unfinished Business 2017, ACCA, Melbourne.The Weight of Images<img width="735" height="583" width_o="735" height_o="583" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/0bc915182fa699a38963a2699010bac4fb465d21f1c9236fbe48f290a153a52f/Manet-Olympia.jpg" data-mid="242695451" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/735/i/0bc915182fa699a38963a2699010bac4fb465d21f1c9236fbe48f290a153a52f/Manet-Olympia.jpg" />Victorine and Laure, 2016, ink on paper, 30 x 35 cm<img width="1200" height="966" width_o="1200" height_o="966" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/0b7d6e9d9e90171a07bf2baae61f54bd6bde0ff460b56768e5687f8e0db8fa0c/Dechirico-scene.jpg" data-mid="242695450" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/0b7d6e9d9e90171a07bf2baae61f54bd6bde0ff460b56768e5687f8e0db8fa0c/Dechirico-scene.jpg" /><img width="1408" height="806" width_o="1408" height_o="806" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/982eb6591c65672caa991be9619c2844d28cb5a92232125dfd79197af22dc6ce/2sadie-chandler-20-july-2018-010.jpeg" data-mid="242695449" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/982eb6591c65672caa991be9619c2844d28cb5a92232125dfd79197af22dc6ce/2sadie-chandler-20-july-2018-010.jpeg" />Paperwork, 2018, ink marker on paper on canvas, collage, 150 x 200 cmFigurative paintings, classical Greek sculptures, reclining nudes, images of women, studies of works by the old masters, contemporary artists, doodles, portraits, disasters from the newspaper and all the other pictures.Jottings, translations. https://sadiechandler.com/Factory Sat, 10 Jan 2026 08:34:25 +0000 Sadie Chandler Artist https://sadiechandler.com/Factory The Factory<img width="2481" height="1920" width_o="2481" height_o="1920" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/0ef40263c952d3b164f612c80652a6d0a9cd56c419be701cef0218536ca52a59/Sadie-Chandler-Factorywork--2016--ink-on-paper--100-x-80-cm.jpg" data-mid="242695498" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/0ef40263c952d3b164f612c80652a6d0a9cd56c419be701cef0218536ca52a59/Sadie-Chandler-Factorywork--2016--ink-on-paper--100-x-80-cm.jpg" />Factorywork, 2016, ink on paper, 100 x 80 cm<img width="1908" height="5966" width_o="1908" height_o="5966" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/3973cdd393b0c5b75ddda9d5a50478ae8e166350968abb9b0506ecb4cd8081c9/Sadie-Chandler-Compound--2017-oil-on-canvas-191x40.5cm.jpg" data-mid="243074242" border="0" data-scale="33" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/3973cdd393b0c5b75ddda9d5a50478ae8e166350968abb9b0506ecb4cd8081c9/Sadie-Chandler-Compound--2017-oil-on-canvas-191x40.5cm.jpg" />Sadie Chandler Compound, 2017, oil on canvas,191x40.5cm <img width="826" height="884" width_o="826" height_o="884" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/8d568cc5f04c5a896e593fbffcb0d6d9273a9d32397201c372fa9eaf0a7e7387/Sadie-Chandler---Charles-Nodrum---install-081.jpg" data-mid="243074279" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/826/i/8d568cc5f04c5a896e593fbffcb0d6d9273a9d32397201c372fa9eaf0a7e7387/Sadie-Chandler---Charles-Nodrum---install-081.jpg" />Factorywork, 2017, oil on canvas, ink on paper, installation view Charles Nodrum Gallery, Melbourne<img width="1200" height="908" width_o="1200" height_o="908" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/ec6b265f1c81a027af67ce3cd777caeb5b5dc4048ab1a912534188053fc9f287/Sadie-Chandler---16.03.2017---paintings-043.jpg" data-mid="242695493" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/ec6b265f1c81a027af67ce3cd777caeb5b5dc4048ab1a912534188053fc9f287/Sadie-Chandler---16.03.2017---paintings-043.jpg" />Big City, 2016, oil on canvas 200 x 150cm, [r] Factorywork, 2017, oil on canvas 140 x 100 cm, detail<img