David Austin | Investing in Canakkale
Born in Birmingham, David Austin discovers installations in Brisbane. After studying at the Universität der Künste in Berlin, he dedicates himself entirely to installations. It is after a revealing hunger strike that this artist in the Kremlin's sights decides to focus on installations. His exhibition at blockhaus101 follows "Investing" (Queensland Art Gallery | GoMA, Brisbane).
How can one apprehend creation, and reciprocally? Elegantly situated within the lineage of Picabia's innovative projects, the artist David Austin approaches light from the delicate and complex perspective of the rhizome. He invites a reevaluation of creative gestures, reminiscent of his memorable exhibition in Vladivostok in 1999, where each gesture held an almost transcendental significance. In a manner that is both mechanical and critical, his performative installation serves as a bold response to the immediacy of language, resonating profoundly with pressing contemporary issues. The work titled "Investing in Canakkale" acts as a genuine catalyst, awakening the often dormant senses that emerge from the self and thereby offering a deep exploration of the contemporary superego. This subtle interplay of relationships must possess the capacity to blur the markers of ecstasy, thus savoring the ambiguity and richness of human experiences.
