ELOISE DETHIER-EATON

INCON WITH (24) ... WASTE

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NEIL FERGUSON | ELOISE DETHIER-EATON

 

A duo exhibition showcasing our activities which reflect upon waste. In this exhibition, we each challenged accepted notions of ‘waste’ and highlighted the constructed nature of this concept within our art practices in our own distinct ways. We adopted a playful, experimental and inquisitive approach on the subject, asking how one defines the personal value of waste, who waste belongs to, and what is worth keeping or looking at.

 

For the duration of the show, Neil’s studio was temporarily converted into an exhibition space. Outside the studio was a mural of painted plywood samples and stenciled words, which were pasted, buffed and ripped in a collaborative effort between the two of us, along with storms Bert, Conall and Darragh.

 

Inside the studio was a curated 'hang’, or 'lean’, of works from Eloise’s One Man's Trash series with Neil's text-based paintings. Visitors were invited to navigate this busy, jumbled space which merged the aesthetics of the artist's studio and the junkyard.