Hidden – at Arts Project Australia
Hidden. A significant group exhibition of artwork that will challenge and engage the viewer on many levels, with hidden layers and messages, at Arts Project Australia Gallery until – 24 April 2010.
Hidden has its own logic, its own language of coded form and idiosyncracy hidden within the artist’s mind and located somewhere between the viewer and the artwork. Just as a puzzle or riddle evades us, these works challenge the viewer to decipher or see beyond their initial reading.
“Hidden showcases the symbolic and abstract work of established artists side by side with that of emerging artists – a striking combination of pathos and humour.” Sue Roff, Director Arts Project Australia.
The artists use symbols, codes and metaphor as vehicles in many of these works. Familiar objects are cloaked, re-fashioned and abstracted into new forms and compositions that are evocative, surprising and mysterious.
Sometimes the subject can be found closer to the surface, others are more subtle, they need a commitment of time to unravel their magic, which might also lie somewhere between meaning and (un)reason.
With work by Boris Cipusev, Ruth Howard, Julian Martin, Rebecca Scibilia, Leo Cussen, Terry Williams, Andrew Barbour, Guiseppe Calcagno, Brendan Slee and Antonella Calvano, Kieren Carroll, Fulli Andrinopoulos and Tim Williams amongst others. Curated by Camille Hannah and Bernadette Trench-Thiedeman.
Gallery talk Sat 10 April, from 12.30-1pm
Camille Hannah and Bernadette Trench-Thiedeman in discussion with various artists
Location
Arts Project Australia, 24 High Street Northcote Vic 3070
Gallery hours Monday to Friday 9am-5pm, Saturday 10am-1pm