Subjectivity, privilege, and the hidden cost of our perceived safety are under scrutiny in ‘False Sense of Security’. The ideas and structures we trust to underpin our sense of security, both as individuals and as a nation are deeply ingrained, and there is an invisible balancing act when weighing up the perceived benefits, versus the cost of what is lost.
New commissions and existing site-specific works reflect on the Black Lives Matter movement, corporate surveillance, Institutional Responses into Child Sexual Abuse, colonial narratives, and other pressing concerns.
Curated by Halinka Orszulok and features artists Fernando do Campo, Heath Franco, Doug Heslop, Tracey Moffatt and Gary Hillberg, Halinka Orszulok, Shevaun Wright and Giselle Stanborough.
Shevaun Wright, Rebecca, 2021, fire retardant polyester, cotton stitching 2 blankets of 147 x 198cm. Commissioned by The Lock-Up. Courtesy the artist and The Lock-Up, New South Wales
The Lock-Up
6 February to 11 April 2021
New South Wales
