Luke Cirsky: Visions of Graceful Absurdity
A show about what happens when an artist stops dreaming.
Overview
Artist Luke Cirsky used to dream vividly, and then stopped. Why, he wondered? Too much sugar? Sleeping too deeply? An over-developed prefrontal cortex? He didn't get an answer, so he did the next best thing: he made a show about it.
The collection of oil paintings in Visions of Graceful Absurdity is, Cirsky says, about "reclaiming those dreams, weaving them into a semi-coherent setting with fanciful ideas and beauty". Showcasing what the Gaffa Gallery describes as the artist's "almost bi-polar" style – one that combines painstaking brushwork with looser, experimental strokes, chiaroscuro and a love of patterns – the exhibition includes everything from still lifes to landscapes to the odd portrait.
Fans of surrealism should definitely check this one out, with the Sydney-based artist's brand of "warm surrealism" embracing all the whimsy and weirdness of the movement. Guaranteed to stimulate your senses and who knows, maybe inspire the odd Dali-esque dream that night.
Heads up: photography fans should also head to Gaffa earlier in the month to check out Jun Chen's While You Are Sleeping, running September 14 – 25.
Image: Luke Cirsky, Welcome to Leadlight Land, Oil on Canvas, 2017
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