It’s complex, intriguing, challenging and does require some complexity that’s not always in the eye of the beholder or the customer.
‘Future remains’ is a concoction of responses by 7 artists selected whose works seek to “reclaim, restage and reframe specific material, cultural or ideological inheritances in an effort not only to better understand the past and present but to generate new possibilities for the future”.
As I followed the crowd of on lookers and peered at the long winded explanations and took time to talk to a bemused and challenged photographer I was struck by what is a worthy intention but an artistic response often blurred by the practice of art itself.
It troubled me that what we experienced in public and private galleries recently responded to a similar intention with a more accessible and powerful artistic presentation.
https://acca.melbourne/exhibition/future-remains-the-2024-macfarlane-commissions/
Tiamo’s minestrone comes in a big bowl and is rich in content and complexity. It’s hot and steamy and is served with ample bread together with olive oil (and accompanied by the ubiquitous red now served in glass stemmed glasses) and is a fitting reminder that complexity can also be simple and easy to take in.
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