Adam Knapper: Imaginarium

Overview

The Dax Centre is doing very important work. It's the leading not-for-profit gallery and education centre for those who have experienced mental illness or trauma. Providing a place to view over 15,000 pieces of artwork made by those with mental illness, the Dax Centre is well worth a visit to see the ins and outs of living with mental illness in Australia.

On January 9 this important little organisation opens its third solo exhibition by Adam Knapper, a seasoned Australian artist with a practice that uses street art and oil painting. The exhibition challenges the artist's understanding of his own history of mental illness. It's a complex provocation and is synonymous with Knapper's ability to use pop art and bright, bold colours in representing the mind. Known for his surrealist oil paintings and stylised designs, Knapper's latest body of work is on show until May 9.

Image credit: Adam Knapper, Unravel, 2010, oil on canvas, via the State Trustees Connected Collection.