Back to EventsIn Thrilled, Fremantle artist Mike Gray examines social media and its relationship to the diminishing capability of contemporary art.
Through his ongoing body of work, Gray questions the impact of AI on contemporary art, presenting convincing fictions that are signified as fake only through the use of satire. Through humour, Gray’s work evokes a sense of Dadaism, employing emerging media technology to critique and question art itself.
Thrilled asks what is the role of the Artist today? Has standing awe-struck in a gallery been replaced with art-based doom scrolling?
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Shop 7, 2 Cantonment Street
Fremantle, WA, 6160
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Mike Gray
Mike Gray is an Australian artist who has exhibited nationally and internationally since 2003. Through predominately photographic, interdisciplinary lens-based and AI works he examines dominant Western narratives that specifically intersect both cultural and personal concerns.
Primarily through experimentation he produces bodies of work whereby the technique and aesthetic produced intersect the concepts explored. Informed by devolved photographic analogue processes through to high-end digital technology, his work aims to form alternate narratives and construct new insights into aspects of post-colonialism, visual phenomena, identity and modernist histories.
Art Theory
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From curating interior collections to facilitating public installations, our studio is experienced in all project types and scales. Our approach is always personal and collaborative, encompassing strategy, art curation, project and stakeholder management, heritage interpretation, community engagement, and consultation with Traditional Owners.