The Curtain Breathed Deeply – Justene Williams

The Curtain Breathed Deeply – Justene Williams
Image: 'The Curtain Breathed Deeply', by Justene Williams.

With The Curtain Breathed Deeply, artist Justene Williams has produced an aural and visual omelette that both entices and confronts.

The installation begins with a stark white ute supporting a trio of screens simultaneously displaying images of chequered fingers, vaginas, and a distorted digital shaman who invites the visitor to continue their journey.

A series of rooms hosts intriguing displays of visual decadence and aural discombobulation. In one, masked figures and plastic owls gaze upon a wading pool which doubles as a wishing well. In another, a natural landscape is playfully dismantled.

This extensive collection of video art and sculptural experiment is a dissonant stroll through the paths of uncharted imagination. The vibrant colours and random noises suggest a rough passage through a storm-tossed sea, but the perturbed subjects are somehow comforted through the raging tempest.

With this show Artspace continues a tradition of provocative exhibitions which elongate the boundaries of abstraction. (LR)

Until Aug 10, Artspace, 43 Cowper Wharf Rd, Woolloomooloo, free, artspace.org.au

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