Desiring Machines, James Gulliver Hancock
What:
Desiring Machines, James Gulliver Hancock
Where:
Lamington Drive, 89 George St, Fitzroy
When:
Launching tonight! Thurs Apr 2, 6-9pm
Exhibition runs until April 25
How much:
Free!
Related links:
James Gulliver Hancock at Jacky Winter
I can't wait to see James Gulliver Hancock's new exhibition at Lamington Drive. Desiring Machines zeros in on James Gulliver Hancock's fascination with things mechanical, through a series prints, drawings, collages and installations. James Gulliver Hancock (a name you must say a few times, in full, just for fun) is a Sydney-born artist currently living in Los Angeles, the city of cars that has fuelled the ideas behind this show, his first in Melbourne.
You'd probably know James Gulliver Hancock's work: twitchy, loopy, organic, stream of consciousness stuff, most famously employed on both Josh Pyke's and Darren Hanlon's CD covers and in the margins and feature pages of all types of magazines and newspapers, including Frankie, Readers Digest, BRW and The Times in England.
It's obvious James Gulliver Hancock knows his way around Photoshop, but like all great modern illustrators he's a skilled draughtsman unafraid to improvise. His renderings of cars for example look nothing like cars; they are wonky and wouldn't work, but they so look like cars. Same with his psychotically detailed drawings of typewriters, pianos and stereo equipment: beguilingly witty things about to fidget off the page. Don't miss Desiring Machines.
(Featuring James Gulliver Hancock.)
Medium: Illustration
Drink: Dandy shandy
Keywords: Lamington Drive, Illustration
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