JOSH PETHERICKhails from Melbourne, Australia. Born in 1979, Josh spent his youth growing up in the Adelaide hills of South Australia completely infatuated with the natural world (especially the mythological), punk rock and drawing. He recently located to the Netherlands where he currently lives and works. A true original wizard, working across the fields of graphic design, illustration, exhibition, film and musical disciplines. RAD-I-CAL, a personal favourite of mine...ermmm, that's quite enough fanning out Simon!
an international group exhibition showcasing the outpourings of a group of like minded image-makers. This exhibition can be seen as an expression of these artists compulsion to create. Fundamentally, the artists in the show all share an essential motivation to explore the possibilities of enhancing everyday life by making magic from the mundane. The works in the show utilize modest and direct means including works in pencil, paint and ink along with photographic works which record and celebrate everyday happenstances.
All the artworks express what could be termed a ‘hope-tinged anxiety’. As
such, in various ways, the works offer a subconscious social commentary on
the uncertainty of the times we are all living in. Specifically, what comes
to the fore are common concerns and a positive interest with dipping into
the past and championing seemingly long-forgotten notions such as thriftyness and a delight in the ordinary everyday detritus of life in order to counteract the context of a world today brimming with unwanted junk and jumble that has been manufactured for the transitory ‘now’.
JOSH PETHERICK
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