Tensions
The exhibition explores the seductive qualities of photography in relation to ideas of femininity, tensions between beauty and pain, and the disclosure of the self through the camera, by the artists and non-artist alike.
Each photograph concentrates on a microscopic element of human experience to reach into the depths for where they're universal qualities are revealed.
Crucial to the exhibition is the notion of the inextricable link between the photography and the process of seduction. The works are very sexual, always alluring, and at times slightly sinister with a glamorous and highly polished aesthetic. The works indulge in the sheen and staged aesthetic which is the legacy of the camera - the result is a decadent, luscious collection of works which is also an investigation of the seductiveness of the camera itself and the fantasies that it makes possible.
The exhibition revels in the Australian fascination with the double-edged appeal of photography, embracing the dark and light facets of both the surface and the content of the photograph.
Robert Young
