EO GILL

SCREWBALL, VERGE GALLERY, NSW, AU - 22 JUNE-22 JULY 2022
EO GILL (CUR), FRANCES BARRETT, ARCHIE BARRY, BRIAN FUATA, STANYA KAHN AND HARRY DODGE, SIONE MONŪ, JIMMY NUTTALL, NAT RANDALL & ANNA BRECKON, GARDEN REFLEXXX, P. STAFF, ATHENA THEBUS & CHLOE CORKRAN

The Screwball is a slippery figure. It is made up of multiple referents, always pointing elsewhere. On the one hand, it points to a classical Hollywood comedy style that engages gender and sexual tensions, often across class lines. It also points to screwy personas like the clown, the jester and the fool. Screwing or fooling around means to toy with, to test, to tease. This exhibition harnesses the playfully referential nature of the screwball to frame performance and video practices that exist on the edges of citation. These slightly off depictions of reality challenge what is usually considered intact and valuable.