MICHAEL SIMMS | PERSONAS
Tuesday, February 14, 2023 - Sunday, February 26, 2023
Frances Keevil at Studio W - 6 Bourke Street, Woolloomooloo
Gallery hours: Wednesday - Sunday, 10am - 5pm
JOIN THE ARTIST AT THE OPENING ON THURSDAY 16 FEBRUARY, 6 - 8PM
‘Personas’ is a solo exhibition from award-winning queer artist Michael Simms. It features a series of paintings and drawings that use the human body to explore queer identity in the digital age.
Several works in ‘Personas’ explore the entanglement of technology with the human experience, commenting on digital reformation and the at-times suffocating impact it can have on identity.
Other pieces were created in response to the disorienting impacts of the pandemic, engaging with themes around human contact, disconnection and the body.
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Michael Simms
Eros
oil on canvas
122 x 152 cm
Michael Simms
Thanatos
oil on canvas
168 x 91 cm
Michael Simms
Onism
oil on canvas
122 x 76 cm
Michael Simms
IRL
oil on canvas
85 x 129 cm
Michael Simms
Looking
oil on canvas
97 x 76 cm
Michael Simms
Running Man
oil on canvas
91 x 76 cm
Michael Simms
Repetition
oil on canvas
76 x 61 cm
Michael Simms
Endure
oil on canvas
46 x 66 cm
Michael Simms
Sharp Objects
oil on canvas
66 x 66 cm
Michael Simms
Vestige
oil on canvas
61 x 76 cm
Michael Simms
Hold On
oil on canvas
86 x 40 cm
Michael Simms
Numb
oil on canvas
61 x 51 cm
Michael Simms
Possession
oil on canvas
61 x 51 cm
Michael Simms
Self Love
oil on canvas
20 x 20 cm
Michael Simms
Figure Study 5
oil on canvas
18 x 13 cm