width="1200" height="1200" width_o="1200" height_o="1200" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/473cc8d0c51e0e2dd7eeed4f6e989a617f90637b16fcb441697bcfaa6c4ab290/Production-and-Growth-II.jpg" data-mid="242695490" border="0" data-scale="100" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/473cc8d0c51e0e2dd7eeed4f6e989a617f90637b16fcb441697bcfaa6c4ab290/Production-and-Growth-II.jpg" /><img width="3588" height="4559" width_o="3588" height_o="4559" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/db9fe1701e143012047b33e27b9b70a64e9d0bbebc07742be3da5295b36c8da1/factories2.jpg" data-mid="242695494" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/db9fe1701e143012047b33e27b9b70a64e9d0bbebc07742be3da5295b36c8da1/factories2.jpg" /><img width="3696" height="4826" width_o="3696" height_o="4826" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/bb41dd293eacfafb49f047a2134ff0a1534ccf168dea6edde7460492668acc1c/factories3.jpg" data-mid="242695495" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/bb41dd293eacfafb49f047a2134ff0a1534ccf168dea6edde7460492668acc1c/factories3.jpg" /><img width="3915" height="4567" width_o="3915" height_o="4567" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/24f7c2f3a2d7083779588362ed3a180806a7b022513c9d19e960aa37e906db22/factories.jpg" data-mid="242695499" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/24f7c2f3a2d7083779588362ed3a180806a7b022513c9d19e960aa37e906db22/factories.jpg" />Sleeping with Buildings, 2016, ink on paper, 14 x 18 cm eachFactorywork 2017@ Charles Nodrum Galleryby Kate NodrumIn these works I see the ‘factories’ of my own city of Melbourne – where Sadie also lives and works: the freeway traffic filtering past the silos on Punt Road; the smell of the refinery as you drive through Altona; the view of the docks from Footscray; and the trendy cafes and apartment conversions amongst the warehouses of Collingwood. Then I think of how these buildings came about - how their ancestors emerged during the industrial revolution of the 19th century. They were new and vast buildings that housed and witnessed the feats of engineering and mechanisation that profoundly transformed our society. I think of that time of wealth and urbanisation; of consumer comforts, and the emerging modernity. These pictures show our cities for the marvellous creations they are – hives of activity, of production and growth, turning the cogs in the industrial and commercial wheels which make nations economically strong ….But then I see that some of the thick black sketch lines are a bit skew-wif, that some rectangles and triangles are wonky, and that some chimneys coil back into themselves… And then the windows become eyes and the smoke-stacks become limbs and all of a sudden I’ve caught these edifices like deer in headlights – these buildings have become humanoid and are staring back at me, some with an empty gaze, others with surprise - or shame. For these densely packed, absurd looking constructions reveal our obsession with building, with mass producing, with extending our anthropocene reach interminably. These cityscapes conjur a vision of the overworked and overstimulated brain and organs of today’s citydweller, endlessly consuming. At once cute and comic, they can morph into the ugly and dark. Are the fleshy coloured paintings on the stark black and white wallpaper a view of a harsh reality through rose coloured glasses?This new wallpaper continues Sadie’s long interest in the process. It follows previous wallpaper installations at the Charles Nodrum Gallery, including Numbers Wallpaper in 2010 and Crying Wallpaper in 2006, as well as Paperwork #3at Blindside Gallery in 2016, and North Wallpaper at North Cafeteria in Carlton in 2007. This new work attests to her ability to create compositions in which the subjects float, weightless and immersive, in a space, as with her still life paintings on black grounds; and her ability to work layers to create an intriguing sense of depth, as with her 2014 spray paintings. This Factorywork is amongst the most active of her wallpapers to date, particularly thanks to her installation of the paintings on the wallpaper. This layering of activity on top of activity results in a veritable playground for the eyes.A word on Sadie’s process: the wallpaper consists of hundreds of individual ink drawings on large sheets of plain white paper. These are not prints; they are unique, free-hand drawings. Starting from the top and working down, she pastes each sheet upon the next by hand. Every installation therefore is entirely hand-made and can never be replicated exactly.