Counihan Gallery In Brunswick

IS THIS THING ON?

Running in conjunction with the 2016 Melbourne International Comedy Festival, Is This Thing On? is a celebration of humour, wit and weirdness in the work of 10 contemporary visual artists who, like comedians, risk humiliation, insult and indifference.

Art Exhibition previously on at Counihan Gallery In Brunswick in Victoria, Australia.
From Friday 18 March 2016 to Sunday 24 April 2016

Ronnie van Hout. Punk on a Bed 2015. Painted mdf, painted polyurethane and fibreglass on polystyrene, wig, clothing. Overall height, 200 cm. Courtesy the artist; Station, Melbourne; and Darren Knight Gallery, Sydney image Kate Mitchell. Future Fallout 2014. Single channel high definition digital video, colour, sound, 16:9. 47 second loop. Courtesy the artist and Anna Schwartz Gallery image Danielle Hakim. Another great idea put on lipstick, 2012. Digital video, 2 minutes & 34 seconds. Courtesy the artist image

Published by Counihan Gallery on Thursday 31 March 2016.
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STEPHEN BIRD | DANIELLE HAKIM
ANASTASIA KLOSE | ALICE LANG
JORDAN MARANI | JULIAN DI MARTINO
KATE MITCHELL | RONNIE VAN HOUT
LEON VAN DE GRAAFF | SHARON WEST

CURATED BY
CATHERINE CONNOLLY AND VICTOR GRISS

Including themes of satire, irreverence, pathos, surrealism and the absurd, this exhibition will feature animated objects, video work, drawing, ceramics, sculpture, textiles and installation.

Is This Thing On? will be accompanied by a series of public programs and events that should leave you rolling on the floor… or reaching for rotten vegetables.

http://www.moreland.vic.gov.au/gallery