THE ART OF SEDUCTION

NATALIE RANDALL, SAMUEL TOWNSEND, CHRISTOPHER TWINEY

Curated by David Broker

Exhibition Dates: 4 July 2014 - 9 August 2014

Art that is “seductive” is often spoken about like it’s a bad thing. Desire on the other hand is the overworked territory of philosophers and theorists (such as Kant and Lacan) whose deconstructions of film, literature and art have imbued such concepts with a certain artistic authority. Desire, however, is also central to advertising and propaganda, and seduction the means to its end. In this context of shameless promotion our subject matter might be contaminated by thought of commerce. In the hands of these three artists, however, the notion of seduction need not simply be an easy way to engage an audience, it can also include highly critical analytical explorations of the ways that desire and seduction might work together in framing encounters with art

Image: Christopher Twiney, Yass, 2014, Screen print on Stonehenge paper, edition 1/6;56cm x 78cm