‘Lndscp(s)’ surveys the Australian landscape in all its forms – from Rivergum, a homage to Namatjira and the Hermannsburg School, to the ubiquitous urban landscapes of Supermarket.
de Jong appropriates a range of images collected from the internet, television and newspapers. Once gathered, he reprocesses these pixilated images, using an intricate and laborious traditional painting technique. This process of hand-making a digital image of an analog event opposes the short-term values of what he calls “the global media flux of the instant”.
Sullivan + Strumpf
July 10 to August 4, 2012
Sydney
Marc de Jong, Supermarket, 2011, oil on canvas, 76.5 x 122cm
Courtesy the artist and Sullivan + Strumpf