Queensland in the 60s meant enjoying time under the sun. A time for weekends spent licking Gaytimes by Centenary Pool; a time for mini skirts and Mini Mokes. It was also notably a time of post-war housing shortage with architects needing to turn to new styles and adapt them to suit the state’s sub-tropical climate.
For her second solo exhibition at Edwina Corlette Gallery, Eliza Gosse has rendered modernist buildings alongside vignettes of daily life. By depicting domestic scenes within these designs, she posits the importance of this era within the broader narrative of Australian suburbia.
Eliza Gosse, She Vacuumed the Shag Pile with a Glass of Sherry, 2020, oil on canvas oil on canvas, 122 x 152cm. Courtesy the artist and Edwina Corlette Gallery, Queensland
Edwina Corlette Gallery
5 to 23 May 2020
Queensland
Online exhibition and by appointment only
