Five new exhibitions open at Linden Thursday 18 September at 6pm

Surveillance comes under scrutiny in Panoptic Division, in Gallery 1 by Darren Gunstone. Curtains, closed circuit cameras and x-ray vision projectors form part of this installation in which art mimics life in a humorous investigation of the way in which surveillance informs contemporary understanding of space, truth and history.

Mmm Pop, in Gallery 2, is the manifestation of Katherine Jacob's obsession with lollies as icons of popular culture. These multiple, object based, ceramic works can be read simultaneously as friendly, familiar and menacing.

Natasha Carrington's Daisy Cutter, comments on the narrative of weaponry, constructed under the US military umbrella for the purpose of global security. Black sand and hybrid forms will transform Gallery 3, into a post war desert, to reveal the euphemisms that refer to weapons of mass destruction as harmless garden tools.

Waratah Lahy's oil paintings, combining board and beer cans, draw on subjects from childhood photographs, stock competitions and found imagery.
Tourist Complex in Gallery 4, is a humorous take on the portrayal of Australian animals as totems of mateship, humour, pride and the battler mentality.

Natalie Kosnar's Fast Cars Fast Women inhabit Gallery 5 in the form of small format layered glass images that challenge gender stereotypes, the male gaze and the links between women and consumerism.

All exhibitions continue until Sunday 19 October.
Gallery hours are Tuesday – Sunday 1.00pm – 6.00pm.

For further information and/or images please contact Jan Duffy on 9209 6794 or email info@lindenarts.org