World's End
What:
World's End
Where:
The Carlton Hotel Gallery, Lvl 2, 193 Bourke St, Melbourne
When:
Launching TONIGHT! Wed March 12, 6-8pm
Exhibition runs until April 5
How much:
Free!
Image:
Benet Spencer, House 1, (detail) 2007
In On the Beach, Gregory Peck and Ava Gardner fall tragically in love as they wait for the nuclear fallout that has already wiped out the Northern hemisphere to blow its way down here. Nearly fifty years later that same melancholy vibe of atmospheric doom pervades World's End, an exhibition of thirteen Melbourne and UK artists who aren't here for a good time, or even for a long time - they're here for the End Times.
Dissolute dystopias, pessimistic prophesising and messianic maudlin mysticisms - you get the idea, now get to the Carlton Hotel and get a beer. Seek comfort in all this humanly warmth and camaraderie, this chatter and hearty cheer. Enjoy it while you can. Look at the art, but not too closely. Study, for example, the intricacies of Lisa Young's mdf-board sculpture and consider its graceful lines. But do not be reminded of Holbein's anamorphic death's-head, or, worse, the fearful symmetry of your own skull - your own personal reminder of the unfunny joke that ultimately awaits us all at World's End. Drink up, there's a sport!
Medium: Mixed
Drink: Dandy shandy
Keywords: The Carlton Hotel
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