Pulse was exhibited at Tina Smyrnios Gallery, Melbourne in 2002. This exhibition sees Filomena Coppola return to working exclusively in black and white after several years of drawing with dry pastels in colour. In this work she is reducing the image to its essence – a microscopic view of the thread that is woven into fabric. In these works, tiny hair-like filaments search for the possibility of contact. These hairy peripheries emanate from a dense mass of replicating pattern, which eventually is defined by form. It is this relationship between the forms and their point of intersection or collision which she continues to explore in her works.

1999
Pastel on paper
108h x 108w cm
Pastel on paper
108h x 108w cm

2000
Pastel on paper
108h x 108w cm
Pastel on paper
108h x 108w cm

2002
Pastel on paper
108h x 108w cm
Pastel on paper
108h x 108w cm

2002
Pastel on paper
108h x 108w cm
Pastel on paper
108h x 108w cm

2001
Ink on paper
100h x 135w cm
Ink on paper
100h x 135w cm

2002
Ink on paper
90h x 120w cm
Ink on paper
90h x 120w cm

2002
Ink on paper
80h x 80w cm
Ink on paper
80h x 80w cm

2002
Ink on paper
80h x 80w cm
Ink on paper
80h x 80w cm

2002
Ink on paper
80h x 80w cm
Ink on paper
80h x 80w cm

2001
Ink on paper
30h x 100w cm
Ink on paper
30h x 100w cm

2001
Ink on paper
30h x 30w cm
Ink on paper
30h x 30w cm

2002
Ink on paper
20h x 70w cm
Ink on paper
20h x 70w cm

2001
Ink on paper
30h x 100w cm
Ink on paper
30h x 100w cm

2002
Ink on paper
20h x 2 cm
Ink on paper
20h x 2 cm

2001
Ink on paper
30h x 30w cm
Ink on paper
30h x 30w cm

2001
Ink on paper
30h x 30w cm
Ink on paper
30h x 30w cm

2001
Ink on paper
30h x 30w cm
Ink on paper
30h x 30w cm

2001
Ink on paper
30h x 30w cm
Ink on paper
30h x 30w cm

2001
Ink on paper
30h x 30w cm
Ink on paper
30h x 30w cm