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CONDITIONERKELSEY BROOKES / CLEON PETERSON / MARK WHALEN / JONATHAN ZAWADA

CONDITIONER

JCP Studios51-57 Cubitt StreetCremorne, Victoria13 - 27 November, 2014

Kelsey Brookes / Cleon Peterson / Mark Whalen / Jonathan Zawada

CONDITIONER is a tongue in cheek metaphor for the protection of inherited mores that form a social fabric.

The exhibiting artists address the complexities of social conditioning through the subjects of violence, spirituality, sexuality, deviant behaviour and altered or multiple states of reality (chemical, digital, physical). A great deal has been written about psychoanalysis in consideration of the history of art and art criticism. This exhibition is not an attempt to answer any one question, nor is it an attempt to recontextualise this history, rather to demonstrate each artist as a practitioner of documenting the human condition in contemporary society.

CONDITIONER

Kelsey BrookesBenzene No.1 (2014)acrylic on canvas92 x 92 cm

Kelsey BrookesBenzene No.2 (2014)acrylic on canvas92 x 92 cm

Cleon PetersonThe Crawler (2014)acrylic on panel69 x 51 cm

Cleon PetersonBask in the Light (2014)acrylic on panel51 x 38 cm

Cleon PetersonThe Kiss (2014)acrylic on panel38 x 28 cm

Mark WhalenIn conversation (2014)acrylic, ink and gouache on board, resin coated34.5 x 44.5 cm

Mark WhalenPaths of anomalies (2014)acrylic, ink and gouache on board, resin coated2 panels, 42 x 160 cm

Jonathan ZawadaSkin (Ballet) (2014)digitally printed charmeuse silk, aluminium rod, edition 5122 x 90 cm

Jonathan ZawadaSkin (Greyhounds) (2014)digitally printed charmeuse silk, aluminium rod, edition 5122 x 90 cm

Jonathan ZawadaSkin (Surgery) (2014)digitally printed charmeuse silk, aluminium rod, edition 5122 x 90 cm

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