“Its broken, twisted, busted and crap”
Kieran Stewart
16 May → 14 June 2014

There will be a set of objects. Misshapen and half-destroyed, each having suffered abuse and damage. Twisted and deformed to a point of almost comical absurdity. Forms that may be familiar with known functions, subjected to warping by harsh physical forces.

Corrupted objects presented as if abandoned mid-way; like ruins, they will have deteriorated between their prior and pending form. Formal shape and defined materiality of these objects will never be complete.

Kieran Stewart is a Melbourne based visual artist working across the mediums of video, image making and sculptural installation. His practice revolves around exploring gross excess and notions of exhaustive labour; affecting stresses such as physical and mental exhaustion .

Over the past nine years Stewart has exhibited nationally in solo and group exhibitions within artist run initiatives, public institutions and community spaces. He has undertaken artist in residence programs with arts institutions and community organisations across Australia.