<img width="1200" height="758" width_o="1200" height_o="758" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/4a64478a391efd2bde90a943b9097c080b3f7722a855ba67147ce6f821bb6066/factory-Wallpaperv2-studio-install-ab.jpg" data-mid="242695492" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/4a64478a391efd2bde90a943b9097c080b3f7722a855ba67147ce6f821bb6066/factory-Wallpaperv2-studio-install-ab.jpg" />Factorywork, 2017, ink on paper https://sadiechandler.com/City-Life Sat, 10 Jan 2026 08:23:18 +0000 Sadie Chandler Artist https://sadiechandler.com/City-Life <img width="4000" height="3587" width_o="4000" height_o="3587" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/b4fefea1a6343f2fd1c2d0923765f14d25062a6ffd29dbadfa8c354ed320c277/Three-Black-Cars--2002--acrylic-on-board--95-x-89-cm-overall.jpg" data-mid="242695454" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/b4fefea1a6343f2fd1c2d0923765f14d25062a6ffd29dbadfa8c354ed320c277/Three-Black-Cars--2002--acrylic-on-board--95-x-89-cm-overall.jpg" />Three Black Cars, 2002, acrylic on board, each appox 95 x 24 cm City Life<img width="1200" height="1094" width_o="1200" height_o="1094" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/7bf51e762e3e73b7230c73052701b8e85f78e7e50f2d3c109f8c730eeec430cd/Sadie-Chandler-Kings-Cross-1986-oil-on-canvas.jpg" data-mid="242695466" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/7bf51e762e3e73b7230c73052701b8e85f78e7e50f2d3c109f8c730eeec430cd/Sadie-Chandler-Kings-Cross-1986-oil-on-canvas.jpg" />Kings Cross, 1986, oil on canvas<img width="2215" height="2417" width_o="2215" height_o="2417" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/9d6aace60cfe742560bd8ecf7fbf6217291670aae2e6e9c95b5117d8a4f06e59/Sadie-Chandler-Paris-Buildings.jpg" data-mid="242695464" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/9d6aace60cfe742560bd8ecf7fbf6217291670aae2e6e9c95b5117d8a4f06e59/Sadie-Chandler-Paris-Buildings.jpg" />Paris Buildings, 2017, mixed media <img width="2262" height="3939" width_o="2262" height_o="3939" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/40ecf4b0010a1e9a369dafb40890e8d17e7668e59a3743671fb84e3970f63eae/Sadie-Chandler-Paris-Buildings--ink-and-acrylic-on-repurposed-museum-and-shopping-catalogues.jpg" data-mid="242717118" border="0" data-scale="72" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/40ecf4b0010a1e9a369dafb40890e8d17e7668e59a3743671fb84e3970f63eae/Sadie-Chandler-Paris-Buildings--ink-and-acrylic-on-repurposed-museum-and-shopping-catalogues.jpg" />Paris Buildings, ink and acrylic on repurposed museum and shopping catalogues<img width="1987" height="2033" width_o="1987" height_o="2033" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/b3369e22f28599c4c7fc09fc4eda832c66f55da47e8b807ccd3ef3630d85398f/Sadie-Chandler-House.jpg" data-mid="242695460" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/b3369e22f28599c4c7fc09fc4eda832c66f55da47e8b807ccd3ef3630d85398f/Sadie-Chandler-House.jpg" />House with Billboards, 2000, oil on canvas,32 x 32 cm <img width="3537" height="3507" width_o="3537" height_o="3507" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/b67ca289085c8153a0ac420b42148809e3f13783fb53e3d42d982bdbe2c40f74/45-Sadie-Chandler-Sleeping-with-Blue-Numbers--2009--oil-on-canvas-46x46cm.jpg" data-mid="242719985" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/b67ca289085c8153a0ac420b42148809e3f13783fb53e3d42d982bdbe2c40f74/45-Sadie-Chandler-Sleeping-with-Blue-Numbers--2009--oil-on-canvas-46x46cm.jpg" />Sleeping