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Core Sample showcases abstract painters in the Two Rooms stable selecting a single artwork as a sign of things to come – each will have had a solo presentation at the gallery within the year. The exhibition features new and recent paintings by Gretchen Albrecht, Matt Arbuckle, Andrew Barber and Tira Walsh – artworks making their first appearance at Two Rooms – alongside newcomer Robbie Fraser.Core Sample borrows its name from the title of a painting in the exhibition by Matt Arbuckle, whose loosely layered bands of colour suggest strata and other associations. Viewers might reflect on archaeological and other scientific methods employed to obtain a core sample from a given research terrain, drilling down to reveal new insights excavated from beneath the surface. They might draw parallels with these painters ’ investigations of surface and depth, form and content, material and meaning. This eclectic exhibition presents a cross-section of their practices which balance the gestural and geometric, and celebrate the diverse aesthetic, cultural and conceptual potential of contemporary abstract painting.InCore Sample we encounter consonances, contrasts and unlikely connections across these artists’ various approaches to visual communication, aesthetic experience and story telling – individually and collectively. Brought together, the exhibition is a unique sample of contemporary abstract painting which acknowledges its inherent subjectivities, speaks for itself in the here and now, and signals new research on the horizon. Much like the studio, here the gallery also becomes a laboratory.