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For immediate release - News from Elements Art Gallery
Elements Art Gallery is pleased to announce
Human Selection
A solo exhibition by
Opening Saturday July 17 at 6.30pm
Ken Sealey, The Last Human, Aluminium composite, 240 x 100 x 30 cm
Award winning sculptor Ken Sealey is exhibiting in his first solo show at Elements Art Gallery in July.
Winner of the 2009 Castaways Sculpture Awards for recycled sculpture in Rockingham with his distinctive alucobond piece Arc Of Time, Sealey's first solo show Human Selection showcases the extraordinary talent of this emerging artist. Continuing his investigation of the properties of the lightweight aluminium composite cladding which is most often utilised in the construction of buildings, Sealey cuts, etches, distresses and layers his chosen medium in a most inventive and inimitable fashion.
The title Human Selection references his ongoing exploration of the results of Human Selection over Natural Selection and questions whether humans can even consider themselves a part of nature.....
“Our ability to make our own decisions and understand consequences for the most part sets us apart from those in the animal kingdom. Can we even be included as a part of nature in the collective sense or are we an entity unto ourselves and if so, is our existence for the better? History seems to indicate otherwise and even though we are surrounded by the so called genius of our own technology, we are still not getting it right,” he muses.
Sealeys’ unique talents were recognised when one of his pieces was recently acquired for the Holmes A Court collection during the 2010 Sculpture By The Sea exhibition at Cottesloe. His superb ‘Swimmer’ piece entitled SEAD also attracted much attention at the aforementioned exhibition with a local government commission currently under negotiation.
Human Selection runs until August 1.
Ken Sealey, Captured, Layered aluminium composite, 24 x 24 x 40 cm
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For further information, please contact the gallery manager Deborah Howlett
on M: 0410 081 697 E: deborah@elementsartgallery.com.au PH: 9386 2000
COMING UP
News from Elements Art Gallery 131A Waratah Avenue, Dalkeith. For immediate release.
‘MECHANICAL MISHKA’ an exhibition
by New York artist YULIYA LANINA
7th August – 22nd August 2010
Opening Saturday 7th August 6.30 -8.30pm
Animation Screening at 7.00pm
Yuliya Lanina, A Very Short Story, Stop animation still
Yuliya Lanina is a Russian born American multimedia installation artist living and working in New York City. Before studying Visual Arts in the US, she studied music in Russia until the age of 16. As a result of these influences Yuliya often incorporates music in her visual work combining aspects of her Russian roots with her American identity.
Creating alternate/surreal realities in a wide range of media including paintings, animations, mechanical dolls and installation pieces, Lanina’s work is a playful response to the technological condition of contemporary society as well as to our feeling of fear and loss towards it.
What also emerges from the theoretical discussion here, is that technology depersonalizes individuals, de contextualizes our interaction, and dehumanizes our overall existence and thought of being.
The modifications she makes to found objects in her mechanical doll series are both visual and electronic, turning them into robotic creatures with altered functional capabilities and appearances to reflect this belief.
Lanina has exhibited extensively both nationally and internationally. Her work has been displayed at the Seoul Art Museum, SIGGRAPH Asia 2009, Beijing Biennial 2009, Russian Contemporary Art Museum, Yeosu/Seoul Biennial 2008, Ludwig Museum (Cologne) and other venues.
Her short films were selected for International Festival of Graphic Stories 2007, (Russia), Movies with the View (USA), KunstFilmBienalle (Germany) and other festivals. Lanina has been a recipient of numerous awards and scholarships.
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For further information, please contact the gallery manager Deborah Howlett
on M: 0410 081 697 E: deborah@elementsartgallery.com.au PH: 9386 2000
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