Bones from the Evening Meal
“Once when I was in Elaine de Kooning’s studio on Broadway, at a time when the metal sculptor Herbert Ferber occupied the studio immediately above, there came through the floor a most horrible crashing and banging. “What in the world is that?” I asked, and Elaine said, “Oh, that's Herbert thinking.”
Donald Barthelme (1985).
“The reward of art is not fame or success but intoxication: that is why so many bad artists are unable to give up.”
Palinurus (Cyril Connolly) (1944).
"Bones from the Evening Meal" is an exhibition by Fine Art PhD Candidate Simon McGlinn, featuring a video work, a selection of works on paper, and an artist book. These works evolved from archival research that initially gathered material from various civic, social, artistic, and commercial contexts within Naarm (Melbourne’s) Central Business District. As the research evolved, McGlinn's focus shifted from constructing coherent narratives to a process of dismemberment and de-cohering. The materials increasingly became digressive, fragmentary, and strange as they accumulated from other spaces he engaged with, including the logic of the studio, the collaborative environment, and the peculiarities of idiosyncratic making.
McGlinn became interested in what it might mean to metabolise research—how to compost it or to be productively confused by it. The guiding principle for the work became the acceptance of being willingly lost. Through improvisation, he aimed to create a floating sensibility, allowing the work to remain in abeyance and thereby offering another potential—a means of extending the creative act.
Born in Naarm (Melbourne) in 1985, Simon McGlinn earned his Bachelor of Fine Arts from the University of Melbourne in 2008. This exhibition coincides with the submission of his PhD thesis in Fine Art (Philosophy) titled “Bones from the Evening Meal: Methods of Metabolism and Not-Knowing.” It marks a significant transition in his artistic career towards becoming a predominantly solo practitioner. Working with Gavin Bell and Jarrah de Kuijer known as ‘Greatest Hits’, now under the title of their names, they have exhibited extensively throughout Australia and globally including Italy, Spain, France, USA, Japan, Chile, Indonesia and New Zealand. With Gavin Bell and Jarrah de Kuijer he was a studio artist at Gertrude Contemporary from 2017-19 and 2022 Stonehouse/Glasshouse Residency, in Chenaud, France.
Event Details
- Date:
- 4 September 2024 at 10:00 am – 14 September 2024 at 4:00 pm
- Venue:
- MADA Gallery, Building D, Caulfield campus
- Categories:
- Fine Art; Gallery / Exhibition; Gallery: MADA Gallery
Description
“Once when I was in Elaine de Kooning’s studio on Broadway, at a time when the metal sculptor Herbert Ferber occupied the studio immediately above, there came through the floor a most horrible crashing and banging. “What in the world is that?” I asked, and Elaine said, “Oh, that's Herbert thinking.”
Donald Barthelme (1985).
“The reward of art is not fame or success but intoxication: that is why so many bad artists are unable to give up.”
Palinurus (Cyril Connolly) (1944).
"Bones from the Evening Meal" is an exhibition by Fine Art PhD Candidate Simon McGlinn, featuring a video work, a selection of works on paper, and an artist book. These works evolved from archival research that initially gathered material from various civic, social, artistic, and commercial contexts within Naarm (Melbourne’s) Central Business District. As the research evolved, McGlinn's focus shifted from constructing coherent narratives to a process of dismemberment and de-cohering. The materials increasingly became digressive, fragmentary, and strange as they accumulated from other spaces he engaged with, including the logic of the studio, the collaborative environment, and the peculiarities of idiosyncratic making.
McGlinn became interested in what it might mean to metabolise research—how to compost it or to be productively confused by it. The guiding principle for the work became the acceptance of being willingly lost. Through improvisation, he aimed to create a floating sensibility, allowing the work to remain in abeyance and thereby offering another potential—a means of extending the creative act.
Born in Naarm (Melbourne) in 1985, Simon McGlinn earned his Bachelor of Fine Arts from the University of Melbourne in 2008. This exhibition coincides with the submission of his PhD thesis in Fine Art (Philosophy) titled “Bones from the Evening Meal: Methods of Metabolism and Not-Knowing.” It marks a significant transition in his artistic career towards becoming a predominantly solo practitioner. Working with Gavin Bell and Jarrah de Kuijer known as ‘Greatest Hits’, now under the title of their names, they have exhibited extensively throughout Australia and globally including Italy, Spain, France, USA, Japan, Chile, Indonesia and New Zealand. With Gavin Bell and Jarrah de Kuijer he was a studio artist at Gertrude Contemporary from 2017-19 and 2022 Stonehouse/Glasshouse Residency, in Chenaud, France.