Throughout the two unified exhibitions, Coupland’s artworks critically analyze what it means to be human in a postmodern society, while also displaying a sense of wit and playfulness that is both engaging and memorable.
Regardless or whether or not the AGO has done Basquiat justice, it is clear that his work still carries the same seduction and lure that taps into an intrinsic desire for understanding, and is absolutely a must to see.
we don’t follow the market, the market follows us. There is no doubt, this is much more challenging for a gallery but I like the challenge — so do the artists we represent
In a way, Lake is the real referent for her viewers as we contemplate our own identities while we experience a very personal introduction to Suzy Lake.
Just as Middleton discovered the history of the building through layer after layer of past renovations, the viewers are encouraged to uncover layers of significance in his work and reflect on the gallery space.
Yan’s work combines the ideas of two extremes: the Chinese garden, or Scholars’ stone with the mushroom cloud shape produced by a Western nuclear bomb.
In its totality, the exhibit seems to be a constant juxtaposition of the natural and the artificial; the supernatural and the mundane; Wiccan theology with contemporary culture.
While the questions raised by Grigorenko and Heyn-Jones certainly are important and worth considering, the means offered to the viewers for exploration do not seem to be quite as effective as the artists describe them to be.