Fashion BY
Jasper Fernley
Laneway Artspace StKilda
THEIR CUBE By Lucien C.Smith
Mia Sabec Mia Sabec is a Melbourne based artist currently studying her BFA in Fine Art Majoring in printmaking. While her work spans many Mediums and genres Sabec continually delves into the idea of “Playing god” with a strong foundation in Collage and composite imagery. Sabec’s exploration of her own creationist fantasy stems from the initial deconstruction and assemblage of original imagery to stretch the confines of the traditional portrait. Constantly toying with the self editing nature of her self portraiture, Sabec re-introduces herself to the process in both “Playing God” and her involvement as the creation itself.
: Call Her Creator [Installation] Playing With God I’m A New Person Each Day
ZRA Designs ZRA Designs’ pieces draw on the rustic sensibilities of pre-tourist effected countries of South east Asia, presenting an ode to their pasts, now eroded by modern travel and the western world. Rotational Symmetry I, Rotational symmetry II and Distance focus on traditional south east Asian transport, mimicking the tails of longboats within their circular designs. Left un-varnished as a graceful nod to cultures previously untarnished by modern tourism.
: Rotational Symmetry I Rotational Symetry II Balancing Act Telarum Distance
Balancing act and Telarum delve into architectural features of now over frequented holiday destinations and their surviving historical streets and temples, which remain as indicators of a simpler past.
[Zoe Alexiades]
Ewan McIntyre -Clarke McIntyre-Clarke’s tile paintings Faces 1 - 6 are an exploration of the many shapes and textures of the human face. Experimenting with flow by disrupting lines that make up the human face. contorting and extending the natural features and contours of six individual and unconventional portraits.
: Faces 1 - 6
As a series about rape culture and the effects of sexual assault, Hold Your Tongue focuses on catcalling culture and a common theme that can be seen in the patriarchal society in which men make decisions for women, in a world where our voices cannot be heard. Til The Cows Come Home Til The Cows Come Home references a case in which a female police officer in Connecticut told an undergraduate sexual assault victim that “women need to stop spreading their legs like peanut butter or rape is going to keep on happening ‘til the cows come home”. Patch Up Patch up explores the idea of recovery and the lack of importance placed on victims of sexual assault, from the practice of victimblaming to the on-going stigma around rape and sexual harassment.
Tishya Desai
: Hold Your Tongue
Rebecca Liz Drawing on elements of human and animal anatomy Rebecca Liz’ semi abstract oil works present a morbid but elegant commentary on life and the physical form. : Overseer I Overseer II Overseer III
Taylah MacAlister
Reflecting on urban spaces that generally go unnoticed, viewed as dull or uninteresting, MacAlister studies unusual landscapes that come alive after dark. These paces become illuminated in a new perspective; the eerie lighting and empty locations now draw attention to the mundane, exploiting the stillness of night. : Disregard - Here There Everywhere
Zoe Woebken As an exploration of the urban landscapes around her, Woebken’s prints delve into the imagery of suburbia as though it were it’s own iconography within their local surroundings. Depicting traditional housing and old school retail shops Woebken’s works speak of everyday life and the familiarity of one’s own urban environment. Woebkens Paintings, unlike her print work, express more abstract compositions subtly referencing colour blocking techniques commonly used in printmaking to unveil elaborate colour stories through very contrasting imagery. : Welcome To Moorabbin Junction Sorry For The Inconvenience Walk Home Shaped I, II & IIX
Quncy lau Hong Kong Based Artist Quncy Lau presents an invigorating breath of fresh air through his work which brings together elements of installation, sculpture, performance and couture to create a completely un-categorisable work. Commissioned by Lucien whilst on a 6-month visa in Australia, Quncy is the very principle Melbourne wishes to portray of itself through the guise of a Multi-Cultural city. Drawing on themes of constructionism and light as a physical form Lau’s Light Bulb Dress deconstructs the nature of clothing and re-invigorates with amazing aesthetic drive.
: Untitled (lightbulb dress No.2)
Kyrrah Roche
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: Death The Lovers The Empress
Kyrrah Roche’s illustrations explore the complex and intertwining nature of life and death, venturing as far as to suggest the idea of an inevitable fate as can be seen through her reinvigorated exploration of the tarot card.
a quiet acceptance of fate, and the rich thriving energy of The Empress The pair share pieces of each other within their bounds, both affecting the other, never fully separate from their counterpart. ”
“There is a predictability life and death can provide us, a certain end with an unknown journey to reach it; a scenario fitting of the reading of tarot cards, attempting to define a path or meaning. There is a direct juxtaposition between the cold, barren stillness of Death,
“Life becomes death, and death becomes life; both inexorably drawing together til they meet in a moment.”
Alex Sinclair
Through the use of contrasting materials and textures Sinclair’s works present the synthesis of two very different states. Expressing the polar opposites of rigidity and flexibility Sinclair’s work Threaded brings together elements that play off one another due to their very structure. while subtler works such as her Dipped Trio develop similar concepts through opposing textures, Sinclair’s intertwined ceramics create a striking conversation about the possibility of two very different components being able to co-exist.
: Threaded (set) . Dipped Trio
Lucien C.Smith Co-Dependence represents an ongoing balance between two elements of one’s own life. presenting the concept that the people and landscapes around us mould the way in which we speak, act, dress and carry ourselves, Smith’s work draws on a single experience that came to be the pinnacle of these two worlds coming together. These two selves do not live in opposition but rather complement one another and shed light on the others faults and strengths. Ultimately representing the co-existent nature of both the family and work oriented self and the over confident and uninhibited self, Smith’s installation draws on fabrics created by his own grandmother, Helen Corcoran, as the principle element of family connections and memories. Smith also pools from the decor and fittings from the house of a stranger, the host of a party at the end of an un-inhibited and carefree night out. These two elements live in harmony as different ends of the spectrum, they define and re-shape one’s self through experience and learned knowledge.
: Co-Dependence
THEIR CUBE BRINGS TOGET HER A GROUP OF YOUNG AN D EMERGING ARTISTS TO S HOWCASE THE DIVERSITY O F THE CREATIVE ENVIRONM ENT CULTIVATED BY MELBO URNE AND ITS INFLUENCE. AS ELEVEN ARTISTS AND CREATORS COME TOGETHER AT LANEWAY ARTSPACE STK ILDA TO SHOWCASE THEIR W ORK, THEY BRING A REFRE SHING AND MUCH NEEDED NE W LIGHT TO THE WAY ART IS PRESENTED TO THE AUDI ENCE FOR A TANTALISING VIEWING EXPERIENCE