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DAMP est.1995 Melbourne, Australia Dan Cass b.1970 Melbourne Rob Creedon b.1969 Melbourne Narelle Desmond b.1970 Melbourne Ry Haskings b.1977 Melbourne Sam George b.1987 Melbourne Sharon Goodwin b.1973 Melbourne Deb Kunda b.1972 Melbourne James Lynch b.1974 Melbourne Dan Moynihan b. 1974 Melbourne Lisa Radford b.1976 Melbourne Nat Thomas b.1967 Brisbane Kylie Wilkinson b.1971 Melbourne DAMP is a collective with 12 current members: Dan Cass, Rob Creedon, Narelle Desmond, Sam George, Sharon Goodwin, Ry Haskings, Deb Kunda, James Lynch, Dan Moynihan, Lisa Radford, Nat Thomas and Kylie Wilkinson. Membership has been fluid over the years, with an alumnus numbering over 70, though not all members identify themselves as artists. DAMP’s performances, actions and installations explore the potential of working collaboratively. Frequently irreverent and occasionally anarchic, DAMP’s projects are always imbued with a sense of fun. Many invite audience participation and this often involves either temporary inclusion within the collective or its diffusion into the audience, deliberately confusing the two. DAMP does not have a particular identity beyond being simply a group, and is consequently open to change and external influence. The collective’s work remains cohesive, however, and continues to manifest playful engagement with the complex relationships between contemporary art and its audience. Exhibitions (solo): Uplands Gallery, Melbourne, Australia, 2007; Experimental Art Foundation, Adelaide, Australia, 2001; 200 Gertrude Street, Melbourne, 1999. Exhibitions (group): ‘I Thought I Knew But I Was Wrong: New Video Art from Australia’, touring to Bangkok, Beijing, and Seoul, 2004; ‘2004: Australian Culture Now’, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, 2004; ‘Charley’, PS1, New York, USA, 2002; ‘Octopus 2’, 200 Gertrude Street, Melbourne, 2001
SOLOMON ENOS b. 1979 Wai’anae, Hawai'i, United States Lives and works in Kalihi, Hawai'i, United States Solomon Enos is a self-taught artist, illustrator and cultural activist. He conjures imaginative tales that convey his interest in local history and issues of representation, with a focus on how historical readings are made. Polyfantastica 2006, is a futuristic storytelling project recounting 40 000 years of Hawai’ian history, developed in collaboration with scholars from the Bishop Museum in Honolulu. Beautifully illustrated and divided into four 10 000-year epochs, Polyfantastica calls forth associations of exploration and voyaging, grand battles and conquests, as well as diminishing resources and land disputes. Drawing on Hawai’ian and wider Polynesian mythology, Enos’s intricate storyboards feature fantastical characters battling and romancing against a dramatic backdrop of volcanic mountain ranges and urban landscapes. Some are distinctively Hawai’ian, sporting leg tattoos, rain capes and customary weapons, while others resemble sci-fi figures with fins for hands, bulbous anemone bodies and menacing teeth. Enos plays with nonlinear narrative forms to blur the distinction between past and present, fact and fiction, while questioning the subjectivity of how we see and interpret the world. MONIR SHAHROUDY FARMANFARMAIAN b.1924 Qazvin, Iran Lives and works in Tehran, Iran Monir Shahroudy Farmanfarmaian is a senior figure in contemporary Iranian art, with a distinguished career spanning over 50 years. Farmanfarmaian spent many years living in New York as an art student and later as a fashion illustrator at department store Bonwit Teller, where she worked alongside Andy Warhol. She returned to Iran in the 1960s and established herself as an artist, holding major exhibitions in Tehran, Paris, Venice and New York. After the Islamic Revolution of 1979, she took refuge in New York, returning to Tehran in 2000 where she continues to work today. Her distinctive aesthetic translates Persian pictorial language into modern forms by combining mirror mosaic and reverse glass painting techniques with contemporary abstract styles. Her shimmering installations draw upon Islamic geometric patterning, Sufi symbolism, symmetry and traditional craftsmanship. Farmanfarmaian is creating a major six-panel mirror mosaic work for APT6, based on the form of the hexagon, reflecting the six virtues of generosity, self-discipline, patience, determination, insight, and compassion. Exhibitions (solo): Leighton House Museum, London, UK, 2008; The Third Line, Dubai, UAE, 2007; Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 2006. Exhibitions (group): ‘East-West Divan’, 53rd Biennale of Venice, 2009; ‘The Power of the Ornament’, Belvedere, Vienna, Austria, 2008; Biennale of Venice, 1964 and 1958. SUBODH GUPTA b.1964 Khagaul, Bihar, India Lives and works in Gurgaon, Haryana, India One of India’s most prominent contemporary artists, Subodh Gupta works in a wide range of mediums, including painting, installation, photography, video and performance. He is perhaps best known for his large sculptures constructed from dozens of stainless-steel and copper utensils, which translate the conceptual art format of the readymade into a rich exploration of everyday life in India and shifting notions of artistic and economic value. Born in the predominantly rural state of Bihar in central India — renowned as a traditional centre of Buddhist learning — Gupta now lives in the rapidly growing city of Gurgaon, a satellite of New Delhi. His works draw upon the everyday products and materials of Indian village life, such as milk buckets, cow dung and kitchen utensils, and often reference utility, travel and mobility — evident in his bronze cast sculptures of motorbikes, taxis and bundles of luggage. Gupta will present several major sculptures in APT6, including Line of Control 2008, an enormous mushroom cloud formed from brass utensils, shifting an image of destruction into one of explosive abundance. Through his seductive use of materials and interest in spectacle and excess, Gupta’s work reveals the contradictions and tensions that exist in India today as it fluctuates between tradition and modernity, rural and urban life, and poverty and wealth. Exhibitions (solo): Hauser & Wirth, London, UK, 2009; Arario Gallery, Beijing, China, 2008; Baltic, Gateshead, UK, 2008. Exhibitions (group): ‘Altermodern’, Tate Triennial, Tate Britain, London, 2009; ‘Indian Highway’, Serpentine Gallery, London, 2008; 51st Biennale of Venice, Italy, 2005.
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