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Not With a Whimper But With a Bang @ PolyGallery
When the pin is pulled Mr grenade is no longer our friend - a.m. ink on board, 2010
The handout for the latest show at PolyGallery summed up the exhibition nicely: “pieces by a range of disturbed young artists whose work is executed with dark humor and astonishing talent”. Love it!
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Lawn Balls - Anthony O'Connor
The premise of “Heart Your Art” at PolyGallery was to create an exhibition for the senses. It was surprisingly confronting to engage with works that are to be experienced with more than just the eyes.
“Lawn Ball” by Anthony O’Connor (above) challenged the viewer to stick their hands into a mystery box and experience tough without a visual reference. Great concept, strange sensation.
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when: Opening night Tuesday 13 April 2010, 7:30pm. Exhibition continues until Sunday 18 April 2010.
cost: Free.
where: PolyMorph Gallery, 7/82 Enmore Rd, Newtown.
From PolyMorph:
Polymorph Art Gallery is showcasing the rule breaking and slightly iconoclastic work of Jan Blake and Stephen Westgarth in a 1 week only show!
Stephen Westgarth and Jan Blake create work incorporating unconventional materials and styles with an openness to using non art materials and processes. Their practice of assembly and collage breaks the myth of high art and transforms everyday objects and images into pieces of great power and personality.
Westgarth’s work is influenced by the irrational stream in 20th Century art. He chooses to work in collage and assembly as he can rely on his imaginative and gut responses to strange associations of images and objects to propel the work to completion by extending the moods suggested. This technique instills each of his original works with a sense of spiritual depth held in check with a light touch of humor. Some of Westgarth’s pieces are decorative and accessible while others transmit another kind of beauty through their bizarre and intriguing qualities.
Blake’s work in turn often speaks for itself as it imbues discarded objects with new life. Each of her unique pieces articulate a simplicity, playfulness and love for the bizarre that stands gracefully alongside the spiritual impact of Westgarth’s art.
Surrealism, Dada, the emotional directness of Outsider Art, the tradition of Arte Povera and the expressive qualities of Naive or Folk Art with its love of pattern and embellishment, all resonate strongly within the work of both Westgarth and Blake.
There is something very right that these two subversive artists should choose Polymorph Art Gallery as the platform for their work.
-TG1- @ PolyMorph
-TG1- was a showcase of new work from Troy Hammerton and Gavin Kyle. These are two artists exploring very different art forms. Yet mashed up together in PolyMorph’s Gallery Space, they created some sort of ultra-violent harmony.
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when: Opening night Tuesday 30 March 2010, 7:30 – 9pm. Exhibition continues until Sunday 11 April 2010.
cost: Free.
where: Polymorph, 7/82 Enmore rd Newtown.
About TG1:
PolyGallery presents its first Private Show of the New Year! TG1 is an exhibition not to be missed, showcasing the works of emerging artists Gavin Kyle and Troy Hammerton. These two have been fast friends for many years and have now collaborated to bring you a diverse and exciting exhibit of cutting-edge art.
Gavin Kyle’s practice alludes to the aesthetics and archetypes of comics, sci-fi flicks and 90′s skateboard graphics. This is his first ever exhibition and he is displaying a collection of prints and paintings that run the razor’s edge of social commentary and delightful absurdity. He is also dragging a few of his characters kicking and screaming into the third dimension in the form of toys.
Troy Hammerton has selected both 2D and 3D work for TG1 that could be described as erotic and thought provoking. His practice includes a mixture of photography, pyrography, airbrushing and image transfer combined into intricate collages of a tactile nature. These pieces range in finish and texture to produce a graphic effect that appeals to the senses. To sum up the atmosphere of his work one must use the term that Troy himself dubbed his art many years ago- as the ‘unsane’.
In TG1 these two artists have pulled together an exhibit that appeals to a broad spectrum of taste while engaging in a visual discussion that is both relevant and tongue in cheek.
Body Mod @ PolyMorph
PolyMorph was a very full house on Wednesday night for the opening of Body Mod. The group show included an impressive collection of traditional art forms, as well as performance and installation, all centering on themes of the human form and body modification.
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