OUT OF BOUNDS, PERTH INSTITUTE OF CONTEMPORARY ARTS 8-9.22
Taking as its subject the notion of weeds, MATTER is a body of work that seeks to question the anthropocentric tendency of assigning value to the natural world.
on MATTER
“I find the stillness and focus of Imogen’s drawings profoundly satisfying. Working with a reduced, muted palette of ink or pencil on paper, Imogen’s delicately rendered studies of the environment draw you in – unlocking the dynamics of place that are often ignored or unseen, and prompting reflection on the strength as well as fragility of the natural world.”
- Sarah Wall, PICA Curator
For much of the past two years – from April 2020 to March 2022 – Western Australia was closed to the rest of the country, and the world. Restricted by geography, the artists in Out of Bounds turned to their immediate surroundings for inspiration.
Bringing together new work across painting, drawing, ceramics, video and sculpture by nine artists and collaboratives from Boorloo/Perth, Out of Bounds explores the multitude of ways in which the exhibiting artists, unable to expand their horizons beyond state borders, have nonetheless pushed the limits of their own arts practice during this time, resulting in a collection of works that ooze, layer, bleed and blur.
Out of Bounds ventures beyond set limits, embracing a loosening of, or rebellion against, restraints.
Read more about the exhibition HERE.