Instructional texts and celebrity gossip

Faces and places, figures and spaces.

Collaged and painted text and images from found instructional magazines and celebrity print media.

"Leftovers" group show at Remnant

I'll be showing some new collage work at the "Leftovers" show on the 3rd of October. Curated by Sunari Sooriaaratchi, in an empty rental property, very cool.

https://www.facebook.com/events/1480954942172167/?fref=ts

The Culture of Kings

Study of screens in the Culture Kings store in Melbourne. 

Featuring the leg of Michael Jacksons pants (plus his tiger cub) and as much "Cool" as money can buy.

Acrylic and collage on Canvas, 152 cm x 245 cm

Cool is a serious word. It's an attitude, a style and more importantly something to strive for.
Who decides upon what's cool and what isn't? Is it all made up by the fashion industry and media or is there a set of specific rules that govern the rise and fall of cool. It's quite a complex social system

In any case, here are some collages/paintings