when: 13 March 2021 | venue: UNSW Galleries | cost: Free | address: Corner of Oxford Street and Greens Road, Paddington NSW 2021 | tickets: https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/opening-event-john-fries-award-gerwyn-davies-plush-tickets-141641939855
published: 23 Feb 2021, 5 min read
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Shortlisted from over 400 applications, the 7 finalists of the 2021 John Fries Award present newly commissioned works, developed with the support of curator Miriam Kelly.
The 2021 finalists include Darcey Bella Arnold, Daniel Jenatsch, Sara Morawetz, Ryan Presley, JD Reforma, Melanie Jame Wolf, and Shevaun Wright. Matching the philanthropic support of the Fries family with the Copyright Agency's enduring commitment to developing and sustaining artistic practices, the John Fries Award has recognised the contributions and achievements of early-career practitioners from across Australia and New Zealand for more than a decade.
Gerwyn Davies' photographs explore the expression of Camp as an aesthetic strategy in photographic self-representation. They renew and affirm Camp's queer critical capacities, moving beyond popular understandings of Camp as a gay sensibility, a mode of theatrical performativity, or an ironic inversion of taste. For Davies, Camp is a performative and aesthetic intensification that can be applied to images and the image-making process itself. 'Plush' brings together works from the series 'Utopia', 'Deluxe', 'Sunny Boys', 'Idols' and 'Bel-Air' all produced over the last three years.
UNSW Galleries events are generously supported by Young Henrys Brewing & Distillery, Freeman Vineyards, and CAPI.
Image: Gerwyn Davies, 'Burgers' 2020. Archival inkjet print. Image courtesy: the artist; Jan Murphy Gallery Protege, Brisbane; and Michael Reid Gallery, Berlin
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Shortlisted from over 400 applications, the 7 finalists of the 2021 John Fries Award present newly commissioned works, developed with the support of curator Miriam Kelly.
The 2021 finalists include Darcey Bella Arnold, Daniel Jenatsch, Sara Morawetz, Ryan Presley, JD Reforma, Melanie Jame Wolf, and Shevaun Wright. Matching the philanthropic support of the Fries family with the Copyright Agency's enduring commitment to developing and sustaining artistic practices, the John Fries Award has recognised the contributions and achievements of early-career practitioners from across Australia and New Zealand for more than a decade.
Gerwyn Davies' photographs explore the expression of Camp as an aesthetic strategy in photographic self-representation. They renew and affirm Camp's queer critical capacities, moving beyond popular understandings of Camp as a gay sensibility, a mode of theatrical performativity, or an ironic inversion of taste. For Davies, Camp is a performative and aesthetic intensification that can be applied to images and the image-making process itself. 'Plush' brings together works from the series 'Utopia', 'Deluxe', 'Sunny Boys', 'Idols' and 'Bel-Air' all produced over the last three years.
UNSW Galleries events are generously supported by Young Henrys Brewing & Distillery, Freeman Vineyards, and CAPI.
Image: Gerwyn Davies, 'Burgers' 2020. Archival inkjet print. Image courtesy: the artist; Jan Murphy Gallery Protege, Brisbane; and Michael Reid Gallery, Berlin
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Opening Event: John Fries Award & Gerwyn Davies: Plush 2021 is on 13 March 2021. See start and end times below. Conveniently located in Paddington. Call 02 8936 0888 for details.
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