Being Occupier
Rachel Joy - PHD Exhibition
24 August - 10 September, 2017
Opening Celebration - Sat 26 August 3-5 pm
Gallery 1&2 Viewing - Thurs to Sun 11-4 pm
Rachel Joy - PHD Exhibition
24 August - 10 September, 2017
Opening Celebration - Sat 26 August 3-5 pm
Gallery 1&2 Viewing - Thurs to Sun 11-4 pm
Eumeralla War.
2017, Drypoint etching
2017, Drypoint etching
Being Occupier is the PhD completion exhibition of multi-disciplinary artist Rachel Joy. Her research examines the role of art in engaging non-Indigenous Australians in reflection about the violent occupation of this country and the continuing violence of colonialism. The artist conceives that through the experience of art the viewer can find an awareness of previously unrecognised truths. Art offers non-Indigenous Australians an opportunity to begin the decolonization process of engaging with the truth of our history and considering what is lost to all of us through the violence of colonialism.
The works exhibited in Being Occupier range from sculpture and painting to printmaking and shadow works. Particular materials and processes have significance to the artist and are chosen very deliberately to create certain sensory experiences. The addition of clay to paint, for example, causes it to contract and crack as it dries, reflecting fractured and unstable identities, histories, or ways of being. While many works in the exhibition are abstracted, most related to actual historical events or concepts. Such abstraction is not an attempt to intentionally obfuscate but rather is indicative of the complex and often impossible task of dealing with subjects about which we have only fragments of information or which are too terrible to be illustrated. The titles of such works are important elements and aid in giving viewers a way into the ideas they contain. In Being Occupier, the artist aims to take up a conversation with viewers, one she hopes audiences will continue in their own lives.
The works exhibited in Being Occupier range from sculpture and painting to printmaking and shadow works. Particular materials and processes have significance to the artist and are chosen very deliberately to create certain sensory experiences. The addition of clay to paint, for example, causes it to contract and crack as it dries, reflecting fractured and unstable identities, histories, or ways of being. While many works in the exhibition are abstracted, most related to actual historical events or concepts. Such abstraction is not an attempt to intentionally obfuscate but rather is indicative of the complex and often impossible task of dealing with subjects about which we have only fragments of information or which are too terrible to be illustrated. The titles of such works are important elements and aid in giving viewers a way into the ideas they contain. In Being Occupier, the artist aims to take up a conversation with viewers, one she hopes audiences will continue in their own lives.
Dumped
Daniel Lynch :: Junky Projects
24 August - 10 September, 2017
Opening Celebration - Sat 26 August 3-5 pm
Gallery 3 Viewing - Thurs to Sun 11-4 pm
Daniel Lynch :: Junky Projects
24 August - 10 September, 2017
Opening Celebration - Sat 26 August 3-5 pm
Gallery 3 Viewing - Thurs to Sun 11-4 pm
Untitled, 2017
Untitled, 2017
