Gerald Jones Jones' art created during the lockdown was shaped by
their dedication to the creative process and exploration of paint. The
symbol of the Roman Emperor's head from the Colossus of Constantine,
gained new meaning for the artist after the news of Ali Fazeli
Monfared's tragic beheading for being queer. Jones has created a
unique iconography in their work, featuring recurring themes of the
artist's easel and the edifice, and the head. Inviting the viewer to
form their own allegory of the queer artist's "fagpile" or detritus.
In this body of work, pink plays a central role with political and
emotional connotations, particularly in relation to queerness. Check
out 'Cosmotechnic Telepathics in the Age of Surveillance Capitalism'
and 'A Stranger I Know Well' in Galleries 1 and 3 opening the same
evening! M16 Artspace operates on the lands of the Ngunnawal and
Ngambri people. We honour and pay our respects to its traditional
custodians. We acknowledge this land always was and always will be the
country of Australias First Nations People. Sovereignty was never
ceded.
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