Do you recognise your participation in a lifestyle economy? Nikolaus Dolman uses collage from popular printed matter to ponder, and challenge, that products hold symbolic meaning and brands play a role in determining identity. By drawing on the conventions of mass media, such as iconography and played out metaphors, he subverts the obsessions and repetition of advertising. As the self-help tribe might suggest, recognising behavioural patterns is the first step to changing them.
Nikolaus Dolman, Luxury Tax (detail), 2017, synthetic banners, hammock rope and archival glue, dimensions variable. Courtesy the artist and Firstdraft, Sydney
Firstdraft
7 to 30 June, 2017
Sydney
