MAZE WALKERS

BLACKARTPROJECTS AND MARK WHALEN PRESENT

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MAZE WALKERS

Chalk Horse 8 Lacey Street Surry Hills Sydney, Australia 2 - 20 April, 2013

You haven’t had a break from the studio for a while. One project appears to lead into the next. Don’t you feel the need for some fresh air now and again?

I get that at my coffee shop, but in retrospect, what I see there on a day to day basis seems to make its way into my work in one form or another. The downtrodden, movers and shakers, average Joes, super creative people: all walks of life, finding their way through this labyrinthine world. It’s a pit stop of complete humanity for five minutes, twice a day. We’re all shuffling around the same beaten paths, chasing down the things that get us by. I’m no different. I go outside and do all my regular things over and over and over again. I get my coffee, then catch up on my emails, then get some food... and then its back to the drafting table where I paint these puzzles of fantasy and forecasted worlds – these multifaceted scenarios of discovery, roleplaying and problem solving that expose humanity at its most bizarre. They are almost an experiment into what would occur by amalgamating current ideologies, myths and spiritualities. I guess that is what fresh air does to me.

Maze walking mixed media 6 panels, 120 x 135 cm

Searching for utopia mixed media 4 panels, 120 x 90 cm

The inventors mixed media 4 panels, 120 x 90 cm

Self portrait - Isolated, swimming through my subconscious mixed media 60 x 90 cm

Searchers mixed media 44.5 x 60 cm

The magic carpet mixed media 34.5 x 44.5 cm

The baller room mixed media 60 x 45 cm

Plant collectors mixed media 33 cm d

Found artifacts mixed media 33 cm d

Into the mind mixed media 32 cm d

Found vessel I white porcelain, glazed 11 x 11 cm d

Found vessel II white porcelain, glazed 11 x 11 cm d

Found vessel III white porcelain, glazed 11 x 11 cm d

Found vessel IV white porcelain, glazed 25 x 12 cm d

Found vessel V white porcelain, glazed 25 x 12 cm d

MAZE WALKERS Images in this catalogue appear desaturated due to the design program’s inability to replicate the intensity of colours used in the artworks. Screen images are intended as a guide only and should not be regarded as absolutely correct. More accurate colour images can be obtained via email. Please contact info@blackartprojects.com.au.

All paintings are acrylic, ink, gouache on paper, mounted to wood, resin coated, except for ‘Self portrait - Isolated, swimming through my subconscious’ which is acrylic, ink, gouache, holographic film on paper, mounted to wood, resin coated.

The artist thanks Jasper Knight, Julian Meagher and Jerry Barajas for their support.

Studio image courtesy Andrew Parker.

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