with Blue Numbers, 2015, oil on canvas <img width="2298" height="2884" width_o="2298" height_o="2884" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/32efb4930aa3c414fc1658658210e2517c4636b161060122ae29f3e68ec2096d/Sadie-Chandler--Sleeping-with-Crystals-2--2024-1.jpeg" data-mid="242731112" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/32efb4930aa3c414fc1658658210e2517c4636b161060122ae29f3e68ec2096d/Sadie-Chandler--Sleeping-with-Crystals-2--2024-1.jpeg" />Sleeping with Crystals, 2024, oil on board <img width="1200" height="1000" width_o="1200" height_o="1000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/96b0e5da6ee5c02c441e06094891357c443e254db397a84354ee8004ba55759a/xSadie-Chandler-MachineCity-2016-oil-on-canvas-25.5x30.5cm-cropped.jpg" data-mid="242695461" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/96b0e5da6ee5c02c441e06094891357c443e254db397a84354ee8004ba55759a/xSadie-Chandler-MachineCity-2016-oil-on-canvas-25.5x30.5cm-cropped.jpg" /> Machine City, 2016, oil on canvas, 25.5 x 30.5 cm <img width="1200" height="1200" width_o="1200" height_o="1200" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/473cc8d0c51e0e2dd7eeed4f6e989a617f90637b16fcb441697bcfaa6c4ab290/Production-and-Growth-II.jpg" data-mid="242695459" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/473cc8d0c51e0e2dd7eeed4f6e989a617f90637b16fcb441697bcfaa6c4ab290/Production-and-Growth-II.jpg" />Production and Growth II, 2016, oil on canvas, 101.5 x 101.5 cm https://sadiechandler.com/Portraits-1 Sat, 10 Jan 2026 08:23:18 +0000 Sadie Chandler Artist https://sadiechandler.com/Portraits-1 Portraits<img width="1701" height="2104" width_o="1701" height_o="2104" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/7661dbba052b78b495f5e8ee6b746b6fb4979a35ef965d9f34f777dac866841d/Sadie-Chandler--Portrait-with-Green-Hair-9-Versions--2024--66-x-56-cm.jpg" data-mid="242716174" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/7661dbba052b78b495f5e8ee6b746b6fb4979a35ef965d9f34f777dac866841d/Sadie-Chandler--Portrait-with-Green-Hair-9-Versions--2024--66-x-56-cm.jpg" /> Portrait with Green Hair (9 Versions), 2024, 66 x 56 cm <img width="2952" height="1376" width_o="2952" height_o="1376" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/63bdcd4cfed7ee03221357b20aa4b0a2be905e5f0220e0ad71f85756c81f5d4a/lady-sawn-in-half.jpg" data-mid="242716191" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/63bdcd4cfed7ee03221357b20aa4b0a2be905e5f0220e0ad71f85756c81f5d4a/lady-sawn-in-half.jpg" />The Sawing in Half Trick, 2024, oil on board, 10 x 24 cm <img width="1628" height="3172" width_o="1628" height_o="3172" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/e784a1ba77b64a7269d4ecb8d7b6f4212b9c66ef9a7e394bffcbb15bf93843a2/Sadie-chandler-Lady-in-compartments-.jpg" data-mid="242716423" border="0" data-scale="54" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/e784a1ba77b64a7269d4ecb8d7b6f4212b9c66ef9a7e394bffcbb15bf93843a2/Sadie-chandler-Lady-in-compartments-.jpg" /> Sadie Chandler, Compartmental, 2023, oil on board <img width="1601" height="1584" width_o="1601" height_o="1584" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/023511d196dd77cb311e3daba1a5a20c48b42b478634e825420b1ed871f5a269/37-Sadie-Chandler-Portrait-of-Eve-Sullivan-2001-oil-on-canvas--203x203mm.jpg" data-mid="242716493" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/023511d196dd77cb311e3daba1a5a20c48b42b478634e825420b1ed871f5a269/37-Sadie-Chandler-Portrait-of-Eve-Sullivan-2001-oil-on-canvas--203x203mm.jpg" /> Portrait of Eve Sullivan, 2001 oil on canvas, 20 x 20cm Figures and faces have always been a feature of Sadie Chandler’s iconography. From her varnish-obscured portraits of an anonymous, genteel European ancestry to her pre-Mad men mad women strutting their