Please join us for the launch of Paul Yore's 'SOUVENIR' at Hugo Michell Gallery on Saturday 17th May, 1-3pm.
This event will also feature Paul Yore in conversation with Leigh Robb, Curator of Contemporary Art, Art Gallery of South Australia
Paul Yore
SOUVENIR
The word ‘souvenir’ refers to memory, that vital faculty of the mind that allows us to form our identities, communicate, and create relationships with each other and the world around us. Seeking beauty and wonderment in the familiar, this exhibition brings together a collection of sculptural works that mirror popular Australian images, engaging memory, nostalgia, and our collective cultural histories. Adapting traditional craft methodologies across assemblage, mosaic, appliqué and embroidery, Paul Yore monumentalises humble mass produced motifs into highly decorative tableaux, allowing new possibilities for participation, contemplation and meaning. By playfully breaking down hierarchies between high and low cultural forms, Yore opens up a dialogue directly with our own subjective responses as spectators, empowering us to feel curiosity and wonderment. Optimistic and affirming, this exhibition reasserts Yore’s belief that art is an important space for expression, acceptance, and potentiality.
SOUVENIR
The word ‘souvenir’ refers to memory, that vital faculty of the mind that allows us to form our identities, communicate, and create relationships with each other and the world around us. Seeking beauty and wonderment in the familiar, this exhibition brings together a collection of sculptural works that mirror popular Australian images, engaging memory, nostalgia, and our collective cultural histories. Adapting traditional craft methodologies across assemblage, mosaic, appliqué and embroidery, Paul Yore monumentalises humble mass produced motifs into highly decorative tableaux, allowing new possibilities for participation, contemplation and meaning. By playfully breaking down hierarchies between high and low cultural forms, Yore opens up a dialogue directly with our own subjective responses as spectators, empowering us to feel curiosity and wonderment. Optimistic and affirming, this exhibition reasserts Yore’s belief that art is an important space for expression, acceptance, and potentiality.
Hugo Michell Gallery are proud to partner with Bird in Hand Winery for this opening event.
Hugo Michell Gallery acknowledges the Kaurna people as the traditional custodians of the Adelaide region, and that their cultural and heritage beliefs are still as important to the living Kaurna people today.
Please join us in celebrating the launch of this exhibition!