Kev is a little bit lost so he invited his mates around to discuss how archaic notions of the masculine have permeated into the contemporary and whether the power structures associated with patriarchal histories and hierarchies are in fact holding men back from a deep new discovery of masculinity that is fit for the future…
Nah!!!!!!!! He is actually completely oblivious to it all. Kev’s a dickhead. He can’t help it – he has been engrained to be like this. He thinks the Patriarchy is his best mate, but it’s actually his biggest foe. Since birth he has been told to suppress all feeling and focus only on what our hyper masculine society seeks – power and control. Kevo and his mates are actually terrified! Not because of the inevitable gender power shift (couldn’t come sooner) but because someone might find out that they actually feel *eemootiiioonnn*. What a bunch of bloody sissies! Maybe if the Kevs, Gregs, Damos n’ Darrens of the world stood up for themselves and didn’t have the emotional intelligence of a carrot they could in fact be…… happy?
While ‘Self-Concious Kev and other friends’ is ultimately a critique of all things macho it does offer some hope – a light at the end of the tunnel so to speak! The ‘Gimp Alliance League of Pluralistic and Open Masculinity’ (GALPOM) offers a solution to Kevs woes! Sacrifice autonomy! Sacrifice privilege! Sacrifice power! Get off on getting told what to do! Get off your podium and get gimp! This is clearly the only reasonable and logical way masculinity can survive into the future.*
*At least, until we dismantle the system of patriarchal oppression and build a new generation of gimp suit free, non-dickheads who are emotionally stable, more inclusive and less sad all the time.
Jackson Farley: Bio
Jackson Farley is a multidisciplinary artist living and working in Sydney, Australia. With a particular focus on outmoded notions of masculinity in the contemporary, he explores phallocentric histories and 'genius art'. Through anecdotes and bad jokes, Jackson's work explores archaic perceptions of the masculine and its now hopeful demise.
Blending collage, drawing, video, textile and print, the artist's aim is to critique hierarchies and histories associated with manhood, while simultaneously appealing to its toxic, or degenerative side through crude dick jokes and 'hectic dance bangers'. While the works are a critique of hyper-masculinity, they are intended to open up dialogues with the perpetrators themselves. Ultimately, the aim is to show men that there is a more pluralistic approach to masculinity that can break away from notions of the 'genius' and allow for a revision of what it means to be a man.
Jackson completed a Bachelor of Visual Arts with First Class Honours at the Sydney College of the Arts in 2017 and was awarded the University Awards for Drawing and Printmedia. He has also studied at the Maryland Institute College of Art in Baltimore, USA and was awarded the China Cultural Centre residency in Chengdu, China in 2017. In 2019, he was selected as a finalist in the Fauvette Loureiro Memorial Artists Travel Scholarship Exhibition and in 2018, was selected for the Blake Prize, The Churchie and for Hatched.
Jackson Farley: CV October, 2020
Education
2017
Bachelor of Visual Arts (Honours, First Class)
Sydney College of the Arts, University of Sydney
2016
Bachelor of Visual Arts
Sydney College of the Arts, University of Sydney
Solo exhibitions
2020
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Stanley Street Gallery, Darlinghurst, NSW
2019
Self Conscious Kev and friends
Stanley Street Gallery, Darlinghurst, NSW
Two person exhibitions
2018
Introducing
Stanley Street Gallery, Darlinghurst, NSW
Group exhibitions
2019
Selected Artist, Fauvette Loureiro Memorial Artists Travel Scholarship Exhibition
Sydney College of the Arts, Rozelle, NSW
2018
Finalist Exhibition, The Churchie National Emerging Art Prize
Institute of Modern Art, QLD
Finalist Exhibition, Blake Prize
Casula Powerhouse Arts Centre, NSW
Hatched National Graduate Show
Perth Institute of Contemporary Art, WA
2017
Honours Graduate Exhibition
Sydney College of the Arts, Rozelle NSW
2016
Eruptions of the Digital into the Physical
Gallery CA, Baltimore, MD, USA
Maryland Institute College of Art Film Festival
MICA, Baltimore, MD, USA
#LookingThroughTheEyesOfMachinesAsStudents
F-Block Gallery, University of West England, UK
Undergraduate Exhibition
Sydney College of the Arts, Rozelle, NSW
2015
FRE$H PRINT$
107 Projects Redfern, Sydney
The Other Art Fair
Central Park, Sydney
Paste-modernism IV
AMBUSH GALLERY, Sydney
2014
Centenary Foundation Fundraiser
CO-LAB, Chasm Gallery, Sydney
2013
World Stencil Art Prize
Chrissie Cotter Gallery, Sydney
Group Show
Artspace, Mackay, QLD
STUSS
Chalk Horse Gallery, Sydney
Eastudio
Beach Road Hotel, Sydney
2012
Australian Stencil Art Prize
Chrissie Cotter Gallery, Sydney
Bondi Youth Art Award
Bondi Pavilion, Sydney
Waverley Council Street Art Prize
Waverley Woollahra Art School, Sydney
2011
Australian Stencil Art Prize
Chrissie Cotter Gallery, Sydney
Young Artists Project – Outpost Street Art Festival
Cockatoo Island, Sydney
Paste-modernism III – Outpost Street Art Festival
Cockatoo Island, Sydney
Awards and achievements
2019
Finalist Fauvette Loureiro Memorial Artists Travel Scholarship Exhibition
Sydney College of the Arts, Rozelle, NSW
2018
Finalist, The Churchie National Emerging Art Prize,
QLD
Finalist, Hatched
Perth Institute of Contemporary Art, WA
2017
Dean’s Award for Printmedia and Drawing
Sydney College of the Arts, Rozelle NSW
2013
Finalist, World Stencil Art Prize
Chrissie Cotter Gallery, Sydney
2012
Finalist, Australian Stencil Art Prize
Chrissie Cotter Gallery, Sydney
2nd Place, Bondi Youth Art Award
Bondi Pavilion, Sydney
Winner, Waverley Council Street Art Prize
Waverley Woollahra Art School, Sydney
2011
Finalist, Australian Stencil Art Prize
Chrissie Cotter Gallery, Sydney
Reviews and publicity
‘Cuts Above the Rest’, Katrina Lobley. National Print and Online for Fairfax Media Network in Saturday Spectrum section: http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/art-and-design/cuts-above-the-rest-20130227-2f6wf
‘Five Minutes With Jackson Farley’ by Maria Maung. National Online for Backyard Opera.
‘Jackson’s Street Savvy Art’ by Zilka Grogan. Local Print circulation with Wentworth Courier.
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