Coming up on show at the PAWA Contemporary print media awards at PS artspace, Fremantle.
Glad to be involved amongst such a great crowd and diverse selection of print media for their debut awards.
Image:
Watch Whatever Whenever, 2025, Four colour silkscreen print on canvas, 120x60cm, framed in charred oak and aluminium
This piece i had spent some time with, studying images of ‘the act of destruction’ and revelling in the work of Andy Warhol’s work dealing with death & destruction. The close up of the TV and the sledge hammer, together with iconic Converse shoes, paints both a picture of ‘fuck it all’ and ‘fuck the past, head on into modernity & digitalism’. The symbolic act of smashing a television, to me, smells like disregard for nostalgia and what at our core, is still physical and present. Snd what is still present, we should continue to touch before it’s in the cloud. #silkscreenprint #contemporaryart #warhol #fuckit
Static Study 02 - Moon Landing, 2025, hand painted bitmap - synthetic polymer on canvas
Following along from this mechanical painting method, the attempted ‘digital appropriation’ of digital imaging. Selecting certain historical iconic images widely viewed on the dimension of a ‘tv screen’. This sadly is no longer a universal experience, as we consume all media from the tips of our fingers at all times, forever glued, forever looking. 👀
#tv #analogue #moderncontemporary #sigmarpolke
On show at RookAri annual studio/gallery show for VicPark arts season.
Static Study 01, 2025, hand painted bitmap - synthetic polymer on canvas, 90x90cm
TV go Brrrrrrrrrr #minimalism #contemporaryart #capitalistrealism
On show at RookAri annual studio/gallery show for VicPark arts season.
The last few months/ years i have been drawn to both a disgust with digitalism & AI, and a healthy inspiration from analogue interface. The nostalgic tendencies and simplicities that analogue devices offer give a means to a confidence that AI cannot. The absence of ambiguity.
I’ve been playing with the idea of how AI replicates the human artist’s hand at will through digital means. But a human artist’s hand attempting to replicate a digital image purely through a mechanical painting means? This proved much harder. But through the processes of ‘digital appropriation’ i have noticed a fundamental difference: the overarching presence of something organic in the finished product.
Static Study (Nothing Much To Lose, Nothing Much To Win), 2025, hand painted bitmap - synthetic polymer on canvas, 90x90cm.
Synthetic Content, 2025, ink, oil and synthetic polymer on canvas, enamel on board inlay. 120x120cm. On show at Cheap Tongue Fremantle #contemporaryart #minimalism
Maximum Entropy, 2025, synthetic polymer, oil, ink on canvas - hand shaped painted wood on board inlay, 60x120cm. On show at Cheap Tongue Fremantle Friday 13th (middles). Curated by Jules Hancock. I really hate instagram
