Stockroom Kyneton, gallery two
08 September / 07 October 2012
STEFAN GEVERS
Secondhand Serenade
The influence of abandoned places on our imaginations and memories.
Stefan Gevers explores how a place abandoned and forgotten can still exert a spiritual influence on the imagination or memory. The work in his new show will focus on overlooked details in the landscape, magnifying evidence of human intervention and presence and exploring the interface between the man-made and nature.
All of my art is inspired by road trips in regional Australia where I search for forgotten objects and places. In these desolate spots, I identify the essential visual elements that will allow me to evoke the silence and stillness of these ignored – yet fundamental – parts of the Australian landscape. In 2008, my exhibition, Natural Order, presented images of a stranded car, an old wooden bridge and crumbling watertanks showing the plight of the man-made in the face of the unrelenting forces of nature. In 2010, my exhibition, Forgotten Places, focused on abandoned places which were once central to people’s lives and the temporal nature of our interaction with nature.
My work attempts to provoke both a visual and spiritual experience in others by prompting them to contemplate notions of abandon- ment, degradation and loss in relation to both the Australian landscape and themselves.
Stefan appears at Stockroom courtesy of Anita Traverso Gallery
