...and Then it Happened/Funny Little Drawings - Caroline McGrath
...and Then it Happened
This body of work explores vulnerability and powerlessness through addiction and the empowerment experienced via the transformative process of withdrawal to living life without it.
Funny Little Drawings
A series of 42 drawings which are a mix of humour, thoughts we have, funny drawings, statements and the everyday.
Please send all sales inquiries to the artist carolionzoo@yahoo.com.au
Above:
Energy pills, 2017
First aid box, 27 dexamphetamine Bottles (empty)
26cm x 32cm x 10cm
$800
Caroline's art practice speaks of the emotional and psychological repercussions of childhood experiences and the resulting behaviours and feelings that may be carried into adulthood. Her work investigates how past events can be subconsciously manifest in daily living and in interactions with others.
Caroline works mainly in performance and video art which may include: painting with text, drawing and installation.
In her performance and video work she aims to create an emotional conflict within the viewer of wanting to turn away, yet feeling compelled to persist in watching. Her work documents the process of transformation by overcoming powerlessness through increasing autonomy and self-determination resulting in feelings of empowerment.
Mixed Media Paintings
I Would Have Been More Successful at Art Skool If I Painted Rosebushes, 2017
Mixed Media on Linen
90 x 90cm
$600
They Must Give Anyone an Exhibition, 2017
Mixed Media on Linen
46 x 36cm
$290
I Wish I Could Kill Myself and Still Be Here, 2017
Mixed Media on Linen
46 x 36cm
$290
I'm Completely Fucked But I'm Fucken Funny, 2017
Mixed Media on Linen
46 x 36cm
$290
Wake the Fuck Up and Live Your Life, 2017
Mixed Media on Linen
76 x 101 cm
$600
They Said I'd Never Get Anywhere, and I Didn't, 2017
Mixed Media on Wooden Support
46 x 61cm
$330
She's so fucking Beautiful I Want to Stab Myself, 2017
Mixed Media on Wooden Support
46 x 61cm
$330
What the Fuck is Fucking Wrong With You?, 2017
Mixed Media on Linen
46 x 36cm
$290
I Would Have Been More Successful at Art Skool If I Painted Rosebushes, 2017
Mixed Media on Linen
90 x 90cm
$600
I Want to Quit, 2017
Mixed Media on Linen
31 x 41cm
$280
Are You Impaired in Some Way?, 2017
Mixed Media on Linen
46 x 36cm
$290
My Art is Shit, 2017
Mixed Media on Linen
51 x 36cm
$300 SOLD
I'm Always Happy and Friendly except when I Want to Kill Someone, 2017
Mixed Media on Linen
61 x 61cm
$400
Funny Little Drawings, 2016 - 2017
Pen and Artist Crayon on Reeves Paper
21cmx14cm
$50 each
Withdrawal Charts, 2017
Graph Paper, Watercolour Paper, Artist Crayon, Pen
16 x (29.5 x 21cm)
14 x (25 x 17cm)
NFS
Addictions Surrender Board, 2017
Interactive Installation
Table, Grass, Plants, Board, Pens
Various Measurements
NFS
*this piece will be burned and recorded as a digital video after this exhibition has concluded
Fuck These Feelings, 2017
Artist Crayon on matt photo paper
118 x 190cm
$600
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