stuff, and the latest forays into the group portrait as social document, art and life converge. Eve Sullivan Stamm Journal<img width="3976" height="2658" width_o="3976" height_o="2658" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/330c63f3d59aa10c430910d9651c4007f93352dc70323a3897fc352995b27917/Pin-ups-Witches--1999--oil-on-canvas--180-x-120-cm-each.jpg" data-mid="242695475" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/330c63f3d59aa10c430910d9651c4007f93352dc70323a3897fc352995b27917/Pin-ups-Witches--1999--oil-on-canvas--180-x-120-cm-each.jpg" />Witches, 1999, oil on canvas, 120 x 180 cm each<img width="3615" height="5440" width_o="3615" height_o="5440" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/e7283620e79a32449a78dd775eb35b7464ee9cfd5f171ad6102af027c30a020d/Sadie-Chandler-witch-at-the-computer.jpg" data-mid="242716518" border="0" data-scale="68" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/e7283620e79a32449a78dd775eb35b7464ee9cfd5f171ad6102af027c30a020d/Sadie-Chandler-witch-at-the-computer.jpg" />Witch at the Computer, 1999, oil on canvas, 120 x 180cm <img width="933" height="763" width_o="933" height_o="763" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/c681a8bb0b9e02a1c2dbbbc4bca40013849b39e38565cfb84323ee8419d0b2e4/Lady-smoking.jpg" data-mid="242695480" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/933/i/c681a8bb0b9e02a1c2dbbbc4bca40013849b39e38565cfb84323ee8419d0b2e4/Lady-smoking.jpg" />Woman With Fruit, 2018, ink on paper<img width="1664" height="2456" width_o="1664" height_o="2456" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/358114dd698a657c071cb762a72dd85d8c75cef803b03aa81155814bb1acf426/Sadie-Chandler--Tattooed-Man.jpg" data-mid="242695478" border="0" data-scale="57" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/358114dd698a657c071cb762a72dd85d8c75cef803b03aa81155814bb1acf426/Sadie-Chandler--Tattooed-Man.jpg" /> Tattooed Man, 2000, acrylic on board, 41 x 27 cm<img width="3364" height="3229" width_o="3364" height_o="3229" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/4efe27f10c3008135ca7a8ea17683a3c254e12a51a4b874c7c9bc5db16f4820d/Sadie-Chandler-Studio-oil-on-canvas40-x-38cm.jpg" data-mid="242695476" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/4efe27f10c3008135ca7a8ea17683a3c254e12a51a4b874c7c9bc5db16f4820d/Sadie-Chandler-Studio-oil-on-canvas40-x-38cm.jpg" />Studio 2004, oil on linen, 40 x 38 cm https://sadiechandler.com/Houses-1 Sat, 10 Jan 2026 08:23:18 +0000 Sadie Chandler Artist https://sadiechandler.com/Houses-1 Houses<img width="2102" height="2102" width_o="2102" height_o="2102" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/139f55eb0f14f3dee3c912db19a40ed95d97edc290fcd5e9e34ef8bb18fe8cc3/Oberbilk-House-with-Billboards--2000--acrylic-on-canvas--32-x-32-cm.jpg" data-mid="242695484" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/139f55eb0f14f3dee3c912db19a40ed95d97edc290fcd5e9e34ef8bb18fe8cc3/Oberbilk-House-with-Billboards--2000--acrylic-on-canvas--32-x-32-cm.jpg" />Sadie Chandler, House with Billboards, 2000, acrylic on canvas, 32 x 32 cm<img width="3307" height="2498" width_o="3307" height_o="2498" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/5a7d50747254b94d5799801db1111e04d3037130056de999831c5e178901f709/Sadie-Chandler-Housebound-2020.jpg" data-mid="242695486" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/5a7d50747254b94d5799801db1111e04d3037130056de999831c5e178901f709/Sadie-Chandler-Housebound-2020.jpg" />House Bound, 2020, acrylic on board, 82 x 204 cm each<img width="4226" height="3067" width_o="4226" height_o="3067" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/6cf38a764bd809834918fec9dcb612dab96715db798f058c463130a0437ab81f/Sadie-Chandler-Blue-House.jpg" data-mid="242737532" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/6cf38a764bd809834918fec9dcb612dab96715db798f058c463130a0437ab81f/Sadie-Chandler-Blue-House.jpg" />Blue