| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Publication status | Published - 14 Sept 2013 |
Bibliographical note
Impact: The Exhibition and publication 'Amnesiac Hide' focuses on Nelson's continuing work with the stereotypical outsider—the fur trapper, the Beatnik, the mountain man, the lone wanderer, the biker, the outlaw, the pioneer—and how the perception of this archetype is eroded and recast in the popular imagination.Nelson's fascination with the outsider unfolds with a variety of his personal experiences whilst travelling; the death of friend and collaborator Erland Williamson; and the patterns of chance and coincidence that formed around his works to inform a series of installations—structures empty of occupants which blur the line between the fictional and the real, and unfold as carefully constructed and richly suggestive frozen narratives. Among these is 'The Amnesiacs' — a serial work inventing and exploring the fictional historiography of the titular biker gang—begun by the artist in 1996. Here takes form in a series of works ranging from a huge construction from five aluminium trailers, to a room of sculptures asked up from the Pacific coast, a slide projection, and a Ghost story told through old redundant photocopiers.
Keywords
- Art and design
