Art exhibition - Saturday 24 - 31 May

‘The Group must not be the organic bond uniting hierarchized individuals, but a constant generator of de-individualisation’ Preface, Michel Foucault, ‘Anti-Oedipus: Capitalism and Schizophrenia’ by Deleuze and Guattari.

Art can be friendship. Friendship can be a model: an ecosystem; a dialogue; friendship can be how people intersect. It can be a discussion, the dialectic; screen friendships. Friendship can activate word of mouth; can operate as a vehicle of online capital. There can be agency within that. It can be an undoing of connection. You can enact friendship. Friendship can be something unfinished, unpolished. A germ of an idea, discussed together, created alone; created together, discussed alone. Discussed together, created together.

Who is in the show; how are they in the show made with transparency. The work is in conversation with each other in the same way we are. It consists of drawing, print media, installation and new media works. The artists consist of professionals who have exhibited internationally and are in contemporary collections overseas and nationally. They include Caroline Austin, Sharon Cislowski, A Group of Friends Reading Plays, Franz Ehmann, Tim Hilton, Victoria Lawson, Natasha Narain, Caitlin Reed, Eb Secombe and Naomi Oliver.

Images: Caroline Austin. Wandering Atmospherics. 297 millimeters x 420 millimeters (unframed) Photographic print on Canson Photographique 310gsm. 2024

Dr Natasha Narain. Pink Tara. Detail. Acrylic, pen, collage on canvas. 80 cm x 110cm. 2011