Roy Ananda, The Devourer
CACSA
Opening night 26th April 6pm
(with an Artist talk at 5:30pm)
Runs until the 26th of May
The endless possibilities of the universe,
and understandings of space and time are the subject of Roy Ananda’s latest
exhibition ‘The Devourer’. The exhibition is part of CACSA’s Manifest series,
featuring recipients of the Qantas Foundation encouragement of Australian Art Award,
which Roy won in 2010. ‘The Devourer’ is a solo exhibition allowing Roy’s works
to form intrusions into space within the multiple rooms of the gallery, echoing
the structure of his sculptural works formed of numerous boxlike structures.
The works are as much about inner-head-space
as they are about outer-space, and are heavy with science fiction references.
American pulp writer H P Lovecraft has been a major influence on Roy’s
practice. Within ‘The Devourer’ Roy draws on Lovecraft’s Sci-Fi subject matter,
using different aesthetic techniques to explore ideas of space, dimension and
the universe. Three-dimensional point perspective drawings show physical space
receding into infinite galaxies and Escher-esque impossible loops, while a
video shows an empty and alien landscape that appears to never end. In Roy’s
signature boyish manner, he also discusses the culture that surrounds Sci-fi
literature, where dice are used in roleplaying games and philosophical debates
are carried out about the Cthulhu Mythos, a fictional universe.
Images courtesy of the Artist and Dianne Tanzer Gallery + Projects
Text: Copyright Adele Sliuzas, originally published on The Thousands
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