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'No offense, but…' August 25th – Sep 12th Official Opening by head of ANU School of Art, Denise Ferris Thurs August 28th 6pm An exhibition of photography by Emerging Artist Support Scheme prize winner and ANU School of Art (Honors) graduate, Daniel Savage gallery@bcs, Belconnen Community Centre, Swanson Crt, Belconnen Mon-Fri 9am-4:30pm gallery@bcs is extremely excited to present this thought provoking exhibition by our 2014 Emerging Artist Support Scheme Prize - including 3 weeks gallery hire, catering, and printing of promotional material - to 2013 ANU School of Art (Honors) graduate, Daniel Savage. Daniels work is not only aesthetically on the surface, but also looks deep into the issues of stigma and discrimination surrounding disability; issues that are faced every day by many of our own participants as a major service provider to the Belconnen Community. Contemporary western countries are arguably more inclusive than ever. However, powerful words and terms, based on race, sexuality and disability, continue to denigrate groups considered to differ from established norms. These are words that have an inherently negative association for sectors of the community who are regularly discriminated against, oppressed, and segregated. The misunderstanding and fear they represent manifests in seemingly innocuous, frequently asked questions, such as, "Where are you from?", "Is it just a phase?" and "Will you ever get better?" This exhibition consists of two complementary series of portraits that bring together universal paradigms of offensive language and the individuals who have to deal with ignorance and insult as an inherent part of their lives. 'No offense, but…" attempts to address the way words mark individuals as outsiders and questions not only how far we have come as a contemporary 'inclusive' society but also how much further there is to go. Daniel Savage Daniel has also been awarded an Australia Council for the Arts "Artists with Disabilities" grant, for an exhibition he plans to hold at the Canberra Contemporary Arts Space in 2015, in which he plans break down accessibility barriers through a number of methods. Firstly he will employ alternative printing methods to create life size printed portraits of his subjects that literally come of the printed page, inviting the audience to interact with the artworks in both visual and tactile realm. Daniel also plans to use some of the grant funds to make the proposed exhibition universally accessible to people of all abilities through the production of all written materials, gallery labels, gallery sheets, exhibition essays etc, in both braille and audio formats. Contact Ben Drysdale gallery@bcsact.com.au 62640252 |
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