‘Material Politics’ brings together recent and newly commissioned works by artists who use readily available materials for more than economical reasons, to embed political perspectives and explore issues of ecology, inequality, surveillance and sovereignty. Their approaches are influenced by the last three decades of rapid socio-economical changes given rise by mobility, digitalisation, colonial legacies and rapid gentrification in Australian cities.
Artists include Megan Cope, Keg de Souza, Archie Moore, Gabriella Mangano and Silvana Mangano, Tintin Wulia, Raquel Ormella, and Jemima Wyman and Zach Blas.
Raquel Ormella, ‘I’m worried this will become a slogan’ series, 1999-2009, double-sided banner, sewn wool and felt, 186 x 128cm. Photograph: Carl Warner. Courtesy the artist, Milani Gallery, Brisbane and Institute of Modern Art, Queensland
Institute of Modern Art
Until 15 July, 2017
Queensland
