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As the CACSA's final exhibition in 2011, CACSA PROJECTS 9 presents Gardenesque, the first major solo exhibition in Adelaide by Sydney-based artist Gary Carsley. The CACSA presentation follows the artist's recent successful exhibitions Garden of the Forking Paths at Sabine Schmidt Galerie, Köln and the large-scale project A Bush Knot: Karaoke'd Photographs at Griffith University Art Gallery in Brisbane.
The work in 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. Alongside the work of Gary Carsley, Gardenesque will feature a specially commissioned audio guide by Sydney- based artists/theorists Tim Gregoy and Oliver Watts, downloadable from http://gregoryandwatts.blogspot.com/
Gary Carsley's recent solo exhibitions include A Bush Knot, Griffith University Brisbane; Bark Art, BREENSPACE, Sydney; Scenic Root, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney; Karaoke'ing the Photograph, Sabine Schmidt Galerie, Köln and Looking at Works of Art in the Light of Other Works of Art, Artspace, Sydney. Selected group exhibitions include Wonder, the 2008 Singapore Biennale; I.K.E.A. Draguerrotypes, PULSE New York; Perfect for every occasion– Photography Now, Heide Museum of Modern Art, Melbourne; Surfaces Paradise, Museum voor Moderne Kunst, Arnhem; Countenence, Wurttembergischer Kunstverein, Stuttgart and Migrating Identity, Arti et Amitaci, Amsterdam. Gary Carsley is represented by Sabine Schmidt Galerie, Köln; Margaret Thatcher Projects, New York; Torch, Amsterdam and BREENSPACE, Sydney.
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Gregory and Watts are a conceptual performance duo, who work on the border of art and art theory. Their art intervenes in public spaces, through publications, in photomedia and video, to critique and comment on art and other issues of the day. It is culture jamming with a twist because often the most radical approach is merely to take things, which others may have missed, seriously. A form they have experimented with is the "alternative" audio guide, of which this is one. There are two ways to access this guide:
1. We suggest direct streaming to your mobile phone. Each item is marked by a small square pixelated marker which is a web address for streaming. Point your phone at the barcode image and you will be taken directly to the audio guide. (Most phones now have this as a standard feature.
If you do not already have a QR scanner on your phone simply search for a QR scanner application
—we recommend QR Code Scan, which is free and easy to use. Install the QR app then open it.)
2. Go directly to www.gregoryandwatts.blogspot.com and stream the audio live from our website.
A bonus track relates to the copy of Antonio Canova's Venus, Adelaide's first piece of public sculpture, and donated by William Horn in 1892. It is found at North Terrace and is considered an extension of this exhibition.
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http://gregoryandwatts.blogspot.com
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