Motion Picture considers art’s relationship to the cinematic through the work of six contemporary Australian artists. At first glance, the content and style of these works are seemingly familiar, however any initial sense of recognition is quickly undermined as narratives are confused or completely dismantled, well-known scenes are removed from their intended contexts, and common tropes are obscured and subverted.
Each artist in the exhibition engages with the cinematic in a different way. While some cut and rearrange existing footage to create new sequences, others construct their own, based on familiar tropes and scenes. Despite their differences, the works are drawn together through commonalities such as repetition, subversion and anticipation. Curated by Katherine Dionysius and Amy-Clare McCarthy. Artists: Benjamin Crowley, Simone Hine, Daniel McKewen, Llewellyn Millhouse, Anita Holtsclaw, Grant Stevens 16 – 29 May, 2016 Showing nightly 6.30 – 9.30pm Parer Place, QUT Creative Industries Precinct Kelvin Grove, QLD, 4059 FREE |
KATHERINE DIONYSIUS |
Katherine Dionysius is a freelance art writer, curator and editor. She is currently Head of Research at 89plus, an international research project co-curated by Simon Castets and Hans Ulrich Obrist, investigating the generation of creative practitioners born in and after 1989. She also works part-time as Curatorial Assistant at QUT Art Museum. Prior to this, Katherine worked in Exhibitions and Collections at QUT Art Museum from 2009 to 2013, and co-directed Brisbane based art collective, Current Projects. Her writing has been published by Kaleidoscope Magazine, Das Platforms, QUT Art Museum, Metro Arts and Inhouse ARI.
|
AMY-CLARE McCARTHY |
Amy-Clare McCarthy is the Exhibition Program Curator at Metro Arts, where she supports contemporary artists to develop new work for presentation in their gallery space. She has formerly worked with the Exhibitions team at State Library of Queensland and has curated exhibitions while a co-director of Current Projects. Texts on artists by Amy-Clare have been published by Griffith University Art Gallery, FELTspace, and Inhouse ARI. She has also had exhibition reviews published in Runway, Un Magazine and The Maximilian.
|