Dave Wells: BriefCase
One Sydney artist's comic-style interpretation of the daily grind.
Overview
Art so often brings focus to the extraordinary aspects of life that the minutiae of day-to-day can go ignored. Sydney-based artist Dave Wells is working to change this, with his first solo exhibition BriefCase. In a series of 17 acrylic paintings that are being displayed at M2 Gallery in Surry Hills, Wells explores the mundanities and repetition of the white-collar world. His images are bold, macro close-ups of various workday routines and objects — a handshake, a coffee cup, the pressing of an elevator button, all pretty sombre (but brightly coloured) portrayals of a monotonous existence driven by financial oppression.
Featured are original illustrations from Wells' comic Bad Luck Bob, which follows the character of Bob, an office worker, through his sad and uneventful daily life. Those with a dark sense of humour will particularly enjoy the exhibition, which runs from February 15-21.
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