Floppy

An exhibition by Natalya Hughes

Tues 26 January to Thurs 4 February 2010
The Substation Gallery
Opening hours: 11am-8pm daily, closed on public holidays
Free Admission
Opening reception: 26 January, 6:30pm
Part of the Women in Arts Festival 2010

Floppy is an exhibition of work initiated during Australian artist Natalya Hughes’ two-month residency in Singapore. As elsewhere in her practice, the work combines what are usually considered to be opposing modes in visual culture: a seductive aesthetic and aberrant figuration. Unfamiliar ‘bodies’ are made by combinations of incongruous forms. They are misshapen and broken by the space that surrounds them and sometimes left seeping or drooping at their openings. Such figures are ‘grotesque’. But they are also delicately rendered and highly decorative. Engaging a personal stock of imagery as well as forms and ornamental motifs sourced from Singapore, the works trace the incongruous experiences of being immersed in an unfamiliar environment and the difficulty of attempting to locate oneself therein.

Floppy, 21x 29cm, watercolour on paper, 2009

Supported by the National Arts Council, Arts Victoria, Gertrude Contemporary Art Spaces, The Art Incubator and the Australian High Commission.