Tony Garifalakis is an artist whose work investigates political, social and religious systems of belief while questioning mechanisms of surveillance, compliance and control.
In ‘Mob rule’ a selection of commercial prints, posters and advertisements have been modified and altered by a process used by government agencies to censor sensitive material in declassified documents. However, despite the blackening out of faces, we can still infer who each subject is. They are adorned with political, military or regal regalia; they adopt the confident yet formal body language of power. And so, we know they occupy ruling positions within the social hierarchy.
Art Gallery of New South Wales
Until 21 August, 2014
Sydney
Untitled from Mob rule (Family), 2014, enamel on C Type print, 60 x 40cm
Courtesy of the artist and Hugo Michell Gallery, Adelaide