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A Sense Of Wonder Group Exhibition

Sharing the same title as its theme, A Sense of Wonder (2019) is an exhibition emphasising the wonders and curiosities that exist around and within us. The visual manifestations presented below have the ability to move us beyond the every day in thought-provoking ways.​

The ideas captured in this exhibition range from viewing an ordinary urban backyard with a renewed sense of awe; contemplating the vastness of space; observing nature on a grand scale or in miniature detail; transforming natures objects into playful expressions; whimsical interpretations of special events in our lives; impressions of an augmented reality; the creation of fantastical creatures; illuminating the effects of make-believe and art-making on children or simply portraying the ocean’s gifts that are washed on to land.   –
Contemporary Art Awards

The Contemporary Arts Awards present
‘A Sense Of Wonder’ 
When: 
2 June – 30th July
Where: 
Available to view here.

‘Shrooms’ (detail) – A collaboration with El Throwup, 2015, Mixed media on watercolour paper.

Exhibiting artists: Karen Benjamin, Tom Christophersen, Jeannie Dolan, Michael Dyson,Julie Hollis, Latesha Houston, GWA (Wade Goring), Silvia A Sellitto, Susannah Paterson and Zorica Purlija. 

‘Shrooms’ framed archival print available here.

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Beautiful Bizarre Interview with Freddy Grant

“Portraiture and performance artist Tom Christophersen knows the two disciplines go hand in hand. His portraits are a performance and he takes this truth to another level by more often than not working with performance artists as subjects. Christophersen grew up in Adelaide and is now based in Sydney, Australia. He is a theatre maker, performer, visual artist, facilitator, designer and illustrator, who likes “Twin Peaks, The Pixies and dark streaks” and is inspired by everything from succulent gardens to the Jonestown Massacre.

His works are a mixture of the macabre and the joyful that catch the more bizarre sides of his subjects. Christophersen’s cheeky and dark sense of humour, along with his politics, is evident in his compositions. Layered with symbols and meaning, he takes the great tradition of portrait as person, not simply a face and body, into the modern age using technology and millennial iconography in surprising and challenging ways.” – Freddy Grant

Check out the full interview over at Beautiful Bizarre by clicking here. 

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