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So excited to be part of this year’s @mandorlaartaward 

“Love Thy Neighbour”
30x26cm
Oil on aluminium 

Reflecting on this year’s Mandorla theme “refocus” and the reference text “Let all that you do be done in love”, I couldn’t help but think of the current housing crisis that grips so many Australians. Though I am non-religious, I am familiar with the expression “Love thy neighbour” that derives from Mathew 22:37-39 “Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself”, having found its way into the mainstream lexicon. Its pertinence struck me in the context of the contradictory values - a gradual creep of greed, complacency and cold indifference - that has delivered the current housing crisis, particularly in Perth, WA, which (at the time of writing this) holds the highest national rent increase and some of the lowest vacancy rates in the country. Through my art, I felt compelled to add my voice to the chorus of those demanding meaningful reform towards a broken system that increasingly only looks after the lucky few. As a nation of predominantly Anglo-Celtic origins and therefore, an ethics system informed largely via that of the Western Judeo-Christian belief system, the inequity of the current situation spotlights just how far we have strayed as a society - one that prides itself on egalitarianism - and there has never been a more pertinent time to refocus on these foundational values, religious or not. This work draws upon the French “Trompe l’Oeil” aesthetic (“deceiving the eye”) to call out the illusion that is the “Australian dream” of owning a home.

Big thank you to @gallery.hac @coates_erin / Hannah Mathews / @richard_lewer / Raewynne Whiteley
and huge congratulations to all the finalists!
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📣MANDORLA ART AWARD FINALISTS 2024📣

Drum Roll Please 🥁… We are thrilled to announce this year’s list of Finalists are:
 
Bernard Appassamy (NSW)
Matteo Bernasconi (NSW)
Sam Bloor (WA)
Stephen Brameld & Jay Staples (WA)
Ashleigh Briggs (VIC)
Kristone Capistrano (NSW)
Olga Cironis (WA)
Samantha Dennison (WA)
Richard Dunlop (TAS)
John Eden (WA)
Sarah Elson (WA)
Jillian Green (WA)
Sohan Ariel Hayes (WA)
Petrina Hicks (NSW)
Rebecca James (VIC)
Leahlani Johnson (NSW)
Anastasija Komarnyckyj (WA)
Guundie Kuchling (WA)
Kylee Larsen (WA)
Kate Leslie (WA)
Camilla Loveridge (WA)
Tessa MacKay (WA)
Hannah Massey (NSW)
Jayne McSwiney (VIC)
Serena Parker (WA)
Lori Pensini (WA)
Rachel Peters (VIC)
Ross Potter (WA)
Thurbill Pouk (VIC)
Kathy Ramsey (WA)
Kaye Redman (QLD)
Anna Richardson (WA)
Allery & Aileen Sandy (WA)
Helen Seiver (WA)
Tim Somers (WA)
Roderick Sprigg (WA)
Bee K C Tan (WA)
Dominique Turner (NSW)
Shaun Wake-Mazey (WA)
Belinda Yee (NSW)
Sophie Zelder (VIC)
 
Drop a “👏🏼” in the comments to congratulate our finalists!
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