Ronnie van Hout Failed Robot [detail] 2007. Polystyrene, fibreglass and paint. Private collection, Melbourne. Reproduced courtesy of the artist. Photograph by Vicki Petheridge.
Installation view: Ronnie van Hout: who goes there 2009
Installation view: Ronnie van Hout: who goes there 2009
Installation view: Ronnie van Hout: who goes there 2009
Installation view: Ronnie van Hout: who goes there 2009
Installation view: Ronnie van Hout: who goes there 2009
Installation view: Ronnie van Hout: who goes there 2009
Installation view: Ronnie van Hout: who goes there 2009
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A twisting journey through the world of Ronnie van Hout, encompassing peepholes, failed robots, doll-sized portraits of the artist and something strange and new from Antarctica.
A twisting journey through new and recent works by Ronnie van Hout.
Christchurch-born and now based in Melbourne, Van Hout is well known for his funny and haunting variations on the self-portrait, from mannequins through to lo-tech videos.
In Who goes there his absurdist installations have grown larger, stranger and darker. Unfolding through a series of linked rooms, the journey takes in peepholes, failed robots, doll-sized portraits of the artist, something strange and new from Antarctica, and above all a series of shadowy, room-sized sculptures that evoke the wayward workings of memory.
Exhibition number 831
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Date:
4 July – 18 October 2009 -
Curator:
Justin Paton -
Exhibition number:
831 -
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The future isn’t what it used to be
Nothing looks older today than yesterday's robots. Rewind through the history of science fiction and you'll find hundreds of robots to whom time has not been kind – creations that looked newer-than-new when they first emerged but now appear tragically tinny.