Connections to Dissonance
New Painting
30 March - 21 April 2022
Art Gallery at the Library at the Dock
Docklands, Melbourne
What We Do Not Know...
Walker Street Gallery
Exhibition and Opening night
New Exhibition: What We Do Not Know...
Art and Cancer: Artist explores new media.
David Trout’s exhibition: ‘What We Do Not Know…’ poses questions about the world in which we live. Everyday we are bombarded through television and the media about the state of the world and the effects of Global warming, Terrorism and Cancer. David Trout makes reference to what the London based writer and cultural critic, Ziaddin Sardar refers to as a “post normal” world.
When the writer, Henry Miller wrote Tropic of Cancer, the theme or metaphor of Cancer represented a civilization in a state of disease. David Trout extends this concept to reflect a world in confusion and flux, overwhelmed by “cells out of control” having shared the emotional roller coaster of dealing with Cancer.
The exhibition explores a wide and innovative use of mediums including a fusion of digital painting with oil painting techniques, as well as installation using video and projections on paintings.
There is a flow of figurative references working alongside a strong abstract aesthetic that takes the work beyond the metaphoric. Ultimately the work suggests a role for the artist in seeking direction through awareness, feeling, confrontation and understanding that creative solutions are found by distancing oneself from reality.
David Trout’s exhibition: ‘What We Do Not Know…’ poses questions about the world in which we live. Everyday we are bombarded through television and the media about the state of the world and the effects of Global warming, Terrorism and Cancer. David Trout makes reference to what the London based writer and cultural critic, Ziaddin Sardar refers to as a “post normal” world.
When the writer, Henry Miller wrote Tropic of Cancer, the theme or metaphor of Cancer represented a civilization in a state of disease. David Trout extends this concept to reflect a world in confusion and flux, overwhelmed by “cells out of control” having shared the emotional roller coaster of dealing with Cancer.
The exhibition explores a wide and innovative use of mediums including a fusion of digital painting with oil painting techniques, as well as installation using video and projections on paintings.
There is a flow of figurative references working alongside a strong abstract aesthetic that takes the work beyond the metaphoric. Ultimately the work suggests a role for the artist in seeking direction through awareness, feeling, confrontation and understanding that creative solutions are found by distancing oneself from reality.
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Radio Interview 3WBC 94.1FM
Exhibition of abstract paintings at Museum libero Andreotti, Il Palagio, Pescia, Tuscany, Italy.
