Joanna Poulson
Rossanne Pellegrino
Eleanor Zecchin
Jo Kerlogue
Nico Petho
VIDEO by Naomi Oliver
VIDEO by Naomi Oliver
Opening Sat 6th Feb 2010
Joanna Poulson Sally Goes Hunting oil on canvas 101x76cm
Rossanne Pellegrino London Through a Different Lens C type Photograph
Eleanor Zecchin Parental Watch oil on canvas 100x100cm
Jo Kerlogue Matron Slone and Terrance in...Patterns of Behaviour laminated digital print 30x30cm
Nico Pethos Lawn Chair
Naomi Oliver Flight before Flight Video Still
Jo Kerlogue, masquerading as alter-ego Nonchalant Sally and armed with the tools of parody and a 2b pencil, will re-assess received wisdom and dominant Australian culture through the satirical vehicle of the illustration montage. ‘The Death of Molly Jones’ illustration series, inspired by eighties soap A Country Practice is a part camp, part punk review of the Australian contemporary condition. Kerlogue illustrates for a variety of formats including mobile phone, large scale digital projection, packaging, fabric printing, illustration performance, the World Wide Web as well as the traditional gallery setting.
Throughout her imagery Rossanne Pellegrino explores the notion of place, memory and our emotional connection to our surroundings. Utilizing various photographic techniques, the artist aims to create a memory on paper effect; to translate images from one’s memory to a physical medium for audiences to experience. Her surreal and dreamlike imagery aim to evoke feelings of nostalgia and curiosity within the observer, leaving one to question where such scenes exist, how they were discovered and perhaps even reminding them of a time and place within their own memory. The artist also explores the impact of human emotion, imagination and the passing of time on our ability to record places of our past.
Eleanor Zecchin’s paintings explore the idea that the everyday may be a catalyst for experiencing the sublime. Within the paintings I seek to capture moments in my daily life and present not only the physical subject matter but also the emotional environment that relates to each moment.
In 2009, Joanna focused her painting tonal realist still life compositions, utilizing inherited objects which included pristine porcelains, vintage fabrics, an old wind vane and old kitchen tins. Her new paintings now also explore the silhouette of objects with the silhouette containing other related objects. In doing so, Joanna is creating new objects through oil on canvas - a dog made of leaves, a dolls head made of buttons and porcelain figurine made of fabric. For all these new objects, Joanna also shares with the viewer paintings of the original source objects and in effect answers some of the questions the viewer has about the silhouette paintings.
Naomi Oliver’s video works centre on bodily / psychic sensation – in particular that familiar feeling of flying during the dream-state. If I can fly when I’m asleep, I can fly when I am awake, and Flight before Flight play on the term ‘flight’ in a number of ways in addition to physical flight: imagination, voyage, departure, and escape.
Eleanor Zecchin Flying Lark.
