Two exhibitions
dal 6/12/2013 al 20/4/2014
Segnalato da
6/12/2013
Two exhibitions
Museum of Old and New Art - Mona, Hobart Tasmania
Roger Ballen describes his work as fundamentally psychological and existential; for him, making art is an exercise in defining himself. Hubert Duprat conducts experiments - not necessarily to solve problems or to test hypotheses - that poetically investigate the border between art and science.
ROGER BALLEN
LIBRARY GALLERY
Curated by Olivier Varenne and Nicole Durling.
Roger Ballen is what you'd call a 'wound opener'. Working with black and white film, Ballen's photography sheds light on the darker side of the human self - a scab that most of us would perhaps rather leave untouched. He describes his work as fundamentally psychological and existential; for him, making art is an exercise in defining himself. His photography also incorporates drawings, sculptures, and a photographic drawing technique developed by Ballen himself.
Ballen is at MONA to exhibit work from his Asylum and Apparitions series.
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HUBERT DUPRAT
B1 GALLERIES
Curated by Olivier Varenne, Jane Clarke and Nicole Durling.
Meet Hubert Duprat. This French artist is an enigma of the best possible variety. He conducts experiments - not necessarily to solve problems or to test hypotheses - that poetically investigate the border between art and science. Fundamental questions for Duprat include 'what is art?' and 'what is an artist?' and his interests extend to geology and archaeology, as well as the natural sciences.
Here at MONA - in his first solo exhibition in Australia - Duprat's intriguing approach will be on full display. This exhibition will see him use natural magnets, crystals sculpted by microscopic atomic arrangement, Neolithic flint-knapping techniques and synthetic substances invented by modern industry. He's also continuing his iconic decades-long work with the caddisfly. He'll enlist live endemic caddisfly larvae (a freshwater aquatic insect) to decorate their silk body-cases with gold spangles and jewels instead of the usual pebbles, twigs and sand. Which begs the question: who's the artist here - human or insect?
Image: Sans titre (Untitled), 2013. Polished axe, fresh clay. Image courtesy of the artist. By ADAGP photo F.Gousset, courtesy Art:Concept Paris
Opening: 07.12.2013, 4 pm
Museum of Old and New Art
655 Main Road Berriedale
Hobart Tasmania 7011 Australia
Opening Hours
Wed-Mon 10am-6pm
admission is $20
concession card $15
Under 18 Free