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It's Always Darkest Just Before Dawn

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Sim Luttin, Moment #1 2015 sterling silver, glass, digital print on archival paper, 18ct yellow gold, steel



The Snug Space
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447 High Street
Northcote 3070
1-6 September
Tue-Sun 12-6pm

Artist Talk Sat 5 Sep, 2pm

It's Always Darkest Just Before Dawn is a contemporary, multi-disciplinary solo exhibition by Sim Luttin, which explores the significance of handmade objects at a time where people are engrossed in digital culture and mass-produced products. The exhibition investigates notions of the authentic versus the inauthentic, starting with digital images, photos and video documentation of her surroundings, which have informed two new collections of ephemeral and tangible contemporary art jewellery. In her artist statement Sim says, “In the West we live in a highly mediated society where the online world can be argued as replacing a more authentic, tactile one. We constantly upload photos and amass ubiquitous objects to validate our existence and create memories of ideal experiences. We live in the past and create unrealistic expectations for our future, leaving us in a general state of ambivalence and melancholy”.

Artist Sim Luttin

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Sim Luttin, Repeated Impressions, 2015, silver, nylon coated steel

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Sim Luttin, Souvenir Series #2 (framed), 2015, digital print on archival paper

About the Artist

Sim Luttin currently lives and works in Melbourne, Australia as a contemporary jeweller, craftsperson and artist, while also working as the Gallery Manager & Curator at Arts Project Australia. Sim has over 15 years experience as a maker, and finds her inspiration in nature and objects located in the everyday. Sim has exhibited in group exhibitions at Museum of Arts + Crafts, Itami; Velvet da Vinci, San Francisco; SoFA New York and Chicago; Powerhouse Museum, Sydney; and Craft, Melbourne and has work in the collections of the Art Gallery of South Australia (AGSA), Australia and Gallerie Marzee, Netherlands. simluttin.com


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