Recessed | Kings ARI

Recessed is an exhibition of new work by a selection of visual artists associated with the Melbourne-based artist-run initiative Kings ARI. Recessed draws these artists together along spatial lines, as each artist presents work investigating aspects of architectural and public space in their practice. The diverse body of works – spanning moving image, drawing, cut-outs, photography and painting – at first appear objective or documentary in nature, creating a neutral space between viewer and the object, but closer engagement reveals an ambivalent spatiality. The works tease out latent dimensions in public space – of quietude, emptiness, loneliness and reverie.
Patricia Todarello’s photography employs almost clinical means to document residential developments at different stages of completion. The apparent objectivity gives way to small details that urge us to contemplate unfinished interiors we cannot see.
Sophie Knezic’ s paper cut-outs present architectural drawings pared back into enigmatic forms. The deceptive simplicity suggests clarity and order but in front of the viewer the works mutate and shimmer, revealing spaces for reflection and reverie.
Frank Guarino selects understated sites of transit – doorways and windows – that link between interior and exterior architectural spaces, and invests them with a strangeness that belies the ease with which we move from one to the other.
Rob Bartolo’s meticulously painted nightscapes of suburban streets at dawn are set at the cusp of morning and night. The scenes at first appear tranquil and calm, but gradually suggest a latent tension or unease.
Jade Walsh's series 'bedrooms/hotel rooms', a photo assemblage- features spaces that at initially appear impersonal or austere but through being chosen for their personal meaning, have a strong sense of the intimate.
Sanja Pahoki’s work poses the question, Is there a replacement for a mother’s love? Mum/me is a looped video action of the artist and her mother standing cheek to cheek on a strip of land next to one of the major arterial freeways in Melbourne.
Marc Alperstein’s drawings centre on mark-making, and treat contrasting surfaces in a similar manner. The subject matter in these drawings primarily focuses on the process of objects moving between spaces and the resulting space that arises through that process.
Amelie Scalercio’s work focuses on the potential space of an expandable/collapsible object. In any given environment such an object has the ability to take ownership of the space which is outside its boundaries, blurring the distinction between inside and out.
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InFlight Elizabeth Street
237 Elizabeth St, Hobart TAS 7000 - artists
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Patricia Todarello – Artist
Sophie Knezic – Artist
Frank Guarino – Artist
Rob Bartolo – Artist
Jade Walsh – Artist
Sanja Pahoki – Artist
Marc Alperstein – Artist
Amelie Scalercio – Artist - partners
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