Aylsa McHugh: SHADOWLANDS SOLO EXHIBITION, INCINERATOR GALLERY

Aylsa McHugh, Shadowlands

The work in Shadowlands is the result of Aylsa McHugh’s ongoing investigations into marrying seemingly heterogeneous subject matter to create new and ambiguous readings. This series of photogravure prints sees her pairing images of vintage hair models with images of sculptures from the modernist period. The resultant assemblages, which simultaneously enact unsettling and elegant juxtapositions, inhabit an uncanny space and a narrative emerges that is divergent from the intention of the source material. Aylsa is interested in the innate tendency of human psychology to find connections, patterns and familiarity in inanimate objects, referencing a commonly occurring perception delusion known as pareidolia (a type of apophenia) that demands us to see order where none exists.

AYLSA MCHUGH, SHADOWLANDS
9 APRIL 2021- 16 MAY 2021

Incinerator Gallery
180 Holmes Road
Aberfeldie, VIC 3040

Artist and Curator Talk: Saturday 15 May, at 1pm

Join artist Aylsa McHugh as she discusses the ideas underpinning Shadowlands, including collaging techniques, photogravure, the uncanny, pariedolia and new ways of seeing.

Bookings are essential, and can be made HERE