IRL: Tess, Jess & m8s

Mr Kitly

6 - 22 March 2015

As the title of this exhibition makes clear; this is a matey collection of handmade objects. 

The seemingly ad hoc arrangements reveal perfectly formed vignettes as one roams around the middle gallery of Mr Kitly.

M8s, matches & rhyming names all add to the sense that the maker may indeed be one entity rather than a gathering (irl) of potters, jewellers, photographers, assemblers, painters & drawers.

IRL is a breath of fresh , tangy air & I envy those who had the great fun of plinth & shelf-scaping these raw & engaging objects.

IRL are: Mr Kitly, Jessilla Rogers, Seb Brown, Tessy M King, Gussie Vinall Richardson, Elise Sheehan, Niamh Minogue

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Mr Kitly

Vipoo Srivilasa Happyland

Scott Livesey Galleries

28 March 2015

The intricacies of Vipoo Srivilasa's surfaces demand a slow and measured look.

His sculptures are so seductively decorated that one can miss the underlying, deeper narrative of Vipoos concerns. The exhibition Happy Land is the artist's reflection on settlement in Australian as seen through his particular Thai-native eye.

The following photographs concentrate on hand painted motifs  such as: feral pests (rabbits & cats),  reference to William Barak's paintings & nationalistic tattooing.

This is Vipoo's first solo exhibition at Scott Livesey Galleries.

http://vipoo.com/artworks/#/happyland/