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MONKEYING AROUND EXHIBITION
Artists Rich A Wilson (RAWart) & Alice Welsh (aiwrawart) have collaborated on a new collection of artworks. “Monkeying Around” is an art show which playfully explores the theme of humanity’s primal instincts in the digital age. Drawing inspiration from the concept of infinite monkeys and the law of the jungle, the exhibit features a diverse range of artwork that reflects our animalistic nature and our fascination with advanced AI technology.
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The exhibition will be held at Arthouse, a bar and gallery space on Princes Avenue. Kicking off with an opening event on Saturday 27th May, featuring an eclectic line-up of local, national and international performers and DJs. The exhibition runs throughout June, where Rich and Alice will be artists in residence, working on permanent art installations in the space, merging their styles and themes.
Rich is a street artist, predominately working with stencils and spray cans, who held his first solo exhibition at Arthouse a year ago. With ‘WE ARE SIMULACRA’, he blew up out-of-context comic book panels, giving them new context and meaning alongside his idiosyncratic “brain in a bell jar” works - one of which was featured in the band LIFE’s video for ‘The Drug’.
Through this lens, “Monkeying Around” whimsically challenges us to question our place in a world where we are both creators and subjects of technology, mere monkeys tinkering with the limits of our own evolution.
Alice was the co-founder of the community arts group, Art You Experienced. Her last major exhibition work was while heavily pregnant at the Shirethorn House collective’s ‘SHH!’ Exhibition on Humber Street in April/May 2022. She has since picked the paintbrush and fine liner pen up again, to create her collection of botanical and music themed works which meet in the heart of the junglist.
Rich and Alice’s artworks will be for sale during the exhibition, where you can pick up original artworks, prints, tote bags and keyrings of their works. They invite you to join them in celebration of their new exhibition; an all-day event full of Live Music & DJ’s joining them from all over the country!
