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sidelong glances

DANISH QUAPOOR AND JOELI FISCHE
MADE. CREATIVE SPACE (TOOWOOMBA, QLD), NOVEMBER 2011

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Image courtesy Joeli Fische.
"Like Nick Cave and Kylie: An odd pair, but they work together" - Danish and Joeli speaking in unison in the third people.
(Images courtesy the gallery, unless otherwise captioned).

INTERVIEW

In lieu of an artist statement, Danish Quapoor and Joeli Eastell present: Question Time and other bollocks.
What’s with your name?
Danish:
The pseudonym ‘Danish Quapoor’ originated from my time in art school amongst others with “–ish” suffix names, along with a sidelong nod to the prominent artist Anish Kapoor. I find using an alias very freeing, as the anonymity allows me to create a separate, more frivolous body of work, uninhibited by associations with my previous artworks.
Joeli: I’m a beautiful chocolate man.
What is your artistic intention?
D:
I am interested in observing, decontextualising and recontextualising situations, words and visuals. I aim to stimulate recognition, empathy, nostalgia, and laughter. I borrow from everyday situations and pop culture in equal measures. Stylistically, I tend to create quirky imagery highlighted by repetitious patterns and intricate detail.
J: I aim to explore a social perspective on subjects such as youth, gender and popular culture. With my work, I strive to challenge the norm while not pushing the boundaries too far past people’s comfort zones. I especially focus on the role of a male in an increasingly androgynous society.
Is there an over-arching theme to your exhibition SIDELONG GLANCES?
Both (in unison):
It’s all up in my peripheries.
D: For me, it is about things that exist on the edge, such as the edge of our vision. There is also the edge of reality, with our assortment of characters and creatures that may or may not exist in this dimension. There is the edge of your seat excitement when you look at our artworks. Also, like Gaga, we’re on the edge of glory.
J: Yeah, and the edge of our hearing, with recontextualised quotes and overheard conversations. I guess just observing people in general. Our theme is that it is frowned upon NOT to eavesdrop on those engaging in conversation around you. And sometimes, if you're sneaky enough, you can steal their material and regurgitate it to others to create the illusion that you are a deep and humourous person. Moral of the story, and theme of the exhibition: eavesdrop or be arrested.
What material/s do you like working with?
D:
I am partial to the black uniball eye micro pen; it allows me to get clean, fine lines. I also like pastel coloured felt pens, pencils occasionally and anything that I can cut and paste. I also love brown paper and cardboard, but yellowed or white paper is fine too.
J: The feeling of discovering something that seems to be made especially for you is incomparable. For me, that discovery was gouache. I treasure gouache’s versatility, and its ability to be used with drawing AND painting techniques. I also greatly appreciate the fact that the brushes aren't ruined if you, for whatever reason, forget to wash them. For that alone, gouache is priceless. (But at the same time, quite reasonably priced). It is also easily paired with pencils, especially on paper. And I do like to pair up my materials; they call me Cupid.
Where are you based?
J:
That’s a bit personal.
D: Without giving too much away, I am currently based in Queensland. I was born inside a whale in the Indian Ocean, but I don’t like to talk about it.
J: I have moved to Melbourne from Toowoomba. It’s like moving forward in time. The gender roles are far more blurred in the city, particularly among the youth, and trends are often practised by and marketed to both sexes. While there are still obvious interest gaps (sport for men / fashion for women), this is no longer uniform across the board; and even sub-cultures seem to be more accepting of each other in this world where everyone can access everyone else's niche interests in an instant. I aim to expand on this acceptance by further exposing the masses to unisex ideologies and androgynous aesthetics in a nonchalant, frivolous manner.
Many of your artworks are hilarious. Is that intentional? Does humour play a big role in your arts practice?
D:
Yes, Virginia. I am interested in zany imagery, witticisms, humourous overheard conversations, misheard lyrics, and wordplay. You catch more flies with honey, allegedly. But you can probably catch more humans with humour, and then a big bag or something.
J: Humour is my window to the world; the pilot of the plane that is my life. It drives my mind, creativity and passion which is then physically represented in my work.
Where can I find more of your work?
D:
I make and sell zines, and stationery products like notebooks and greeting cards. I stock these through made.’s shop, my etsy store and zine stores in Toowoomba, Melbourne and Sydney.
J: The streets of Melbourne. I make cool stickers and stick them around, like sticks. http://tinyurl.com/joeliart
How do you feel about collaborating and exhibiting with each other?
J:
Pairing up with Danish is to pair up with that play on frivolity and humour; poking fun at the everyday.
D: I think it is important to collaborate with others and to push my boundaries. I appreciate Joeli as a friend and an artist, and I think our styles and viewpoints mesh well.
Do you have a parting remark?
D:
I don’t speak German but I can if you like.
J: Drunk people are synonymous with clowns.

