A Surgery Of Quiet Ideas Presents:

Friendly Reminders & Silent Stories

From The Fast-Paced Space Age

Of The Techno Junkies

 1 - 15 September

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Big shout out & love to all who made it out to ICE Gallery on the opening night.  Thanks for the great conversations & sharing of ideas...

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This body of work attempts to deal with Paul Gauguin's questions "Where Do We Come From? What Are We?  Where Are We Going?" from his 1897 painting titled with the same words.  The exhibit looks at elements of our online-obsessed, time-stressed throwaway consumer culture and gives some simple reminders for how to slow down and reconnect with being human on a planet that is alive and in desperate need of our attention.  

Paint/mixed media

JUST WHEN I WAS STARTING TO LIKE IT HERE
(EVOLUTION EVERY SECOND EVERYWHERE)
acrylic on superwood
400mm x 300mm

DIGITAL FRIGHT MARKETEER WORKS
THE CITY OF THE BLIND
acrylic on superwood
400mm x 300mm

SNOW ON THE TV
acrylic on canvas
355mm x 280mm

ONE'S 

oil, acrylic & die on canvas

250mm x 205mm

ZERO'S
oil, acrylic & dice on superwood
250mm x 205mm

A PLASTIC PERSON CONSULTS TIME
acrylic on canvas
760mm x 610mm

BORDERLINE: WALKING THE BOUNDARY LANDS
ON THE EDGE OF EXISTENCE, AT
THE FRONTLINES OF CREATION
acrylic on superwood
600mm x 400mm




I LIKE BEING (THE AEONS SURGE THROUGH ME)
acrylic on superwood
600mm x 400mm

DISTRACTION
oil on canvas
200mm x 200mm




THE FLIES ARE MY FRIENDS FOR
THEY SHOW ME MY ANGER
oil on canvas
200mm x 200mm

EXPECTATION (WE UNDERESTIMATE OURSELVES)
oil on canvas
200mm x 200mm

LIVE TAKE-OVER OF THE SPOILT-FOR-CHOICE
ICONS DESIGN DEPARTMENT
acrylic on canvas
200mm x 200mm

EXPENSIVE SILENCE
acrylic on superwood
600mm x 400mm

THE SPRITES OF THE LIGHTNING (HOLD ON
TO YOUR IMAGINATION)
acrylic & collected objects
400mm x 390mm

(detail)

FOR FREE, FOR YOU & ME,
ANY TIME, ANYWHERE, IN
HIGH DEFINITION 3D
acrylic, graphite & linseed oil on canvas
200mm x 200mm

AWAKEN

oil & acrylic on canvas

1,800mm x 400mm

(detail)

PRECIOUS PARCHMENTS

pen & pencil on card, acrylic & graphite on superwood

6 X 200mm x 150mm

(detail)

I WONDER WHAT MY NEXT THOUGHT WILL BE

acrylic on superwood

600mm x 400mm

FRIEND REQUEST

vinyl on mirror

380mm x 380mm

NEW FRIEND FOR THE WORLD

acrylic on canvas on board

1,007mm x 720mm

I AM ALIVE, HOW ABOUT YOU?

oil & acrylic on canvas

200mm x 200mm

A PLASTIC PERSON PANICS

acrylic on canvas

760mm x 380mm

BE NO ONE'S HERO EXCEPT YOUR OWN

acrylic on superwood

400mm x 300mm

THE WORLD IS ON HOLIDAY.

PLEASE TRY AGAIN LATER

acrylic on superwood

400mm x 300mm

(detail)

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DRAWING

MEMORIES OF PRE-HISTORY
charcoal on paper
A0

EXPENSIVE SILENCE II
ink on paper
A3

THEY LOOK UP TO US & OUT TO THE WORLD
pencil on paper
A3

YES, I KNOW...
pencil on paper
A3

MIXED MESSAGES
pen on paper
A3

A PLASTIC PERSON REMOVES THE BLINDFOLD
ink on paper
A3

IT HELPS TO MAKE LISTS
graphite & charcoal on paper
A3

A SURGERY OF QUIET IDEAS
pencil on paper
A3

PINE PLANKS PEOPLE
pen on paper
A3

CLIMB. SIT. WAIT. WATCH
pen on paper
A3

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