There’s no such place as home. And we live there, you and me. Philip Hoare, The Sea Inside Starkwhite is pleased to present Vagabondage by John Reynolds from 22 August to 21 September 2013. Reynolds’ work resists summary. When people write about his project, they often make lists. In one short catalogue entry Allan Smith once described … John Reynolds | <em>Vagabondage</em>
“Seung Yul Oh transforms childhood memories into surreal, large-scale installations. His whimsical works experiment with colour, materials and movement as he reanimates games and toys by exaggerating their familiar scale.” 4A Centre for Contemporary Asian Art, Sydney In Huggong, Seung Yul Oh presents two oversize inflatable sculptures squeezed into Starkwhite’s downstairs gallery. Compressed between floor and … Seung Yul Oh | <em/>HUGGONG</em>
Starkwhite is pleased to present Hold Together, Fall Apart by Grant Stevens from 7 July – 2 August. Grant Stevens is known for his pithy text-based videos exploring vernacular and mass media truisms and recalling advertising, movie trailers and relaxation videos. Stevens trades in clichés, platitudes and stock phrases, but points to their richness, probing the overlap … Grant Stevens | <em>Hold Together, Fall Apart</em>
Increasingly Michael Zavros is turning his gaze inward, to home and self, depicting and documenting the Zavros lifestyle in his work. He paints what he appears to have become – a poster boy for a life perfected. He lives an outwardly perfect life, perfectly groomed for lifestyle magazines and shared through social media (he has … Michael Zavros | <em>The Silver Fox</em>
Starkwhite is pleased to present Block Units, Gavin Hipkins’ eighth solo exhibition with the gallery, from 14 November to 8 December, 2018. Described as both a ‘tourist of photography’ for how he navigates the medium’s history, modes, manners, and mechanics, and ‘a great manipulator of the photographic artifact itself’, photographer and filmmaker Gavin Hipkins works … Gavin Hipkins | <em>Block Units</em>