"History" (Mardi Gras Years: 1978-2013)

"History" (Mardi Gras years: 1978-2012) 

35 Works by Anton Parsons
Opening Monday 2 April 6:30 - 8:30PM

Show runs 2 April - 12 May

As a sculptor Anton Parsons is known for his belief in shape, texture and colour. In repetition and sequences, lucky combinations and topsy-turviness.
Here he shows 35 works on paper. Simply titled “History” (1978-2012 Mardi Gras years), he deals with years and numbers, and the memories they hold. They jumble, condense, overlap.
Sometimes years are reminders. Reminders of people hurt, of great bloody disasters, car crashes and ambulance trips. Or long periods doing shitty unloved jobs.
Or years to rejoice. Where we emerged blinking, smiling, happy.
So remember and rejoice with Anton Parson’s works, pour your own meaning into each, or see them whole as a generation.

Come to the opening: Monday 2 April 6:30 - 8:30PM

ESD Gallery

East Sydney Doctors

102 Burton St

Darlinghurst (opposite the National Art School)

There is Nothing New Under the Sun

Dr David Baker of East Sydney Doctors

The July 8 issue of Medical Observer featured an article about ESD Gallery, East Sydney Doctors and our previous show, 'There is nothing new under the sun...', curated by Kat Sapera.
They went on to discuss the medical benefits of going artistic in the waiting room.


The article can be viewed here, but you'll have to log on.


'There is nothing new under the sun...' was a group show, bringing together the work of Peter Aland, Lance Cunynghame, Clinton Garofano, Katherine Moline and Steven Vella. The show drew on notions that they may be no such thing as an original – only authentic repetitions and amalgamations of that which already exists. Bringing together the work of five contemporary artists this exhibition demonstrated and celebrated this theme through the incorporation of art formed of found objects, images, surfaces and unexpected materials. Inextricably bound within this theme were ideas of reinvention, regeneration and redefinition of purpose; utilitarian, manufactured or natural objects are imbued with a new sense of value as they metamorphose into a work of art by way of creative processes. We live in an age of recycling, whether it be fashion, music or rubbish - we strive to reuse in order to create. This exhibition aimed to explore the nature of transitions from one form to another, exposing tensions between the polemics of what exists, what has come before, and what is yet to exist.
For more information on the exhibition & featured artists please go here.
If you want to find out more about East Sydney Doctors, take a look at their website.

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Attribution
Photo: Lee Besford, Medical Observer