What's Eating You?

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What’s Eating You?


South Australian artist Andrea Przygonski considers the world of the petri dish

through her hanging installations in this stunning exhibition at RMIT University’s

Project Space/Spare Room Gallery.


Diseases and pathogens tear through society; today’s swine flu is yesterday’s bird

flu. Moulds, viruses, bacteria and a thousand other things imperceptible to the eye

are hyper-realised in our daily routines. We wash our hands regularly. We brush our

teeth in the morning and at night.


“I have reflected upon organisms within the

microcosm that we know about yet find

distasteful, repulsive or even scary,” Ms

Przygonski said. 


“These become metaphors for the things we

don’t like to talk about or don’t want to

confront in our own lives, metaphors for our

reluctance to accept anything other than what

we know and can see.”











Image: Andrea Przygonski, What’s Eating You? (detail), 2009

Etching on lycra, screenprinted acrylic, Dimensions variable

Photographer Michal Kluvanek




What: What's Eating You?

When: Friday, 23 October, to Friday, 13 November

Opening night: Thursday, 22 October, 5-7pm

Floor talk: Friday, 23 October, 12-1pm

Website: http://schoolofartgalleries.dsc.rmit.edu.au/PSSR/

Where:  Project Space/Spare Room Gallery

RMIT Building 94, Ground level, 23-27 Cardigan Street, Carlton



For interviews or comment: Curator/Coordinator, Stephen Gallagher, (03) 9925

4971 or stephen.gallagher.@rmit.edu.au

13 October, 2009






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