Natural Instincts
Opening Night Friday 29th April, 6pm - 8pm. Exhibition on view from 29th April - 15th May.
All pieces framed. Prices in Australian Dollars. Click image for larger view.
All pieces framed. Prices in Australian Dollars. Click image for larger view.
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Alex Garant is a Canadian visual artist whose captivating portraits invite you to meet the duplicated gaze of women caught in an optical illusion of pattern, repetition and superposition. Grappling with the rigidity of individuality, Garant's fractured protagonists are sensorial puzzles that will make you question the way you'll instinctually try to solve them. From pleasantly mesmerising to potentially dizzying, Garant's artwork, in her words, "conjures questions, such as how do we see, how do we analyse visual information... The viewer becomes involved with the piece on an emotional and physical level." Garant delights in drawing inspiration through dialogue with her growing international viewership, and is excited to find out what will resonate in Australia.
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Kane Kokaris is an artist based on the Gold Coast. Synthesising influence from the natural world with his inimitable imagination, Kokaris offers a lucid look at the world, not quite as we know it. This is a place where mystical mammals inhabit enchanting environments, flora and fauna coalesce, sharks swim in space and snakes slither through skulls. "With this series of paintings I wanted to explore the role instincts play on an individual's chance of survival in a natural habitat," Kokaris says. "The equivalence between animal instincts and human motivational forces is underlined through symbolism." Beyond their beauty, Kokaris' paintings possess an enchanting depth you'll want to explore.
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