House, 2000, acrylic on board<img width="2538" height="2679" width_o="2538" height_o="2679" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/4d8e68bb5b21a30ad03c44e352a3fde21efbe81182bea45e9bc8bb47e94e2e74/Sadie-Chandler-House-and-Model--1998--acrylic-on-wall.jpg" data-mid="242695483" border="0" data-scale="61" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/4d8e68bb5b21a30ad03c44e352a3fde21efbe81182bea45e9bc8bb47e94e2e74/Sadie-Chandler-House-and-Model--1998--acrylic-on-wall.jpg" />House and Model, 1998, acrylic on wall https://sadiechandler.com/Wallpaper-1 Sat, 10 Jan 2026 23:59:42 +0000 Sadie Chandler Artist https://sadiechandler.com/Wallpaper-1 <img width="2765" height="2118" width_o="2765" height_o="2118" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/23eb8a21a8e796166ad53003156ea431df5ca7610c0ee0b49ed38976ded2e01c/Sadie-Chandler-Antique-Vessels--2009---ink-on-paper-pasted-to-wall.jpg" data-mid="243074366" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/23eb8a21a8e796166ad53003156ea431df5ca7610c0ee0b49ed38976ded2e01c/Sadie-Chandler-Antique-Vessels--2009---ink-on-paper-pasted-to-wall.jpg" />Vessels, 2019, ink on paper Wallpaper A lot of very large images with simple means. Black outlines of people and objects are sketched onto paper and cut out, then pasted directly to the wall. These can remain in place for years or&nbsp;be temporary installations that are peeled off the wall and destroyed at the end of an exhibition. It is a bit sad to see them go, but that’s life.Inspired by street art paste-ups and advertising posters that are torn down and plastered over repeatedly. &nbsp;Seemingly random and unrelated references. They form a sort of dictionary, a compendium of images, a study of images rather than original things. <img width="3024" height="4032" width_o="3024" height_o="4032" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/a5950d8f7841af9b1bcd7c12eeb248386d491ca822ac3540d6cbe392c4a6d037/Sadie-Chandler-CN25-12.jpg" data-mid="243069510" border="0" data-scale="65" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/a5950d8f7841af9b1bcd7c12eeb248386d491ca822ac3540d6cbe392c4a6d037/Sadie-Chandler-CN25-12.jpg" /> <img width="2488" height="1678" width_o="2488" height_o="1678" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/d7afb59652f8f6a4483ce46758d883b3522acfcd3f1da687730023ad7eb0bf49/Pantheon-of-the-Gods-Arcade--2018--ink-on-paper-pasted-to-wall.-Installation-view-.jpg" data-mid="243074350" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/d7afb59652f8f6a4483ce46758d883b3522acfcd3f1da687730023ad7eb0bf49/Pantheon-of-the-Gods-Arcade--2018--ink-on-paper-pasted-to-wall.-Installation-view-.jpg" /> Pantheon of the Gods, 2019, ink on paper <img width="1270" height="696" width_o="1270" height_o="696" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/78676f87c6b419236246ac8f32182fcbc07b8fa30a05c19e3aabfe1f9f78b55a/WallpaperLincolnHotel-2010a.jpg" data-mid="243069560" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/78676f87c6b419236246ac8f32182fcbc07b8fa30a05c19e3aabfe1f9f78b55a/WallpaperLincolnHotel-2010a.jpg" /> Lincoln Hotel Wallpaper <img width="1200" height="900" width_o="1200" height_o="900" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/d9ee47cb09cc288682ae456b2728457ad8a4e3ca5571a65861cca3a1ad56e16c/studio-9.2.16-5.jpg" data-mid="243069566" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/d9ee47cb09cc288682ae456b2728457ad8a4e3ca5571a65861cca3a1ad56e16c/studio-9.2.16-5.jpg" /> <img width="2942" height="2177" width_o="2942" height_o="2177" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/86c2dffe7f64e9c2d6367f02fda3a28db5d26c4daa9b784daec14c5d1348a033/Sadie-Chandler-richmond-library-Paperwork.jpg" data-mid="243074280" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/86c2dffe7f64e9c2d6367f02fda3a28db5d26c4daa9b784daec14c5d1348a033/Sadie-Chandler-richmond-library-Paperwork.jpg" /> Richmond