Selected works from RMIT Culture collections and International Collections

Jazmina Cininas, Christina sleeps on both sides of Grandma’s bed, 2010

Growing up with a sister 9 years older than me, I also got to watch horror movies since I was a kid. I was an avid reader of German and Irish fairy tales, where there is not always a happy ending. Finding beauty in darkness and decay has accompanied me all in my life and art making, helping me to face my fears and issues. Cininas’ interpretation of the tale “Little Red Riding Hood”, pictures Red Hood in both side of the bed, as to say she is both the wolf and the girl at the same time. The dark colors and contrast of the print is creepy and fascinating, a Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde situation.

Jazmina Cininas

Christina sleeps on both sides of Grandma’s bed, 2010 Linocut on paper

Edition: 21/22

52.8x71.8 cm(image), 76.5x 91.5 cm (sheet)

Purchased through the RMIT Art Fund, 2013 RMIT University Art Collection

Rew Hanks, Stop! There’s no need to shoot the natives, 2013 When I moved to Perth, Australia in 2013 I observed Aboriginal people fighting on the street, often drunk, and other people just passing by, shaking their heads. When I moved to Darwin, the situation was even more disconcerting, Aboriginal people were not allowed to enter in bar and pubs, even if well dressed, even with ID, even if sober. A real segregation is still happening, and it makes me so furious. Making art with meaning is a priority for me, it is my way to create awareness around social issues. Hanks’ work screams injustice and genocide, inequality and racism. Was it really necessary to shoot the natives, Captain Cook?

Rew Hanks

Stop! There’s no need to shoot the natives, 2013 Linocut on paper

Edition: 4/30

75cm x 106cm (image), 80cm x 120.5cm (sheet)

Purchased through the RMIT Art Fund, 2013 RMIT University Art Collection

Simon Perry, The Pattern Table, 2012-13 Perry is best known for his large-scale public art site specific works. In ‘The Pattern Table’, he is including a deep research of the site itself, its history and culture, the relationship between the past and present, a sense of becoming, opening and closing, unfolding. I am extremely interested in cultural history, the culture of the city and the people that live in it, I love researching and learning details about what it was and how it is related with the present. Public Art is also interesting to me, because it is the best way to make site specific works.

Simon Perry

The Pattern Table, 2012-13 Aluminum and powder coat, paint on steel panels 276cm x 3367.2 cm (installation, irreg.)

Commissioned through the RMIT Art Fund, 2011 RMIT University Art Collection