Bone and Boundary – an eclectic collection of current works from three emerging artists inspecting the visceral and the vibrant – is an upcoming exhibition curated by Xavier Turisini. Three artists (Atle Edgar, Harry Zed Hughes and Xavier Turisini) dissect themes of identity, time, and environment in a somatic sojourn.

Opening: Thurs May 4th, 6pm – 9pm

10am – 4pm daily (closed Monday 8th)

This exhibition marks the first time any of these artists have worked together, having initially come together over a mutual fascination of rendering the corporeal.

—THE ARTISTS:

Xavier Turisini forces bodies to bend and buckle in to unnatural geometries, creating tensions within and without the figure to concurrently study and exceed the thresholds of the organic. Stretching skin over jutting bone and strained muscle, Turisini releases the subject from reason, urging it in to the absurd. instagram.com/turisini.jerk

Harry Zed Hughes creates mythological paintings in an age stripped of transcendental signifiers. Harry’s paintings are filled with fluid symbology and open ambiguous spaces between painterly scenes of romanticism and science fiction. Symbols from mythology, literature and history, as well as formal elements, intertwine in a vortex of imaginative fantasy. A galaxy-soup of imagery is incorporated: Spheres – planetary and atomic; figures, mountains and explosions; rings like Jupiter or halos; ‘Muscle spaghetti’; anthropomorphic spirits of every size and shape; tessellated geometry; to create a gaseous heated atmosphere of pressurised other-worldness. Hughes’ outer space is a world of our fantasy led inner psyche, a mythological state we have, in recent times, lost the map to.

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Atle Edgar is a Boorloo based mixed medium artist. Predominately a sculptor, he works in recycled materials, blu-tac and anything he can get his hands on. Ever-fascinated by the human experience, his work attempts to capture both the childish and adult sides of life; two-sides he believes everyone embodies to differing degrees whether subconsciously or otherwise. Stylistically his work is gritty in form, figure and texture, but is often juxtaposed by bright colours and cartoon-esque figures. He enjoys creating things that are both eye-catching and also provoke feelings of discomfort when scrutinised. instagram.com/atleedgar/

MEDIA CONTACT: Xavier Turisini Curator xturisini@gmail.com 0404770645