Hungry Like the Wolf
What:
Hungry Like the Wolf Exhibition
When:
Opens Sat May 2, 6pm - 9pm. Exhibition runs until Saturday May 30. Opening hours here.
Where:
19Karen, 19 Karen Ave, Mermaid Beach, Gold Coast.
How Much:
Free!
Image Credit:
Greedy Hen (Self Portrait With Rainbow Emitting From Our Foreheads)
I hope its no coincidence that the new exhibition, Hungry Like the Wolf, doesn't correspond with the full moon, otherwise you'd think the organisers were hoping for a bloodbath! This exhibition takes hold of all those folklorey, monsteresque, don't-deal-with-the-devil-in-the-woods kind of themes, taking animal heads and putting them in beds and all that jazz. Not only that, but you get to view all of this work in a beautiful space that opened last year, 19 Karen: a converted warehouse that probably has its own myth to tell. It feels like the beacon that the Gold Coast has always needed.
There are some big names and bright lights for this show. Among the veritable smorgasbord of visual candy-makers are Alice Lang, who makes weird organs/adornments out of fabric; Nic Plowman, a painter obsessed with Edgar Allen Poe and crows; Randall Breen, favela king; Lucinda Wolber, who takes all the old characters you know and love and recreates them in a gothic, art nouveau, modern fairytale context, and many more.
Artist talks are also being held on Sunday, so if you're feeling the need to get a little more gritty with it, have a listen to what the artists have to say about their work. If you're up for a light and easy Saturday, why not head down the coast for a bathe, then mosey along to this for a tipple and some great viewing, and perhaps even some 80s throwback Duran Duran-style good times.
Medium: Mixed
Drink: Anything, as long as you look good holding it
Keywords: Opening, Gold Coast, 19 Karen
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