Upcoming Joint Exhibition — 

Alex White is a young artist on a mission. He is documenting Tasmania’s iconic mountain huts before it’s too late. In his upcoming joint exhibition, National Park, Alex returns to a place close to his heart to create a stunning collection of new linocut prints.
 
A relative newcomer to Handmark, Alex has garnered accolades for his black-and-white prints of Tasmania’s historic huts, which once sheltered graziers and bushwalkers but are now falling into ruin. For this exhibition, Alex heads to Mount Field National Park. “This place means a lot to me,” Alex says. “My grandparents lived in New Norfolk, and I spent much of my childhood at Mount Field, having barbecues and wandering through the bush. I still come here all the time because it provides such easy access to a remote and rugged landscape.”   
 
Once again, Tasmania’s endangered huts are central to Alex’s new work. Twilight Tarn Hut, one of our earliest ski huts, captures his attention with its quirky stone chimneys and old sash windows. Carved by hand into lino, the hut emerges through intricate patterns and Alex’s distinctively bold, pared-back mark-making.
 
National Park also extends Alex’s artistic range with a collection of landscapes surrounding the huts. “These give context to the huts by placing them within their environment.” Prints of Alex’s huts, including works from this exhibition, also feature aboard the new Spirit of Tasmania.
 
Alex White’s National Park exhibition runs at Handmark from August 7-24