12 April – 3 May, 2014

Leisure Kitsch is collaborative work by Bonita Bub and Marilyn Schneider. The two artists have built a large 10 x 4 metre awning that fills the gallery space. By isolating this structure in the gallery context, it becomes reduced to a display that is devoid of any function. This shifts the focus to the choice of colour and materials, which aim to critique the aesthetic of commercial props and backdrops used in beachside architecture. The colour palette has been taken from images of “marine” furnishings in yachts, bars and resorts in Sydney and Miami to draw attention to a similar “lifestyle” setting existing on the Gold Coast. Leisure Kitsch is the first site specific installation work that Bub and Schneider have collaborated on.

Bonita Bub has a Master of Visual Arts from Sydney College of the Arts. She has studied under Professor Heimo Zobernig at the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna and in the Sculpture and Environmental Art Department at the Glasgow School of Art. She has participated in studio residencies at Firstdraft Depot and Artspace, and recently received an Australia Council ArtStart grant. She has shown work in Sydney, Vienna and Berlin. More recently she has been included in curated group shows at The Commercial, Sydney and Lisa Ruyter Gallery, Vienna.

Marilyn Schneider is currently completing her Masters of Fine Art at UNSW COFA. She has been awarded several studio residencies at Parramatta Artist Studios, Fraser Studios and Firstdraft Depot. Schneider has been included in exhibitions at MOP, Firstdraft, Alaska Projects and Artspace. She recently completed a studio residency at Red Gate in Beijing and had a solo show at 55 Sydenham Road.