REMNANTS: Exhibition Opening
Sat, Aug 12
|Marrickville
Curated for Scratch Art Space, this group show features Dharawal (Illawarra) based emerging artists which is centred around material permanence and environmental reflections.
Time & Location
Aug 12, 2023, 2:00 PM – Aug 13, 2023, 4:00 PM
Marrickville, 67 Sydenham Rd, Marrickville NSW 2204, Australia
About the event
Scratch Art Space
Regional Artist Incubator Program 2023
Opens Saturday 12 August, 2-4pm
Runs 12 – 27 August 2023
Contemplating the duality of impermanence and immortality of our material choices, a group exhibit of selected works from emerging Dharawal – Illawarra artists William O’Toole, William Hilzinger and Clare O’Toole.
Reflecting on the transformative power of discarded materials the artists are united in a desolate exploration of consumerism, using nostalgic woollen blankets and suburban Astro-turf as innovative surfaces. A counterpoint to an end-of-days aesthetic of the painted works are the pop-influences handcrafted, graphic sculptures immortalising single use packaging where transient artwork adorns items with which we spend little time.
Between comfort and artifice, the exhibition explores our complex emotional relationship with material possessions and environmental consequences of our insatiable desire for the new, beautification of the unexpected and temporary moments of engagement, all driven by global marketing behemoths preying on the innate human urge…