Hamish Allan

Song from Suburbia
Oh suburbia
You know me so so well
A foot on a time worn rung
An ear to the chattering hills
An eye to a crack in the close grey sky
Catching a glimpse of the bright young things
Yet to be burdened by the promise of the green, green grass
So fond of the whispering facade, framed by a timely tail wind
Oh suburbia
You know me so so well…

 

Neville Campbell
Silent Beauty
10 September – 4 October

as I empty out
begin to feel a core
begin to see the black humor
and darkness of my humanity
the mother emerges as muse
and unfathomable ground of being
at times there is a feeling of form
merging with formless
only to feel the ache again
of unanswered questions
as light fills darkness
she reminds me
there is nothing to do
these works are the undoing

 

Jacqueline Spencer-Macleod
‘Mouthful of Diamonds’.
09 September – 04 October

‘Recasting Ancient Greek culture on a summer trip through a contemporary
lens, Jacqueline Spencer-Macleod confronts modern hubris; our resulting
climate chaos and in a narcissistic world, the urgent need to confront the
‘Survival of All Things.’
Inspired by ancient Archaic era sculpture on a summer trip around the Greek
Peloponnesus, with encircling fires one week and floods the next, the artist
mused upon how human actions have upset the natural order of things with
tragic consequences, a concept understood in fifth century BC Greek
tragedy.
At the heart of this work lies a critique of modern hubris. Humanity has
fashioned false gods of itself, embracing isolation from nature and
unprecedented levels of greed, self-worship, and excess. In an age of climate
breakdown, we oscillate between superficial gestures of responsibility and
unchecked consumption, revealing the absurd caricatures we have become.
Spencer-Macleod’s practice confronts these contradictions, asking how myth,
feminism, and art might reframe our understanding of power, balance, and
survival in the present.