Bittersweet
dal 19/4/2002 al 10/6/2002
Segnalato da
Stephen Birch
Adam Cullen
Callum Morton
Raquel Ormella
David Rosetzky
Darren Sylvester
Louise Weaver
19/4/2002
Bittersweet
Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
Seven contemporary Australian artists (Stephen Birch, Adam Cullen, Callum Morton, Raquel Ormella, David Rosetzky, Darren Sylvester and Louise Weaver) offer insight into how we interact with each other and the world in which we live. Artworks range from confessional videos to exotic embroidered creatures and protest placards.
As the title suggests, there are
mixed emotions at play in this
exhibition of seven contemporary
Australian artists. Through paying
close attention to the detail of our
lives they offer insight into how we
interact with each other and the
world in which we live.
This is art with an aftertaste. In
common with other recent cultural practices that focus on
contemporary living, these works locate themselves
somewhere between irony and belief. In a time when we
are almost reflexively ironic, the desire to reconnect is
moderated by an inability to be gullible enough to take the
world at face value.
One counter to this in art has been the foregrounding of a
personal or subjective response. The attempt to articulate
this response is also a part of the art work, resulting in
works that are exploratory, reflective and at times
deliberately banal as they range from confessional videos
to exotic embroidered creatures and protest placards.
Project Gallery, Ground Level
20th April - 10th June 2002 at 10am - 5pm.
Art Gallery of New South Wales - Art Gallery Road, The Domain, NSW 2000 Sydney
Opening Hours
10am to 5pm, every day except Good Friday and Christmas Day.