“On Mysticism and the Death of Art”
Charlotte Hallows
11 Feb → 26 Feb 2005

Mass-produced images serve as indexes of public and private spectacles. In the reproduction, the aura of the original is transferred to the copy, which assumes the phantasmatic power of a coveted fetish. This work explores drawing as an expressive act and manual labour. Decorative motifs allude to the mapping of imaginary territories through anthropological excess, gender and Adolf Loos's inflammatory slogan Ornament is a crime.

Charlotte Hallows completed a Master of Arts (Visual Culture) at Monash University. Her previous exhibitions include Narcotic Aesthetic (T.C.B.inc.) and Misanthrope (T.C.B.inc.). Group exhibitions include TM12 (Span), Private Places (Platform), Powerful Posters (Platform and Waverly Gallery) and Something for the Ladies (Penthouse and Pavement). In 2004 she curated Satellite Cities and Tabloid Life (Monash University Museum of Art).

Photography by Christian Capurro