Sculpture | Kirk Nicholls

OPENING NEXT WEEK

9 MARCH - 15 MARCH 2015
SCULPTURE | KIRK NICHOLLS

OPENING: Monday 9 March, 5.30pm
OPENING HOURS: 10.00am - 6.00pm

Kirk mixes the aesthetic of contemporary flotsome with traditional relief sculpture style; found objects with handmade intermarrying different things to contradict the immediate look of the work. An object is covered with a clay mold, this allows him to push plastic toys/found objects into the mold, when this is cast the object/figure presents itself with a type of scarification. “I noticed how the plastic objects found on beaches were eroding, themselves small monuments, and thought of the eroded detritus entering the food chain: the seafood we consume and the plastic we become.” There is a clear relationship between classical representation of figure that operates within an historical moment in art history that has passed. The resurrection of these techniques positions itself on a fine line in terms of approach between naivety and intellect. The work references movie techniques: projection-like streams fanning across the background surfaces. Look closer and you will see little objects morphing from one thing to another, like stills or frames from a film reel. There are little narratives occurring here, fusing cinematic dynamics with sculpture.

UP NEXT

16 MARCH - 22 MARCH 2015
A PHOTO WILL NOT DO | JADEN CAIRNCROSS & TERESE FITZGERALD

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LATE OPENING:
Friday 20 March, 5.30pm
OPENING HOURS:
9.00am - 5.30pm, Monday - Friday
10:00am - 4:00pm, Saturday - Sunday

“A Photo Will Not Do” explores the process of photorealistic drawing by two local artists; Jaden Cairncross and Terèse Fitzgerald. Vehicles, houses and machinery are subject to an infatuation with detail where the transition from visual information to the brain and onto the hand creates entirely new scenes which exist only on paper. The scrutiny applied to recreate textures and tones can be received as nonsensical – a photocopy achieves more accurate replications – but it is the highly unpronounced shifts from the original visual information which create the drawings’ sense of awe. A photo simply will not do.

jadencairncross@hotmail.com
terese.fitzgerald@gmail.com
http://jadencairncross.com/

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