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Kay Abude

(DON'T) BE AN ARTIST

Gertrude Contemporary — Gertrude Glasshouse
Friday 26 NovemberSaturday 18 December

Kay Abude’s project (DON’T) BE AN ARTIST continues her ongoing interrogation into the labour and financial precarity of being an artist. Her practice frequently utilises labour-intensive techniques of screen printing and textile construction, as well as photography, sculpture and performance to create garments and installations that reflect upon the value of artists’ output broadly, while bringing into question concerns of remuneration. Her works, often adorned with texts that function as provocations, bring issues of artistic production to the fore with respect to the importance ascribed to arts and culture, while the production and financial resources provided by artists are given romanticised overtures of being beyond financial rewards. To be an artist incurs costs, and (DON’T) BE AN ARTIST reflects on these issues, while also requiring resourcing to bring it to fruition.

Image: Kay Abude, Art is no fortune, 2021, fortune cookies and message, dimensions variable.

Location

Gertrude Contemporary — Gertrude Glasshouse
44 Glasshouse Road, Collingwood VIC, Australia

Date

Friday 26 NovemberSaturday 18 December

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Kay Abude

(DON'T) BE AN ARTIST

Gertrude Contemporary — Gertrude Glasshouse
Friday 26 NovemberSaturday 18 December

Kay Abude’s project (DON’T) BE AN ARTIST continues her ongoing interrogation into the labour and financial precarity of being an artist. Her practice frequently utilises labour-intensive techniques of screen printing and textile construction, as well as photography, sculpture and performance to create garments and installations that reflect upon the value of artists’ output broadly, while bringing into question concerns of remuneration. Her works, often adorned with texts that function as provocations, bring issues of artistic production to the fore with respect to the importance ascribed to arts and culture, while the production and financial resources provided by artists are given romanticised overtures of being beyond financial rewards. To be an artist incurs costs, and (DON’T) BE AN ARTIST reflects on these issues, while also requiring resourcing to bring it to fruition.

Image: Kay Abude, Art is no fortune, 2021, fortune cookies and message, dimensions variable.

Location

Gertrude Contemporary — Gertrude Glasshouse
44 Glasshouse Road, Collingwood VIC, Australia

Date

Friday 26 NovemberSaturday 18 December

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