Past
TOPIAS I
Georgie Mattingley
April 29th, 2016 – May 21st, 2016
Topias I is a solo exhibition by Georgie Mattingley that examines contemporary Heterotopias.
Through a new series of hand-tinted photographic prints and video works, she documents human-made spaces designed to promote privacy, sterility, surveillance and production. This spans a hospital, a morgue, an oil refinery, a coalmine, a power station and a prison.
Within society’s most sterile spaces that harness functionality, only the most basic requirements for human life remain, such as our need for food, cleanliness, the simulation of nature and above all, beauty.
Topias I is proudly supported by Creative Victoria and the University of Melbourne, through a Graduate Mentorship Scholarship, the Yarra City Council, the NAVA, through an Australian Artists’ Grant, made possible through the generous sponsorship of Mrs. Janet Holmes à Court and the support of the Visual Arts Board, Australia Council for the Arts.
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Georgie Mattingley 'Landscape I' 2016, oil on silver gelatin print 90 x 60 cm
Georgie Mattingley 'Portrait III' 2016, oil on silver gelatin print 36 x 26 cm
Georgie Mattingley 'Portrait VI' 2016, oil on silver gelatin print 36 x 26 cm
Georgie Mattingley 'The Distribution of Food' 2016, oil on silver gelatin print 120 x 150 cm
Georgie Mattingley 'Untitled' (video still) 2016, digital video with audio 26:00 mins
Installation view by Domas Rukas
Installation view by Domas Rukas