GRANT STEVENS

Things can get distorted through the veil of a brave face. Using a variety of media including video, photography, light and sound, Fazed presents works that swerve between surface pleasures and private breakdowns. Taken individually and in concert, this new suite of works toy with the membrane screening us from our harsh realities. Some things are a bit hazy; others are more clearly warped and out of kilter. They remind us that although we try to keep it together, cracks sometimes appear in the veneer.

Stevens’ recent exhibitions include: Wobbly, Gallery Barry Keldoulis, Sydney (2009); Islands, Nature Morte, Berlin (2009); No Bad Days, Institute of Modern Art, Brisbane (2008); Education, Education, Gallery Barry Keldoulis, Sydney (2007); Cliché and Collusion: Video Works by Grant Stevens, Museum of Art, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah ((2007); Going Steady, Starkwhite, Auckland (2007); and The Switch, Il Ponte Contemporanea, Rome (2007).

He has also been represented in group shows including: Word, Anna Schwartz Gallery, Sydney (2009); Some Text Missing, CAST, Hobart (2009); The Leisure Class, the Australian Cinematheque, Queensland Art Gallery/Gallery of Modern Art (2007); Anne Landa Award, Art Gallery of New South Wales (2006); and 2004: Australian Culture Now, National Gallery of Victoria (2004).