Library Wallpaper <img width="1200" height="893" width_o="1200" height_o="893" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/559eeee5d999c6a7288d4b74987e835f7c72fef3eb69ffc2f2da7cc23b725c6f/wild-path-flowers.jpg" data-mid="243069515" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/559eeee5d999c6a7288d4b74987e835f7c72fef3eb69ffc2f2da7cc23b725c6f/wild-path-flowers.jpg" /> <img width="3264" height="2448" width_o="3264" height_o="2448" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/4b88d17b6f7303ddb80a607b26343693a5a87a15f99d2fbdeb99b7873a227acf/Sadie-Chandler-The-Weight-of-Images-ACCA.jpg" data-mid="243074288" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/4b88d17b6f7303ddb80a607b26343693a5a87a15f99d2fbdeb99b7873a227acf/Sadie-Chandler-The-Weight-of-Images-ACCA.jpg" /> The Weight of Images, 2017, ink marker on paper, installation detail Unfinished Business @ ACCA, Melbourne&nbsp; <img width="2832" height="4256" width_o="2832" height_o="4256" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/040cb868953874cd2ff60c0864dfa5ae8b08944ac02e3e56291283a8baf38be0/Sadie-Chandler-wallpaper-CN-the-Studio.jpg" data-mid="243074349" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/040cb868953874cd2ff60c0864dfa5ae8b08944ac02e3e56291283a8baf38be0/Sadie-Chandler-wallpaper-CN-the-Studio.jpg" /> Paintings of all sorts, mostly figurative, classical Greek sculptures, reclining nudes, and images of women. Studies of the old masters among the doodles, from Renaissance art to abstract paintings, portraits, disasters from the newspaper that once were important and now fill up storage space.The really good reference images are easy to draw. My jotting is a test of sorts. If an image can withstand being translated into a quick sketch, then it&nbsp;might stand the test of time. <img width="1200" height="1200" width_o="1200" height_o="1200" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/58c07f6d0922925477960bcc29b0f5950bcc7767aaa162dad8010edd5312ed42/1.1.Sadiechandler-wallpaperdetail.jpg" data-mid="243069514" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/58c07f6d0922925477960bcc29b0f5950bcc7767aaa162dad8010edd5312ed42/1.1.Sadiechandler-wallpaperdetail.jpg" /> <img width="1200" height="1200" width_o="1200" height_o="1200" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/9a9ddd6d3d6a5ad085a8b8b5c90bbfc5cba34b120d1e44331e055a67dffcec85/1.12.Sadiechandler-wallpaperdetail.jpg" data-mid="243069509" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/9a9ddd6d3d6a5ad085a8b8b5c90bbfc5cba34b120d1e44331e055a67dffcec85/1.12.Sadiechandler-wallpaperdetail.jpg" />The Classics, 2015, ink on paper (detail) <img width="1120" height="1080" width_o="1120" height_o="1080" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/2982cb153599fd2313fa146caab2c49ced55dc9b2eda6bce1fa9406c803374cf/Sadie-Chandler-opening-night-Blindside-photo-Dagmar.jpg" data-mid="243074361" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/2982cb153599fd2313fa146caab2c49ced55dc9b2eda6bce1fa9406c803374cf/Sadie-Chandler-opening-night-Blindside-photo-Dagmar.jpg" />Paperwork, 2016, ink on paper, Blindside <img width="1200" height="803" width_o="1200" height_o="803" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/58136803a7c7af8767551f15ccd1654a92154280f10ab46822bc3dad7dc3ee60/Sadie-Chandler-works-on-paper--austral-Avenue-Wallpaper-2007-detail.jpg" data-mid="243069511" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/58136803a7c7af8767551f15ccd1654a92154280f10ab46822bc3dad7dc3ee60/Sadie-Chandler-works-on-paper--austral-Avenue-Wallpaper-2007-detail.jpg" /> Works on Paper, 2007, ink on wallpaper, installation detail @ Austral Avenue Sadie Chandler Works on Paper 2007 @ Austral Avenue by Jane O’Neill There is a faded glamour to Sadie Chandler's imagery that prompts one to think of New York in the 1940's.