Stuart Ringholt is one of Australia’s most fearless contemporary artists. His practice has involved leading audiences on naturist gallery tours, anger workshops, and participatory performance works that place the artist in embarrassing situations. He makes video, absurdist sculpture, painted mirrors and collage.
This museum-wide exhibition at MUMA presents two ambitious new commissions shown in context with a selected survey of recent video, drawing, collage and sculptural works. Ringholt’s art practice addresses personal themes such as our fear of embarrassment and the pressure to conform to social norms, with the role of art cast as a potentially cathartic and re-energising force.
Monash University Museum of Art
14 February to 17 April, 2014
Melbourne
Stuart Ringholt, Anger Workshops, 2008/12
Courtesy the artist and Milani Gallery, Brisbane
Photography: Nick McGrath
