Suburbia

Cement Fondu, Gadigal land/Sydney

Curated by Megan Monte + Josephine Skinner

15 March - 29 April 2018

*Somewhere in the Middle,* 2018, oil on linen on doors, Tas oak, brass hardware, rubber feet, garden hose, oil on plywood, dimensions variable

Suburbia

Cement Fondu's inaugural group exhibition, Suburbia, including work by Daata Editions with Ed Fornieles, Rosie Deacon, Chris Dolman, Caroline Garcia, Tina Havelock Stephens, Biljana Janice, Amber Koroluk-Stephensen, Kenny Pittock, Thom Roberts and Daniel Kim, Studio A with Emily Crockford, Shahmen Suku, Sweatshop Western Sydney Literacy Movement, Tangentyere Artists: Nerine Tilmouth; Louise Daniels; and Elizabeth Namptitjinpa, Gary Trinh, Amalia Ulman, and Paul Yore.

Suburbia breaches the boundaries of the backyard by unpacking issues embedded deep in the heart of suburban existence – cultural identity, colonisation, social conformity, migration, Australiana, the body and the home. Artists engage a broad spectrum of art forms to tell their stories, including needle-point embroidery, live performance, painting, spoken word, ceramics, installation and digital media. The exhibition challenges audiences to think more expansively about suburbia as something that it is not simply place-based but experiential; ideological, shedding presumptions and prejudices about life in the ‘burbs.

This project was assisted through Arts Tasmania by the Minister for the Arts.

Installation photographs by Document Photography