Baru Art presents Zeke’s World, a new installation at Redfern’s Social-Laneway Café. This collection of work – with titles such as “Aquamarine Glitter Hill” and “Wormy Necklace” – forms the series Zeke’s World – an imaginarium that recalls the hi-fructose landscapes of installation artists like Pip & Pop. Yet for all the sweetness of the artist known as Zeke, there is an edge to Zeke’s World, fusing candy dreamscapes to science fiction nightmares with a hot-glue gun.
The work is a semi-retrospective installation partnered with the Social-Laneway. Lush textures and rich colours form the foundation of the highly decorative work, which can be used to adorn both space and body.
With a formal background in fashion design, Zeke’s Lunchbox merges controlled elements of design with the chaos of creative production. Her use of abundant found and recycled materials reflects on our collective obsession with “stuff”. These sickly saccharine forms behave as objects that remind us of a culture of excess and suggest that our gluttonous consumption of all things material might actually be making us sick.
Zeke’s work has been exhibited in a multitude of group shows across Australia, including Speak Up at the Damien Minton Gallery, Here Comes the Sun at Kaleidoscope Gallery and Stay Fly Block Party at Ambush Gallery. Zeke has been commissioned for art performances at festivals and design conferences across Australia like Semi-Permanent and Art, Not Apart.
