In Clary Akon’s upcoming exhibition at Australian Galleries Sydney, intricately crafted porcelain dioramas and signs playfully explore the idea of people as collectors. Akon as artist becomes a collector of Australian hazard signs, myths and iconic pop culture references in his small-scale sculptures.
The ideas that Akon originally set out to explore within this exhibition include: Why do people collect? What is it that makes certain objects or images more popular, more iconic and more instantly recognisable than others? And what does the choice of certain objects say about the collector?
Australian Galleries, Roylston Street
18 August to 6 September, 2015
Sydney
Venus and fountain, 2015, porcelain, 20 x 24 x 90cm
Courtesy the artist and Australian Galleries, Sydney
