“The Kangaroo Can Kill” An Australian Exhibition 10th September till 7th October 2008 Somedays Gallery, 72b Fitzroy Street Surry Hills
The Kangaroo Can Kill is an exhibition of three Sydney-based artists, featuring collages, photography and paintings that together comprise a unique portrait of contemporary Australia. From the Emerald City to the Red Centre, the exhibition takes us on a journey through familiar landscape and iconography, which challenges conventional conceptions of what it means to be Australian today. This is reflected not only in the breadth and diversity of works on display, but also in the relationship between them, which serves as a consistent yet at times unsettling reminder of the bonds that at once unite and divide us.
Marcia Robinson Marcia Robinson uses found and collected vintage fabric and papers to build collages on stretched canvas. Her constructions use richness of texture and pattern layering to explore notions of Australian identity and culture.
Peter Wallace Drawing inspiration from Australian popular culture, photographer Peter Wallace creates compositions that use hyper real colours and perspective to engage the viewer on a journey from the outback to the beach.
Christopher Saban Christopher Saban has painted modern silhouettes with synthetic polymers on stretched canvas. His works reveal strong graphic forms with a reduced colour palette that interplay to create a culturally loaded iconography of the modern Australian landscape.
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