BIANCA BEETSON
CLAUDIA CHASELING
RICHARD GRAYSON
JAY KOCHEL
CATHERINE LAUDENBACH
REBECCA SELLECK
JAY YOUNGER

curated by DAVID BROKER

07 July - 02 September 2017 @ CCAS: Gorman Arts Centre

HYPERactive was conceived in a miasma of unreality. Words seemed inadequate to describe works that sounded implausible, if not absurd. Artists imagined the unimaginable; the devil as t.v presenter, a plague of rabbits on the lounge room carpet, a picturesque Austrian tourist attraction in China, a Victorian séance generator, leaping salmon against a paint by numbers waterfall, possum skin cloaks made from Elmo pelts and paintings that reflect a sense of imminent global annihilation. As elements of Ripley’s Believe it or Not emerged and took hold, a dark cloud gathered over this hypothetical exhibition. The ‘devil’ occupies all of these works.

Image: Rebecca Selleck, Lapin Fam, 2016, Found rabbit skin coats, found rug, planetary motors, heat conductive wiring, electrics, steel, stainless steel, polyester, synthetic stuffing, 135 x 300 x 200cm (approximately); courtesy of the artist

Richard Grayson is represented by Matt’s Gallery, London and Yuill Crowley, Sydney

Claudia Chaseling is represented by Yuill Crowley, Sydney and thanks Australian National University and artsACT for their support.