How safe are we?

Artary Project, Regent (2003)

Untitled (2003, oil on canvas 1.2m x 0.9m)	Untitled - close up (2003, oil on canvas 1.2m x 0.9m)
	"Semaphore Water Tower" (2003, oil on canvas 45cm x 35cm)

This is a time of Governmental conscious raising. “Be alert not alarmed” security has come to the fore as a serious and major community concern. This exhibition considers the issue of individual psychological security in another complex way. By drawing on issues of sexuality and gender the work has traversed the Freudian world of anxiety and danger – polite hysteria prevails.

The exhibition consists of two distinct groups of works oil paintings and gouache works on paper.

The highly realistic and super clean oil paintings exhibited display an array of creepy clothing. Some of the clothes restrict movement while others create imaginary body parts. Other painted fabrics are politely ready for morning tea, scones anyone? Just don’t look up, there are alarming discoveries to be made.

The works on paper are an investigation into the emotional component of a human response to colour. It is hard not to find yourself being caught in the play of colour relationships and movement. These works offer colour alternatives that find their way into the oil paintings. This appears to be an ongoing investigation.

This is a fascinating exhibition offering no answer and little narrative. Instead we are given a glimpse into the complex world of human anxiety and experience.

"How safe are we?" runs from 21 October to 11 November 2003 at Artary Project.
Opening 6:00 - 7:30pm Wednesday 22 October 2003

Artary Project is located at 670 High Street, Regent.