The 16th in the Octopus series ‘Antiques Roadshow’, as the moniker suggests, looks back and forward at the same time putting the ephemera we use to express our identity on display.
Today, a lot of this material is digital. Appraising the face and function of technologies and social media IRL the artists question why we like to look, what we like to look at and, liking likes.
The Australian and international artists selected by curator Mark Feary include Justin Balmain, Petra Cortright, Simon Denny, Heath Franco, Greatest Hits (Gavin Bell, Jarrah de Kuijer and Simon McGlinn), Ying Miao, Michael Staniak and Amalia Ulman.
Gertrude Contemporary
Until 27 August 2016
Melbourne
Amalia Ulman, Excellences & Perfections (film still), 2014
Courtesy the artist, Arcadia Missa, London and Gertrude Contemporary, Melbourne
