Exhibition Opening, Jarrad Martyn & Nic Malacari

JARRAD MARTYN
Echo
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NIC MALACARI
Her Majesty's Motel
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Opening: Saturday 24 May, 4 to 6 pm
24 May / 29 June 2025
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NIC MALACARI
"Her Majesty's Motel"

Intrigued by conspiracy theories and general banality, Nic presents a series of surreal oil paintings that dissect and probe the monoculture of ‘Her Majesty’s Motel’. Influenced by the storytelling of Gareth Liddiard and Tom Robbins, Nic explores various opposing social ideologies and blends their similarities with satirical humour. Nic’s imagery serves as a gentle reminder that all paths inevitably lead to the same drain, and as we are all circling around it together as members of the human race, we might as well smile and be kind to one another.
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JARRAD MARTYN
Echo

The starting point for this new body of work was the artist’s father’s photo album, which he created during his time working in Antarctica in 1985. As Martyn explored the album, he became intrigued by how the meaning of these photographs and the archive itself evolves over time, evoking new political and environmental associations in the present day.

‘Echo’ marks the introduction of found imagery into this personal archive. Motifs drawn from different contexts and time periods from historical archives, nature magazines and holiday snaps are combined together through digital collage. The resulting narratives take on an uncanny and unresolved quality, continuing to challenge the legacy of our relationship with the landscape.

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