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By: Damien Worst
Date: 6th Dec 06
Medium: Illustration
Drink: Dandy shandy
What:
Everything - Matt Hinkley
Where:
Neon Parc, 1/53 Bourke St, Melbourne
When:
Until December 23
How much:
Free
Contact:
9663 0911
Before there were computers, people did EVERYTHING by hand. This might seem unbelievable to those of us that now consider our computers lifelines, but it’s true. Although the creative process was slower back in the day, the final results were still as impressive as a glossy A4 print.
In his exhibition, Everything, Matt Hinkley turns his back on the digital to focus on the hand crafted. His graphic colour confetti drawings are in a style readily churned out by a Mac, but on closer inspection reveal themselves as composed using the raw tools of pencil on paper.
Highlighting his growing concerns of the homogenisation of graphic art and the digital, Hinkley proves that a 72 pack of Derwents can still hold its own against the Adobe army.
Image by:
Untitled, 2006, Pantone marker on paper, 295 x 212 mm