‘TIFF #2 ‘ will be featured as part of the Brisbane contingency of the art prize’s exhibitions, which are mounted in Sydney and Brisbane as well as online. See exhibition details below:
The Lethbridge 2000
27 June – 6 July 2019
7/11 Wambool Street, Bulimba QLD
To purchase this work and view the rest of the finalists click HERE.
“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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‘INTERFACING’ with Michael Simms is now open at Stanley Street Gallery til the 6th of October.
Wednesday – Friday 11am – 6pm
Saturday 11 – 5pm
or by appointment
Phone +61 (02) 9368 1142
Preview the works on the Stanley Street website here.
Read about the exhibition on the Beautiful Bizarre website here.
Download an exhibition catalogue here.
Photography by Michael Simms
Photography by Michael Simms
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Stanley Street Gallery, Sydney
‘INTERFACING’ is an explosive, collaborative figurative exhibition between two of Australia’s most exciting emerging visual artists. Tom Christophersen and Michael Simms present ‘INTERFACING’, an exploration into our flawed and often pixelated representations of ourselves. In an age of digital expression, ‘INTERFACING’ prises apart notions of dangerous self-representation and distorted identities via technology.
RSVP to the opening night of ‘INTERFACING’ here.
Download a media release for ‘INTERFACING’ here.
