Parthenogenesis means Virgin Birth, a metaphor evocative of the particular materiality detected in new media work. Thusly the exhibition it is intended to critically engage with the often-expressed assertion that progressive, conceptually informed art generates itself free of fertilization or contact with the social body. Art made in vitro.
Artists
Keith Haring
The Kingpins
Barbara Kruger
Cary Leibowitz
Mambo
Luke Roberts
Julie Rrap
Craig Russell
Cindy Sherman
Chintan Upadhyay
Hema Upadhyay
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Curated by Gary Carsley and Elizabeth Ashburn
Public Program
Symposium: We will no longer be seen and not heard*
10:30 am, Thursday 27th and Friday 28th March, in the gallery
Speakers include Gary Carsley, Dare Jennings, Luke Roberts & Julie Rrap
* taken from Barbara Kruger’s work Untitled,1985
Title Image: Detail view 'Parthenogenesis' Ivan Dougherty Gallery, Sydney 2003.
Banner Image: Detail view 'Parthenogenesis' Ivan Dougherty Gallery, Sydney 2003.
Install Images: Installation view 'Parthenogenesis' Ivan Dougherty Gallery, Sydney 2003.