Joeli Eastell is represented by the Lonely Hearts Club.
Danish Quapoor is currently on hiatus from gallery representation, and is awaiting legal representation.
© 2011
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SIDELONG GLANCES ARTWORK LIST

1 Danish Quapoor, Do you like my hat? I found it on the ground
2 Danish Quapoor & Joeli Eastell, Dearly departed
3 Danish Quapoor, For some reason she felt an affinity with the ice-cream
4 Danish Quapoor, (f)untitled

5 Danish Quapoor, Shock waves
6 Danish Quapoor & Joeli Eastell , A little surprise
7 Joeli Eastell, Bare fight accident
8 Danish Quapoor, Angeling Jolly
9, Danish Quapoor, Sometimes, it hurts instead
10 Danish Quapoor, Palmed you off
11 Danish Quapoor, These are a few of his favourite things
12 Danish Quapoor, Cloudy with a chance of crazy
13 Danish Quapoor, Dad
14 Danish Quapoor, Up and at them
15 Danish Quapoor, Before the bloodbath
16 Danish Quapoor & Joeli Eastell, Doorman
17 Danish Quapoor, Sidelongglances
18 Danish Quapoor, A prison for all the naughty penguins
19 Joeli Eastell, CRANK
20 Danish Quapoor, Vices & Virtues
21 Danish Quapoor, If my love was a Narwhal would you ride it out to sea?
22 Danish Quapoor, Jose, Gonzales
23 Danish Quapoor, There's always money in the banana stand
24 Danish Quapoor & Joeli Eastell, Indian
25 Danish Quapoor, Dolls
26 Joeli Eastell, Probably Charles
27 Danish Quapoor, Epic turtleneck
28 Danish Quapoor, Took my tear ducts out for a while
29 Danish Quapoor, Crack rat
30 Joeli Eastell, Hanging Gardens of Babylon
31 Joeli Eastell, Connie's Fuschia
32 Danish Quapoor, NART!
33 Danish Quapoor, Lost his head but found some toast
34 Joeli Eastell & Daniel Qualischefski, Jason Schwartzman
35 Danish Quapoor, Well suited to his profession
36 Danish Quapoor, Torturing me with your eyes
37 Danish Quapoor, Bear, bear burning bright
37B Danish Quapoor, Gabba gabba hey
38 Joeli Eastell, Suckling teen
38B Danish Quapoor & Joeli Eastell, Plutarchan warlord
39 Danish Quapoor & Joeli Eastell, Plumping
39B Kelly Marie Is worth much more than
40 Danish Quapoor, Maid creative space
40B Joeli Eastell, A pig in lamb's clothing
41 Joeli Eastell, Rape Punzel
41B Joeli Eastell & Danish Quapoor, When voldemort was a mime and had a bad hair day
42 Danish Quapoor, Jack of all trees
43 Joeli Eastell, More scared of you than you are of him

44 Danish Quapoor, KFC
45 Danish Quapoor, The Funk 
46 Danish Quapoor & Joeli Eastell, Bulletproof kicks
​47 Danish Quapoor, No one ever talks about henry ford's wife
48 Danish Quapoor, I'm judging you 
49 Danish Quapoor, But she wasn't very good 
50 Joeli Eastell, When sheep can't afford to be poodles 
51 Danish Quapoor, Athlete's fleet of foot 
52 Joeli Eastell, Helmet headed warrior 
53 Danish Quapoor, Love yourself but not in that way 
54 Danish Quapoor, Egyptian
55 Danish Quapoor, Hot chick 
56 Danish Quapoor, Gym junkie 
57 Danish Quapoor, Sequential muppet 
58 Danish Quapoor, Release the hound 
59 Danish Quapoor, Big ol' face of posh 
60 Danish Quapoor & Joeli Eastell, Illegal alien 
61 Danish Quapoor, Coming into a village and riding off with the vicar, or why is woody allen riding meryl streep? 
62 Danish Quapoor, (g)untitled 
63 Danish Quapoor, Who who
64 Danish Quapoor, Love sick 
65 Danish Quapoor, Less epic turtle neck 
66 Danish Quapoor, You're a cat 
67 Danish Quapoor & Joeli Eastell, Omnipotent pug 
68, Joeli Eastell, Neato fish 
69 Danish Quapoor & Joeli Eastell, Gaga suits chicken wings 
70 Danish Quapoor, Artwork yet (dedicated to ethan soul man)
71 Danish Quapoor, No such luck 
72 Danish Quapoor, Subwhat 
73 Danish Quapoor, Holy Sphincter 
74 Danish Quapoor, The impossible astronaut 
75 Danish Quapoor, He seas what's happening and stubbles upon 
76 Danish Quapoor, Dead Tired 
77 Danish Quapoor, Whispering Smack 
78 Danish Quapoor, Book of faces 
79 Danish Quapoor, Sauce bath 
80 Danish Quapoor & Joeli Eastell, Uneducated, Hippie Astrologer 
81 Joeli Eastell, Scar; Huh? 
82 Danish Quapoor, Brain infestation 
83 Joeli Eastell, Lunar growth for dummies 
84 Danish Quapoor, Ache on Son 
85 Danish Quapoor, JudgeJude
86, Danish Quapoor with Aidan Ross, The skeleton key to every girl's heart 
87 Danish Quapoor, Last clean clothes 
88 Danish Quapoor, Alexavier 
89 Danish Quapoor, Look at it another way. You better look 
90 Danish Quapoor, Bat Bat 
91 Danish Quapoor & Joeli Eastell, Conjoined Sins 
92 Danish Quapoor & Joeli Eastell, Surf and Turf  
93 Danish Quapoor & Joeli Eastell, Look, when we became famous artists they'll look back on this as our Tour de Force

