DAVID KEATING
SEGMENTARY BODIES
OCTOBER 10 - NOVEMBER 2, 2024
OPENING RECEPTION
OCTOBER 9, 6-8PM
REVIEW
LINK to video, I Love Your Body, Baby!
SEGMENTARY BODIES
OCTOBER 10 - NOVEMBER 2, 2024
OPENING RECEPTION
OCTOBER 9, 6-8PM
REVIEW
LINK to video, I Love Your Body, Baby!
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Segmentary Bodies is the third solo exhibition at the gallery with a new body of work by Australian artist David Keating which explores how human bodies are coded, by a myriad of forces from the political and sexual to the ideological.
Composed of works on paper and video installation, Keating further suggests the body is a contentious site in which micro narratives between these forces play out, tracing how the body is inhabited, experienced and understood in contemporary society.
Dr. Keating focuses on several extensive series of line drawings and video animation, characterised by subversive humour and an idiosyncratic personal iconography filled with dissonant cultural vocabularies - which the artist calls ‘cinematic drawings’.
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Past institutional commissions and participation include Sculpture Park at Bass Museum of Art, Miami Beach (2012) and Art Altstetten Abisrieden, Zurich (2015) for Public Sculpture. Keating´s first institutional solo exhibition Endless Nameless at Kunsthaus Basel curated by Dr. Ines Goldbach and reviewed in Artforum (2014). Other significant institutional participation in the 1st Brussels Biennale at Witte de With Centre for Contemporary Art, Rotterdam (2009) and Contemporary Art Centre, Vilnius, Lithuania (2008).
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Shitting Bricks
Ink and acrylic on Saunders 425 gsm Paper and white board, acrylic framing
Paper: 38 x 50.5 cm, Acrylic box frame: 43 x 55.5 cm
2024
Private collection, South Coast of NSW
Here we witness the continuation of his reinvigoration of the brick as a symbolic trope, combined with dislocated bodily forms, suggests a deeply confused contemporary relationship with our bodies. In an age identified by philosopher Byung-Chul Han as dominated by a neoliberal view —transforming the body into an object of optimization - Keating’s works humorously navigate the space between viewing the body as a grotesque spectacle and recognizing it as a living entity.
In Shitting Bricks (2024), abright pink background showcases dismembered legs standing on a toweringmonument, endlessly producing bricks to elevate their own status. The Acrobat (2024) depicts a breast shaped like a mountain, balancing a horizontal Romancolumn on its nipple.
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The Acrobat
Ink and acrylic on Saunders 425 gsm Paper and white board, acrylic framing
Paper: 38 x 50.5 cm, Acrylic box frame: 55.5 x 43 cm
2024
Keating lives and works in Regional Victoria and recently obtained a Doctorate in Philosophy at La Trobe University, Victoria (2023) and holds Bachelor of Fine Arts (Distinction) from The Victorian College of the Arts, University of Melbourne. The artist has been awarded the Australia Council Studio Residency, Los Angeles, Lademoen Kunstnerverksteder Studio, Trondheim, Norway, the Danish Art Council Grant and the Ian Potter Cultural Trust Scholarship.
Public collections include Auckland Art Gallery / Chartwell Trust Collection NZ. Private collections in NZ, Australia, USA, Switzerland, Italy, Belgium and Germany.
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Can´t get you out of my head
Ink and acrylic on Saunders 425 gsm Paper and white board, acrylic framing
Paper: 38 x 50.5 cm, Acrylic box frame: 55.5 x 43 cm
2024
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The Balancing Act
Ink and acrylic on Saunders 425 gsm Paper and white board, acrylic framing
Paper: 38 x 50.5 cm, Acrylic box frame: 43 x 55.5 cm
2024
Segmentary Bodies is the third solo exhibition at the gallery with a new body of work by Australian artist David Keating which explores how human bodies are coded, by a myriad of forces from the political and sexual to the ideological.
Composed of works on paper and video installation, Keating further suggests the body is a contentious site in which micro narratives between these forces play out, tracing how the body is inhabited, experienced and understood in contemporary society.
Dr. Keating focuses on several extensive series of line drawings and video animation, characterised by subversive humour and an idiosyncratic personal iconography filled with dissonant cultural vocabularies - which the artist calls ‘cinematic drawings’.
Past institutional commissions and participation include Sculpture Park at Bass Museum of Art, Miami Beach (2012) and Art Altstetten Abisrieden, Zurich (2015) for Public Sculpture. Keating´s first institutional solo exhibition Endless Nameless at Kunsthaus Basel curated by Dr. Ines Goldbach and reviewed in Artforum (2014). Other significant institutional participation in the 1st Brussels Biennale at Witte de With Centre for Contemporary Art, Rotterdam (2009) and Contemporary Art Centre, Vilnius, Lithuania (2008).
Shitting Bricks
Ink and acrylic on Saunders 425 gsm Paper and white board, acrylic framing
Paper: 38 x 50.5 cm, Acrylic box frame: 43 x 55.5 cm
2024
Private collection, South Coast of NSW
Here we witness the continuation of his reinvigoration of the brick as a symbolic trope, combined with dislocated bodily forms, suggests a deeply confused contemporary relationship with our bodies. In an age identified by philosopher Byung-Chul Han as dominated by a neoliberal view —transforming the body into an object of optimization - Keating’s works humorously navigate the space between viewing the body as a grotesque spectacle and recognizing it as a living entity.
In Shitting Bricks (2024), abright pink background showcases dismembered legs standing on a toweringmonument, endlessly producing bricks to elevate their own status. The Acrobat (2024) depicts a breast shaped like a mountain, balancing a horizontal Romancolumn on its nipple.
The Acrobat
Ink and acrylic on Saunders 425 gsm Paper and white board, acrylic framing
Paper: 38 x 50.5 cm, Acrylic box frame: 55.5 x 43 cm
2024
Keating lives and works in Regional Victoria and recently obtained a Doctorate in Philosophy at La Trobe University, Victoria (2023) and holds Bachelor of Fine Arts (Distinction) from The Victorian College of the Arts, University of Melbourne. The artist has been awarded the Australia Council Studio Residency, Los Angeles, Lademoen Kunstnerverksteder Studio, Trondheim, Norway, the Danish Art Council Grant and the Ian Potter Cultural Trust Scholarship.
Public collections include Auckland Art Gallery / Chartwell Trust Collection NZ. Private collections in NZ, Australia, USA, Switzerland, Italy, Belgium and Germany.
Can´t get you out of my head
Ink and acrylic on Saunders 425 gsm Paper and white board, acrylic framing
Paper: 38 x 50.5 cm, Acrylic box frame: 55.5 x 43 cm
2024
The Balancing Act
Ink and acrylic on Saunders 425 gsm Paper and white board, acrylic framing
Paper: 38 x 50.5 cm, Acrylic box frame: 43 x 55.5 cm
2024