Event held on January
Jan
16
Jonathan McBurnie: Birdland
Provided by: Artspace Mackay
Event runs from
10:00 AM
to 5:00 PM
Weekly on Sunday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, until 16/01/2022
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About
North Queensland artist Jonathan McBurnie draws upon the aesthetics of professional wrestling, a performative genre he describes as a fascinating paradox: “on one level it’s a fiction with planned storylines and predetermined victories and losses; and on another level it’s all too real with a high physical toll, frequent injuries and subsequent self-medication.” The exhibition of new drawings on a large, immersive scale are inspired by parallels between professional wrestling and McBurnie’s personal experience of continuing his creative practice amid illness and the impact of an ongoing recovery.