​94 Danish Quapoor & Joeli Eastell, Memoirs of a Moll 
95 Danish Quapoor, Pussy cat cat 

96 Danish Quapoor, Majestic Magenta Majella
97 Danish Quapoor, I am my hair 
98 Danish Quapoor & Joeli Eastell, Wheelised and the Spoke 
99 Danish Quapoor, Beverley-Sue, Hyphen

100 Danish Quapoor, Rhiliesch me from my gender 
101 Danish Quapoor, Backin' up 
102 Danish Quapoor, Spiderman 
103 Danish Quapoor, I see you 
104 Danish Quapoor & Joeli Eastell, Secret Rituals 
105 Danish Quapoor, The cat lady 
106 Danish Quapoor, For Harnarama 
107 Danish Quapoor & Joeli Eastell, Crimson Tide 
108 Joeli Eastell, Im-Pussy-Bull 
109 Danish Quapoor, BALDY! 
110 Danish Quapoor, I am NOT your friend! 
111 Danish Quapoor, Best-friends from the OPSHOP 
112 Danish Quapoor, Paulie concealed threat
113 Joeli Eastell, It's getting warm inside my head 
114 Danish Quapoor, Charmer (on, no) 
115 Joeli Eastell, The Marovingian Mohawk 
116 Danish Quapoor, I Couldn't care more & I certainly couldn't care less 
117 Joeli Eastell, Well, I'm just RLI good-looking 
118 Danish Quapoor, Jakey Gyllho 
119 Danish Quapoor, Nerds United 
120 Danish Quapoor, High priced meat 
121 Danish Quapoor, The girl with the bird body 
122 Danish Quapoor, Muff Nuff Buff 
123 Joeli Eastell, Hannibal Lecturer 
124 Danish Quapoor, A bush in the pants is worth two in the hand
125 Danish Quapoor, Sewerage Cruise 
126 Joeli Eastell, Baby Baby Baby Bjorn (oh!) 
126B Danish Quapoor, Quark-quark 
127 Danish Quapoor, What's on? 
128 Danish Quapoor, Golden Hare 
129 Danish Quapoor, Fit comfortably in your back pocket 
130 Danish Quapoor, You're the Juan! 
131 Danish Quapoor & Joeli Eastell, Gene Hackman, you're the boss apple sauce 
132 Danish Quapoor, Cigarettes and milk 
133 Danish Quapoor, Mistaken Integrity
​134 Danish Quapoor, Beef Eatin' 
135 Danish Quapoor, Flights of Fancy
136 Danish Quapoor, Fab Babs
137 Danish Quapoor, Hungry Hungry Hungry
138 Joeli Eastell, Michael Jackson Fan Club 
139 Danish Quapoor, (p)untitled 
140 Joeli Eastell, I hope no-one notices my pins & needles ​
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Copyright Danish Quapoor © 2020 | danishquapoor@gmail.com | Visual artist and artsworker, Townsville, North Queensland, Australia. 

All work is one of a kind, original artwork created by Danish Quapoor unless otherwise stated (i.e. in the case of collaborations or limited print runs). Images are digital photographs and presented as accurately as possible, however colours may appear slightly different in person. 

​I acknowledge the Traditional Owners and Custodians, the Gurambilbarra Wulgurukaba and Bindal people, of the land on which I live and create. I pay respect to their elders past, present and future.

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