GREGORY & WATTS FEATURE AUDIO GUIDE IN
GARY CARSLEY'S
'GARDENESQUE'
5 NOVEMBER - 11 DECEMBER, 2011
CACSA, SOUTH AUSTRALIA
The exhibition 'Gardenesque' represents an overview of the Gary Carsley's
recent practice, specifically configured for the CACSA gallery. As a
central focus of his pratice, the artist creates large scale digital
photographic works created by scanning wood grain laminates which are
then used to create highly textured composite images of public gardens
and parks. The artist terms the resultant images Draguerrotypes,
referencing both the nineteenth-century photographic technique as well
as the garden as a drag performance: a site of constant negotiation
between nature and culture. Other more recent works include the presence
of a black, painterly silhouette in the foreground of these
photographic collages. In this series of works the absence of the statue
figure relates directly to postcolonialist ideals, addressing the
unique position of Australia in relation to European history and our
position within the Asia-Pacific region.
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