good grief
Pinnacles Gallery, Townsville City Galleries
Solo exhibition at Riverway Arts Centre
20 Village Boulevard, Thuringowa Central QLD 4817
8 March - 28 April 2024
Solo exhibition at Riverway Arts Centre
20 Village Boulevard, Thuringowa Central QLD 4817
8 March - 28 April 2024
Danish Quapoor is known for his distinctive flat-colour compositions and playful narratives. The artist's largest body of work to date features his trademark illustrative paintings, wall drawings and ceramics alongside blown glass, textile forms and stop-motion animation. Quapoor reconciles these ostensibly disparate elements of his practice with a cohesive colour palette and a consistent use of repetitive, time-consuming processes.
Conceptually, good grief is an interrogation of personal identity and familial relationships. The artist reflects on his father's unexpected death in the 2020 peak of COVID-19, and the exasperation of experiences and memories in the wake of that loss. Collectively, the works illuminate and subvert concepts of grief, sexuality, and gender roles within heteronormative regional contexts. These concepts are tempered by layers of humour, wordplay, misdirection and a life-affirming levity in aesthetic and approach.
Exhibition catalogue | Invitation | ArtsHub review | Art Guide article | Journal of Australian Ceramics article preview (buy) | Animation
Conceptually, good grief is an interrogation of personal identity and familial relationships. The artist reflects on his father's unexpected death in the 2020 peak of COVID-19, and the exasperation of experiences and memories in the wake of that loss. Collectively, the works illuminate and subvert concepts of grief, sexuality, and gender roles within heteronormative regional contexts. These concepts are tempered by layers of humour, wordplay, misdirection and a life-affirming levity in aesthetic and approach.
Exhibition catalogue | Invitation | ArtsHub review | Art Guide article | Journal of Australian Ceramics article preview (buy) | Animation
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360 degree tour of the exhibition below:
Exhibition images below - individually credited:
Exhibition opening images below, courtesy Townsville City Galleries; photography: Andrew Rankin.
Artist talk images below, courtesy Townsville City Galleries; photography: Andrew Rankin.
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