Brett Colquhoun’s work The Mirror (2010) is currently on show in the collection group exhibition Both Body and Not held at the Mornington Regional Peninsula Gallery (MPRG).
Showcasing works from the museum’s collection, the exhibition aims to think beyond the self through artworks that situate themselves as markers of the communities and universe we inhabit. Thinking about a shared philosophical venture of humanity and art, the show takes it’s departure point from the Austrian architect, philosopher and artist Friedensreich Hundertwasser’s theory of the five ‘skins’: bodily skin, clothing, community, ecologies and universe. These layers provide a useful reference point for how an individual connects to the various layers of their environment, as the show highlights works in the collection that reference ideas of body, community and universe as ‘layers of being’.
Both Body and Not
Mornington Regional Peninsula Gallery
22 June – 18 August 2024