2018 CAP Catalogue-v7

Kirsten Sivyer
Alun Rhys Jones
First Came the Sun
The Wrestlers
Medium: Oil on canvas
Size: 90 x 90 cm
Price: $4,400
My painting, depicting a farm fire,
explores the connection we perceive
between ourselves and the sometimes
harsh and threatening natural
environment.
We may identify with nature as an
inseparable part of ourselves with
appreciation for the cycles of fire
and flood, or see the land simply as a
resource with risks to be managed.
How we identify with nature is
inevitably shaped by our social and
cultural experiences.
Medium: Charcoal on Stonehenge
paper
Size: 122 x 100 cm
Price: $6,800
Masculinity has had a makeover,
visually, aesthetically and
psychologically, from Bondi bros to
hipster bromances, the Aussie bloke
has been transformed into a self aware,
groomed, buffed, image conscious,
product-consuming, marketing dream.
Media portrays the ideal image of
men to be muscular and by implication
strong, tough and stoic. However the
pressure to obtain and maintain the
body beautiful portrayed by these
images has led to an increase in body
dissatisfaction for men and young
adults.
Almost 18 percent of men are very
concerned about their own physique
and feel pressured to gain weight
and become more toned. They were
significantly more likely to become
depressed and take part in behaviors
like alcohol, steroid and drug use.
Suicide is now the leading cause of
death for Australian men aged 15-44
and male suicide rates are three times
that of women. It appears the pressure
to look, act, and harden up may be
making some men crack.
Tony Belobrajdic
By the Table
Medium: Oil on canvas
Size: 61 x 51 cm
Price: $3,500
I have loosely based this painting on a black and
white photo of my partner’s auntie as a young
woman.
Being a migrant, facing new life in a new country
I believe she would have asked herself many
questions over time.
Although painted figuratively, I was trying to
give the painting that slightly abstract quality.
Suzanna Castleden
5.31 am On This Side of
the World
Medium: Gesso on BFK rag paper
Size: 80 x 107 cm
Price: $3,800
In this two-sided work, the front image
is of the world tilted to show the first
light of day falling on my hometown of
Fremantle; the image on the reverse of
the paper is of sunset on the other side
of the world.
The work is made using a process
akin to a mezzotint, where the image
emerges through a process of removing
a dark surface to reveal a lighter layer
beneath. It’s a work that uses light and
darkness as a way of thinking about
how we come to orientate and sense
our place in the world.
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