- Acidum Project – Brazil
- Alburoto – Philippines
- Alvar Mena – Spain
- Amanda Adomaitis – USA
- Amanda Shelsher – AUS
- Amber Kingi – AUS
- Angie Goto – AUS
- Ariel Katzir – AUS
- Attilio Esposito – Italy
- BL2A – Spain
- BRIAN CIRMO – USA
- Beau Bernier Frank – USA
- Biel Miralles
- Brad Donovan – New Zealand
- CAMERON HAAS – AUSTRALIA
- CARLOS QUIRALTE – Spain
- Caitlyn Taylor – AUS
- Cezary Stulgis – AUS
- Christina Gschwantner – VIENNA
- Christopher Lees – Australia
- Claire Yerbury – Aus
- Constance Bachmann – Canada
- David Thomas – USA
- Elina Ojakangas – Sweden
- Emanuele Tozzoli – Italy
- Erik Minter – USA
- Fanny Brodar – USA
- Flora Castiglia – Argentina
- Florent Stosskopf – FRANCE
- GABRIEL HUNE – BRAZIL
- Gabo Valenzuela – Philippines
- German Jauregui – Colombia/Aus
- Glendon Cordell – AUS
- Go Suga – AUS
- HAYDEN PHOENIX – AUSTRALIA
- Hayden White – USA
- IOANA BALTAN – UK
- IVÁN MONTAÑA – SPAIN
- Ian Bertolucci – Italy
- Igor Villares Rosa – Brazil
- Iryna Maksymova
- JOAQUIN VALDEZ – USA
- JULIANA SHAFFIA
- JUN OSON – JAPAN
- Jisbar – France
- Johnny Romeo – AUS
- Jose Ramón Lozano – Spain
- Josias Figueirido – USA/Spain
- Juan Manuel Romero
- Juri Lobunko – Germany
- Kevin Sabo – USA
- Laura White – AUS
- Leisa Russell – AUS
- Linda Wallis – UK
- Lucas Lamenha
- Luciano Suárez – Spain
- Lucy Pulvers
- MART AIRE – ARGENTINA
- MS. DYU
- Marina Gonzalez Eme – Spain
- Marius Seidlitz
- Megan Puls – AUS
- Mellissa Read-Devine – AUS
- Michael Polakowski – USA
- Michelle Selway Lampard – AUS
- Mickey Mason – Australia
- Mikael Takacs – Sweden
- Nathaniel Bolarinwa – Nigeria
- Nector – COLOMBIA
- Ota – Korea
- Patrick McMahon – AUS
- Philip Bosmans – Belgium
- RAMIRO SILVA-CORTES
- Ramona Nordal – Canada
- Riccardo Nannini (A.K.A CANE) – SPAIN
- Robyn Leoni Abbott – AUS
- Ryuzo Kojima – Japan
- SALMOS – BRAZIL
- Sally Paxton – AUS
- Sarah Beetson
- Sean Edward Whelan – AUS
- Silas – Netherlands
- Sol Felpeto – Spain
- Talita Barbosa – Portugal
- Thomas Graven – France
- Todd Romanowycz – AUS
- Tom Berenz – USA
- Tony Roos – Sweden
- Vincent Arnold – CANADA
- Wayan Sarcita Yasa – Indonesia
- YANA MEDOW – SPAIN
- Yool Kim – Korea
- Yoshi 47 – Japan
Participating Artists.
CLARE TOMS – Guise
Hosted By 19 KAREN
October 5th - November 2nd, 2013
Artist Statement
In keeping with past work and indeed this exhibition, scale is a key aspect explored in this latest body of work. Some pieces play with scale physically in terms of their small size, as well as visually and conceptually within the work.
In the case of the miniature pieces, scale and intricate detail form the key aspects of the work. Physical distance to the artwork is narrowed; audiences experience the works as though peeping through a keyhole. The viewer is almost required to view the piece individually, alone. An intimate one-on-one encounter, just the viewer and the work, where for a fleeting moment, the greater context of the gallery is left behind. Like being whispered an intimately private secret, this act of luring and inviting the viewer in, can often hold as much of a profound and consuming effect on the audience as works of a large scale. Due to their small size, these miniature paintings aim to have a power over their audience in that they compel the viewer to physically move into the ‘world’ of the small artwork.
As momento mori pieces, we are reminded of the brevity of life. The fragility and tension of their content, is affirmed and emphasised by their physical size. Whilst exploring vanitas themes in the contemporary context, they invite audiences to notice the subtle, joyous possibilities that lie within the seemingly banal.
These works transform the familiar with the curious through the subversion of scale.
Touching on the surreal, they playfully subvert reality and explore the guises in life we construct and experience. A questioning of our own truths behind the imagery we create around ourselves.