Tarryn Gill and Pilar Mata Dupont
Join the airforce, see the world before its gone 2006
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CCASGORMAN HOUSE
16 February - 17 March

Opening 6pm Friday 16 February

Artists: Tarryn Gill and Pilar Mata Dupont, Louise Paramor, Alex Martinis Roe, Bianca Barling, Sue Dodd and The WIld Boys

Curator: Amita Kirpalani

People shouldn't judge me and assume that's how I am. I get in so many fights with guys who are like, 'In public you are the sexiest sex symbol, but you're not sexual at all at home'. I'm like, 'Whatever, shut up, I don't wanna be'. I'd rather watch a movie or, like, eat.
Paris Hilton

Raunch culture as defined by Ariel Levy (in Female Chauvinist Pigs), is a pop-cultural trend where overt and gratuitous displays of sexuality and flesh are used to define sexuality.

oomph is an exhibition of works by artists who imbue portraiture with raunch and explore identity through the performance of sexuality. This raises various questions in relation to the idea of raunch culture: How much of the work is ironic? Is it the employment of a porn-aesthetics to critique an aesthetic fad? Or can power truly be sought through objectification ... and is that the intention?

These and many more questions will be answered in oomph.

Installation images by Brenton McGeachie

Sue Dodd Gossip Pop


Louise Paramor's Classic Shazzy's


Alex Martinis Roe Fresh Foundation





 

 

 

 


Sue Dodd Starf*cker 2005
dvd production still (performance or music video clip)
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Louise Paramor
Classic Shazzy #2 2006
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Alex Martinis Roe taking advantage again 2007
video still
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Bianca Barling Sorrow 2006
production still
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The Wild Boys Cave One from WILD BOYS OR BUST 2006
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