A Brief Personal History (2008)

Progess

Translations (opening 9/5/13 @Verge Gallery): Approaches for Reconciling Duality and Artist Statement

Cherilyn Naughton set me up with an interesting set of artistic obstacles with her instructions for our collaborative work. While the project was geared toward abstraction of some kind, it also had a strong bent for the meditative qualities of drawing and painting, and mark-making in general, which I could relate strongly to. Cherilyn's idea of having starting points that  resonate and eventually meet reminded me of the automatic drawings of Dieter Roth, who used his left and right hand simultaneously to create somewhat  symmetrical drawings. I took this idea back to Cherilyn's instructions and began making dual drawings with my left and right hand simultaneously, side by side, depicting a cipher I use within my work, Kirby Kelly (Kirby Kelly is a composite of Jack Kirby's Incredible Hulk and Sidney Nolan's Ned Kelly). Already somewhat ambidextrous when it comes to drawing, I was amazed to find that not only did I prefer the more scrappy marks of my left hand, but the quality of what was achievable with my right hand dipped dramatically. The end result is not necessarily resolved, but the tension between finish and unfinish is one of the exciting elements of the drawing medium. 

Exhibition double whammy!

On thursday May 9 I am in two exhibitions opening that night. They are both very different, somewhat collaborative and, luckily, within walking distance from each other. Please come along and enjoy!

TRANSLATIONS

@ Verge Gallery, University of Sydney, Jane Foss Russell Plaza, City Road, Camperdown, Sydney, 6-8pm.

Featuring collaborations by Vilma Bader, Pamela Brenner, Johannes Muljana, Jason Christopher, Verena Heirich, Allana McAfee, Jonathan McBurnie and Vienna del Rosario (Sydney) and Alek Bohnak, Ilah Cookston, Roma Davanbu, Gioia Fonda, Ianna Frisby, Cherilyn Naughton and Katie Thomas (Sacramento).

Exhibition continues until May 31

DOT.GIF: LIFE IN THE PROJECT

curated by Eric Bridgeman & Willy Bernadoff

@ DNA Projects, 3 Blackfriars Street, Chippendale, Sydney, 6-8pm

featuring works by Archie Moore, Soda Jerk, William Yang, Paul Mumme, Mona Saeed Kamal, Krishna Nahow, Jonathan McBurnie, Joan Ross, Ruark Lewis and many more!

Exhibition continues until May 31

Wanker's Doom