The Republic of Dark
ROY Presents: Andrew Au
Fri, Apr 10, 2020 - 6:30 PM
Sat, May 2, 2020 - 3:30 PM
This body of work is a return to etching for me. I have always enjoyed the textural qualities that etching can provide, reminiscent of aged sketches, weathered by time. In 2016, I felt blindsided by the election of Donald Trump. The election became a consciousness raising event that our nation had willfully chosen this direction of leadership. It seemed as though our empire was somehow in its twilight, our own Hellenistic Period upon us. The imagery is based on the tension and apprehension that I felt. What imagery would accompany an empire losing its position and moral compass? Many of the plates borrow from Hellenistic tropes, figures in roles of dominance and subordination, a pre-occupation with death and combat, psychological splits within a frame, or general sense of tension and apprehension. The plates are fragmentary, cut and punctured, tarnished and corroded.
Andrew answers the questions ROY asks, listen here
Watch Andrew create and in this video too
Artwork is for sale and priced as marked. $450 framed, $300 unframed. Artists receive 65% of sales and the 35% ROY retains is invested back into the gallery.
1st row left > right
Actio Religione Fulmine Terres (Bolt Action Religion), Dolus Specialis (Special Deceit), Fillius Tenebris (Son of the Dark) Ne Exeat (Do Not Let Him Escape)
2nd row left > right
Res Nullius (Nobody’s Thing), Malum in Se (Evil in Itself), Vis Major (Superior Force)