&nbsp; As in the world inhabited by Damon Runyon's people, here every male is a guy and every female a doll. For this exhibition, the main wall of the gallery oozes forth with black and white drawings that appear to have been made with a feverish sense of urgency. The individual works vary widely in content but are united by a bold animated style. Mainly, we find portraiture: Chandler's familiar coquettes with elaborate hairstyles, and their chiselled masculine counterparts. There is also an undercurrent of tragedy: houses burning, graveyards, car crashes and ominous-looking nuclear power stations. There is abstraction too: playful, geometric shapes are squashed into thick frames in such a way as to render impotent any capacity to arouse contemplation. The overall effect is of a stream of consciousness that shifts unapologetically between the political and the personal. The title Works on paper might conjure expectations of delicate watercolours on Arches paper, but Chandler has drawn these works with black felt-tipped markers upon standard A4 photocopy paper. The pieces have been stuck to the wall with Blu-Tac. They overlap each other in an extreme version of a salon hang. Her process rejects elaborate or expensive means. There is an economy to the simple methods employed that extends to the installation period: Chandler would only hang works to the height she could comfortably reach from standing on a chair. One of the strengths of this work lies in the artist's capacity to mimic a setting of opulent grandeur with such crude materials. The wallpaper of pictures plastered one atop another evokes the constant inundation of imagery we are subject to. These days, it resembles the way computer screens bubble forth with layers of data. The work alludes to the impossibility of processing the extraordinary amounts of visual information that surround us. In particular, it strikes a chord with those who devote their careers to art&nbsp;and is a bittersweet reminder of the exhaustion that comes from overexposure to exhibitions. The artist applied this technique most recently in an exhibition at RMIT Gallery on the topic of Elvis Presley. In this case, the wallpaper features a collection of Elvis-related imagery: sequinned trousers, records, gravestones, sunglasses, sideburns…the effect was perfectly suited to the ubiquitous nature of the musical icon. We see in the work an interest in&nbsp;and influences from a number of artists. There is the development of a bold graphic style, as in the work of Julian Opie. There is an interest in the dominant visual nature of frames, as explored by Alan McCollum in his Plaster Surrogates series from the early eighties. And while the artist might reject the comparison, there is a resemblance to the striking brown and white installations of text panels by Robert MacPherson, with whom Chandler shares the capacity to execute a masterpiece a minute. Sadie Chandler is not an artist to take herself too seriously. This is expressed through the keen sense of humour which she brings to the jumbled world of caricatures, landscapes and abstract scenes within the work. Given the self-importance that is attached to so much contemporary art, such wry modesty is refreshing. What is singular about her position&nbsp;is that the resistance to the exploration of 'issues' through artwork is not expressed via the blank colour planes of minimal abstraction, but through an overwhelming proliferation of imagery. There is a mystery to these installations that is not immediately recognisable. Each subject in every portrait is depicted with their eyes closed. Are they asleep, demure, or simply lost in their own thoughts? At any rate, there is something withheld from the viewer. Also hidden within each installation are disembodied eyes; images based upon the eye of providence that is depicted on the American dollar note. These eyes act as a reminder that no matter how much looking we do, we too are always being observed.