Jud Wimhurst, Wasteland
Stockroom Kyneton, gallery one
01 August / 01 November 2020
JUD WIMHURST
WASTELAND
WASTELAND is a collection of object-based, sculptural artworks that explore our human relationship with objects and the need, want and desire to consume.
Using undervalued objects, such as casts of the hollow voids of product packaging and short term, single-use and post consumerist items, the sculptures become new objects imbued with meaning despite the fact they are an amalgamation of objects already prescribed as useless, defunct and/or no longer needed.
Aesthetic inspiration has been taken from Baroque and Rococo art and architecture as they reflect a time when opulence and abundance of objects were celebrated. Sacred object design and iconography related to various spiritual belief systems and secret societies were also an inspiration as the aesthetics used in these areas are tried and true examples of implied and assigned meaning.
Jud Wimhurst lives and works in Kyneton and has a Bachelor of Fine Art from RMIT University. Recent solo exhibitions include, Protection at the La Trobe University Visual Arts Centre, Bendigo and Future Primitive at the 2012 Melbourne Art Fair. Wimhurst’s work has also been included in group exhibitions at TarraWarra Museum of Art, Healesville, McClelland Gallery and Sculpture Park, Langwarrin and Bayside Arts and Cultural Centre, Brighton. His work is held in a number of public and private collections including Deakin University, The Macquarie Group and Art Bank.
