World's End

Steven Rendall, Untitled, 2008, pencil on paper, 25 x 20 cm Nadine Christensen, CMYK, 2006 - 2007, acrylic on board, hinges, pinewood, dimensions variable (350 x 85cm) Leslie Eastman

World's End is a group exhibition includes the work of Faculty of Art and Design lecturers Nadine Christensen, Leslie Eastman and Steven Rendall.

World’s End is a series of studies in eschatological taste, exploring catastrophilia, death drives and the inclination to be elsewhere as motivations for making something into art. William Hogarth’s last engraving, The Bathos (1764) – an image of unmitigated pessimism where every element is on the verge of dissolution – is a catalyst, if not the impetus for taking on this endeavour.

What does it mean to be obsessed with the end and the death of everything? Is it a natural response to life or a symptom of some greater malady? Thirteen Melbourne and UK based artists present a series of works for the rooms above the Carlton Hotel that delve into these themes and explore their own dystopic visions of the past, present and future.

Featuring one night only performance by The Popular Lipstick Peoples Finishing , Saturday 29 March 6.30 pm.

Opening Night:
12 March Wednesday
6 – 8 pm

Exhibition dates:
13 March to 5 April

Gallery location:
Carlton Hotel and Studios
Upper level 193 Bourke St, Melbourne 

Gallery Hours:
Wednesday to Saturday
 4 – 7 PM 

Download the World's End Media Release (pdf 159kb)