SHEER FANTASY
2018
Visual Arts
Artist/s: 1000 BCE, Polly Borland, Terri Bowden, Raquel Caballero, Javier Lara-Gomez, Pat Larter, Archie Moore, Kim Novak, Michael Parekowhai, Mark Shorter, Esme Timbery, William Wegman, and The UFO & Paranormal Research Society of Australia.
Curated by Western Sydney artist, David Capra, Sheer Fantasy confronted the role of the fantastical and how it plays within our collective conscious.
The exhibition included a number of newly commissioned works, where artists contemplated private and internal landscapes that have long influenced their practice.
Manifested in bold architectural additions to the gallery spaces, these backdrops provided an immersive experience of constructed escapisms that were strangely familiar - referencing movie sets of Hollywood Westerns, candy-coloured theme parks and fanciful theatrics.
Nostalgic tropes surrounding the notion of make-believe were questioned, loosened and pulled apart, allowing the imagination to run free.
Photos by Document Photography.
