Worlds Away, Bayside Arts Centre Melbourne 2016

View the catalogue essay by Claire Anna Watson

"In Kevin Chin’s paintings the phantasmagorical is unearthed... It is as though his protagonists are all intertwined, engaged in an uncanny dance with not only nature but also earthly possessions. The purpose of this dance: to unravel the nature of reality and allow magic to intervene. It is a dance of self-dissolution, communion and bliss at the expense of time, sorrow and the minutiae of daily life...

...Things are not quite as they seem in the world of Kevin Chin. He marries the banal with the fantastical. His is a mystical and transcendental discourse where inner states of tranquillity and equanimity are cultivated across all life forms including inanimate objects. It is a realm where dream states rule, a place we can only ponder if it’s truly worlds away."
- Claire Anna Watson, 2016

This project has been assisted by the Australian Government through the Australia Council, its arts funding and advisory body.

Grow Together
Oil on linen 2016
137 x 198 cm

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Shovel Aside
Oil on linen 2016
137 x 198 cm

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Airlift
Oil on linen 2016
137 x 198 cm

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Witch Hat - Finalist in the 2016 Redland Award
Oil on linen 2016
137 x 94 cm

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Veils - Finalist in the 2016 Incinerator Award
Oil on linen 2016
137 x 97 cm

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No Rest - Finalist in the 2015 Arthur Guy Prize
Oil on linen 2015
137 x 198 cm