Booth D05
MARS Gallery is proud to present Radical Joy, a selection of works that celebrate the joy as a necessary choice in dark times, and a valid vehicle for exploring serious topics in art.
Featuring The Huxleys, Kohl Tyler, Chun Yin Rainbow Chan and Kenny Pittock, each artist elevates a sense of connection through the joy, sincerity or playfulness in their diverse, vibrant practices.
For The Huxleys, their shining lightboxes and photographs of glittering figures amidst streaming coloured light attest that queer and trans bodies are luminous in their existence. Happiness is not passive state, it is an intentional form of resistance in a complicated and tumultuous world. Their companion series Radical Romance in the MARS stockroom enters the intimate dark to explore queer eroticism as sacred language, drawing from a lineage of queer erotic photography.
Kohl Tyler's new series of ceramics draw from non-human creatures and artifacts that offer glimpses into now-forgotten ancient realms. Questioning gaps in evolutionary knowledge, Kohl considers the joy and meaning that can be found in positioning oneself across this ancient timeline and our collective speculative futures.
Accompanying the presentation will be an exhibition essay by arts writer Duro Jovicic.
Alongside our main stand calling for Radical Joy, MARS Gallery will also present an intimate Stockroom of work by favourite MARS artists including Damien Shen and Miranda Hine.
