Big Whoop by Liam Murphy
5-19 December
'Big Whoop' is a response to the general ‘enshittification' of things at the moment - politics, the environment and‘cozzie livs'. It feels so overwhelming at times, like everything is going downhill, but we can only change what we can change, so I thought what can I do? How can I address these issues through an exhibition? So, I curated a series of happy and exuberant paintings to bring some joy into people's day to day lives.
A collection of smaller, more affordable works that are more accessible to people in the current economic climate. Repurposing materials that would have been sent to landfill, but instead have made into something beautiful. Little pieces that aspire to bring some joy and happiness into the world during times of uncertainty. An attempt to brighten peoples lives both literally and figuratively.'
Liam’s work is the evolution of his lifelong habit of doodling. Vast repetition and an innate understanding of colour create a sense of oddity which is both sophisticated and childlike.
Join Us
Join us at our Prahran Showroom for cold brew coffee as you explore Liam Murphy's latest collection of small & happy works.
Saturday 7 December
10am onwards
Fenton & Fenton Showroom
471 High Street, Prahran
5 - 19 December
Artist Bio
Liam Murphy
Liam's work is the evolution of his lifelong habit of doodling. Vast repetition and an innate understanding of colour create a sense of oddity which is both sophisticated and childlike.
Under rows of Norfolk Pines just north of the fortieth parallel in the teeth of a thrashing sou-wester behind the doors of an instant coffee brick veneer garage left of the quarter panels of a 71 Valiant Charger Liam toils night after night in a soft focus glow of red wine teeth on mad geometrics that threaten to channel the busted frequency signal on a mid-century Rank Arena TV or the visual equivalent of a Marshall feedback scream.
Lines that invoke the repetition of a scratched LP on a scale that would induce hand-cramp in lesser artists or those with no answer to what-are-you-doing-dad, turn-that-shit-down and the fraught moment of near perfection just before a small Murphy flings the bolognese.
These lines bring human chaos to heel, captured within the bounds of a handmade frame buzzed down from doorways benches stud frames school blackboards or stumps.