Jason Phu in ‘Echoes’ at Goulburn Regional Art Gallery

Jason Phu’s works are currently exhibited at Goulburn Regional Gallery as part of ‘Echoes.’ Curated by Yvette Dal Pozzo, the group exhibition will be on view until November 9th. 

Echoes explores reverberations in the human experience. The exhibition brings together works by eight Australian artists who examine the idea of echoes in diverse ways. It presents works that uncover past lives, alter egos and feedback loops. The works unpack personal, social and cultural histories and considers the distortion and loss of memory over time. The works utilise repetition, surrealism, and abstraction to communicate the unstable and subjective way that we recall lived experiences and histories.

Echoes features artists who are actively invested in how the past informs the present. Spanning neon, textiles, concrete, bronze, painting and photography, many of the works consider physical materials as carriers of memory. The diverse artworks in Echoesevoke the senses and explore the interplay between enduring legacies and ephemeral experiences.

Works on view:

1. ‘i would have come by sooner / but i riding on the grandfather turtle from the beginning of eternity, on whence our reality is built / who does not adhere to’, 2024, acrylic on polycotton, 150 x 130 cm
2. ‘and finally ? the saxophone of early morning / sounds its sonorous sound / sending the rats scurrying / and the flowers blooming / brrrp brrrp brrrrrrrpppppp / the blinding orange light / saves us’, 2024, acrylic on linen, 183 x 152 cm
3. ‘i saw two men drive past / in a bright red car / and run over / a snake as old as time / and yell out to me / “the blue lotus will ruse / do not trust the giant baby’, 2024, acrylic on linen, 183 x 152 cm