Jody Paulsen - Water Me
Dec 8 - Feb 9 2019
Cnr 7th St and 4th Ave, Parkhurst
A tongue-in-cheek reference to the age-old practice of using bouquets as memento mori and reminders of death and change, Paulsen subverts the still life art genre interrogating its use as a way to capture the “spirit of now”. He also parodies himself as the ever-lasting millennial, coming to terms with living, dying and being successful through the lens of material consumerism and ironically complaining about life’s challenges and uncertainty. Each artwork is also infused with layered symbols; for example a phoenix displayed in its traditional archetype surrounded by the names of anti-anxiety medication.