Exhibition29 Nov 2019 – 7 Mar 2020
Pleasure
Pleasure presents the work of a diverse group of artists who use the body to celebrate joy, humour, flamboyance and the outrageous….
Pleasure podcast: curator and artists interview
Pleasure co-curator Evelyn Tsitas speaks to RMIT’s Aeden Ratcliffe about the exhibition, and interviews artists:
John Pastoriza-Piñol’s whose series of drawings that document the Melbourne gay leather scene, with its strict aesthetic and social codes of conduct.
Judith Glover exhibiting her ceramic hand-made dildos and bespoke bento boxes that celebrate slow sexual ritual.
Ciara Murphy, an emerging artist who made an extraordinary 80 kilogram nail suit that celebrates the pleasure of work.
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