FELTspace, 12 Compton Street, Adelaide
Thurs 14th to Sat 30th July 2011
Opening hours, Thurs 1-5pm, Fri 3-7pm, Sat 11am-3pm, Sun 12-4pm, or by appointment
http://www.feltspace.org
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strange deeply
Katrina Simmons’s latest exhibition is strangely and rather deeply disconcerting. As an artist who is known for her work on failures and instability within interpersonal relationships and communication, she has extended her oeuvre with this body of work to encompass the entire breakdown of the fabric of society and home as we know it.
The works draw the viewer into the artist’s world view point, with their subtle cleverness manifesting in the details – such as the small upside down bird that is not noticed at first glance adorning the time honoured symbol of domesticity, women’s weaving, which is also subverted into a damaged web. The symbols of growth and abundant regeneration are twisted into themselves quite literally, leaving a growth which is so obviously unsustainable that the sterility of the dead branches finally comes as no surprise.
These works force you into reconsidering your thoughts, pushing gently but firmly until you are outside of your comfort zone and reconsidering your world.
I Heard
This single installation piece from emerging artist Zoë Brooks begs the question: who is controlling society’s direction? The transition from childhood to adulthood shows the blurring of boundaries, the “txt speak” of current communication which forms a mandate of our understanding, which in it’s turn suggests that technology as the controller of language is responsible for the evolution of the ways in which generations communicate/think/exist. The innocence of pure existence is experienced in a new way.
Reviewed by Christine Pyman, Visual Art Critic, Glam Adelaide.
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