Dennis Del Favero FANTASMI: 1994-2004 | The College of Fine Arts
Dennis Del Favero FANTASMI: 1994-2004
| When: | Jul 8, 2004 - Aug 14, 2004 |
| Artist(s): | Dennis Del Favero |
| Curated by: | Dennis Del Favero |
| Additional Information: | Exhibition talk: 1-2 pm Wednesday 28 July in the gallery - all welcome Launch: 5.30 - 7.30 pm Wednesday 28 July The exhibition and book will be officially launched at 6.15pm by Professor Terry Smith, Andrew W. Mellon Professor of Contemporary Art History and Theory, University of Pittsburgh |
FANTASMI surveys Dennis Del Favero's work of the last
decade. Del Favero's practice meditates on trauma, memory and loss of drawing upon and responding
to the reportage that saturates television and print media. He responds by presenting actual and
sometimes imagined events in psychologically compelling settings, questioning conventional
understandings of trauma and focusing on its centrality to the experience of the contemporary
world.
The exhibition premieres the new
Deep Sleep video installation about the infamous
Chelmsford Hospital in 1970s Sydney and its experimental deep sleep therapy which saw unprecedented
death and injury in the quest to eliminate the pain of memory.
For further information, please contact
Ivan Dougherty gallery.