DEFACED: THE EXHIBITION
July 19th 2010 02:39
DEFACED: THE EXHIBITION
AN ART EXHIBITION & INSTALLATION ON CENSORSHIP & LITERATURE
DEFACED is an art exhibition & installation about books which have been burned, banned & DEFACED.
Australian artist JOSIE WADELTON explores this territory through a diverse range of materials, such as paintings on canvas, collages, installation, recycled books & digital images.
Wadelton's primary source of inspiration is derived from the world of European & Asian cultures. Her major influences are Surrealism & the world of cinema & literature. the works of the great English Romantic poets like Shelley, Coleridge & the cinematic works of Peter Greenaway, Dali & Hitchcock.
www.josiewadelton.com
The exhibition will be opened by Fly-On-The-Wall Theatre actors [Christopher Pender, Robynne Kelly, Mark Taylor, Jason Buckley, Benjamin Byrne, Marc Opitz] who will perform selected extracts from books which have been banned, burned & DEFACED: Lady Chatterley’s Lover, American Psycho, Fanny Hill, Junkie, The Well of Loneliness, Lolita, Mein Kampf & more…
OPENING: THURSDAY, 26 AUGUST 6.00-8.00pm - FREE ENTRY!
EXHIBITION RUNS: 25 AUGUST 05 – 05 SEPTEMBER 2010
GUILDFORD LANE GALLERY
20-24 Guildford Lane, Melbourne 3000
www.guildfordlanegallery.org
Phone: 61 3 9642 0042 Mobile: 0422 442 63
AN ART EXHIBITION & INSTALLATION ON CENSORSHIP & LITERATURE
Why is it that we are not allowed to be shocked and offended? Where is it written? It's good to be shocked and offended...If we have nothing that makes us feel shocked, how do we know what our value system is?
– Janet Strickland [ex-Chief Censor] - Sydney Morning Herald, 06 July, 1996
– Janet Strickland [ex-Chief Censor] - Sydney Morning Herald, 06 July, 1996
DEFACED is an art exhibition & installation about books which have been burned, banned & DEFACED.
Australian artist JOSIE WADELTON explores this territory through a diverse range of materials, such as paintings on canvas, collages, installation, recycled books & digital images.
Wadelton's primary source of inspiration is derived from the world of European & Asian cultures. Her major influences are Surrealism & the world of cinema & literature. the works of the great English Romantic poets like Shelley, Coleridge & the cinematic works of Peter Greenaway, Dali & Hitchcock.
www.josiewadelton.com
The exhibition will be opened by Fly-On-The-Wall Theatre actors [Christopher Pender, Robynne Kelly, Mark Taylor, Jason Buckley, Benjamin Byrne, Marc Opitz] who will perform selected extracts from books which have been banned, burned & DEFACED: Lady Chatterley’s Lover, American Psycho, Fanny Hill, Junkie, The Well of Loneliness, Lolita, Mein Kampf & more…
OPENING: THURSDAY, 26 AUGUST 6.00-8.00pm - FREE ENTRY!
EXHIBITION RUNS: 25 AUGUST 05 – 05 SEPTEMBER 2010
GUILDFORD LANE GALLERY
20-24 Guildford Lane, Melbourne 3000
www.guildfordlanegallery.org
Phone: 61 3 9642 0042 Mobile: 0422 442 63
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