EXHIBITION HOURS
12–6PM TH–SA, 12–4PM SU

OPENING DRINKS
4–7PM SATURDAY NOV 16

 

A Worm Will Turn is a double show by two artists with a lot in common. Aisling and Phoebe have day jobs in retail, are Neurodiverse and approaching their mid-30s. They both studied 2D art over a decade ago, and have continued maintaining a prolific output, with a special focus on figurative inkings. When they noticed the many parallels in their lives, putting on a show together seemed like a natural direction to head in.

A Worm Will Turn’s two halves form a whole duality that pushes away from a loss of creative drive – it’s a rebellion in continuous movement. We work to live, not live to work. A Worm Will Turn against anyone telling them not to make, against any self doubt in a city with conflicting notions of success, against being told to sit still.

Aisling’s series observes the physical form through mark-making. Her pieces contain joy through immediate movement. Body horror informs these pieces, and the narrative is communicated with detailed linework, crosshatching, stippling and bold colour.

Phoebe’s series, the Marrick Arcana, asks their ancestors which direction to head in Sydney, with the Tarot Deck’s Major Arcana symbolism being used as a jumping-off point. Their Maori art-styled inkings tell The Fool’s Journey narrative as you follow the direction of the figure’s gazes.

PHOEBE KIRI

Phoebe Kiri ‘Koru Gate Opens’ – $390
Phoebe Kiri ‘Te Wairangi, The Fool’ – NFS
Phoebe Kiri ‘Te Tohunga Makutu, The Magician’ – $390
Phoebe Kiri ‘Te Tohunga Wahine, The High Priestess’ – $390
Phoebe Kiri ‘Te Tohunga, The Hierophant’ – $390
Phoebe Kiri ‘Te Wira, The Wheel’ – $390
Phoebe Kiri ‘Te Tangata Tarona, The Hanged One’ – $390
Pheobe Kiri ‘Whakawa Judgement’ – NFS
Phoebe Kiri ‘Te Ao, The World’ – $390
Phoebe Kiri ‘ Koru Gate Open Further’ – $390
Phoebe Kiri ‘January 2023 Self Portrait’ – $150
Phoebe Kiri ‘Feburary 2023 Self Portrait’ – $150
Phoebe Kiri ‘March 2023 Self Portrait’ – NFS
Phoebe Kiri ‘April 2023 Self Portrait’ – $150
Phoebe Kiri ‘August 2023 Self Portrait’ – $150
Phoebe Kiri ‘September 2023 Self Portrait’ – $150
Phoebe Kiri ‘Deacon Hikes The Concrete Blues’ – $250

AISLING ISOLDE

Aisling Isolde ‘Sausages or Intestines’ – $350
Aisling Isolde ‘Premiere Position’ – $314
Aisling Isolde ‘Hail to Sol’ – $319
Aisling Isolde ‘Miss Fingerling’ – $350
Aisling Isolde ‘Thumbelina’ – SOLD
Aisling Isolde ‘Phalangic Entity’ – $289
Aisling Isolde ‘The Peaceful Clown’ – $350
Aisling Isolde ‘Call of the (A)Void’ – $350 (or $500 for the pair with ‘Dreaming of Anywhere But Here’)
Aisling Isolde ‘Dreaming of Anywhere But Here’ – $350 (or $500 for the pair with ‘Call of the (A)Void’)
Aisling Isolde ‘Ants Haunt My Dream’ – $320
Aisling Isolde ‘Phallic Mycelium’ – $344
Aisling Isolde ‘Dissolving Into Particles’ – $339
Aisling Isolde ‘Endocrine Delights’ – $289
Aisling Isolde ‘Phalangeal Proliferation’ – $329
Aisling Isolde ‘Abomination’ – $339
Aisling Isolde ‘Phalycelium’ – SOLD
Aisling Isolde
Aisling Isolde
Aisling Isolde ‘Finding Peace Within the Daily Horrors’ – $550 (Work sold as diptych with ‘Quiet Dissonance)
Aisling Isolde ‘Quiet Dissonance’ – $550 (Work sold as diptych with ‘Finding Peace Within the Daily Horrors’)
Aisling Isolde ‘Clap! Clap! The Wind-Up Doll Must Dance!’ – $515 (Work sold as diptych with ‘We Laugh, Pull, and Stretch the Grunts’)
Aisling Isolde ‘We Laugh, Pull, and Stretch the Grunts. We Pull and Pluck Until Their Soul Has Withered’ – $515 (Work sold as diptych with ‘Clap! Clap! The Wind-Up Doll Must Dance’)
Aisling Isolde ‘The Twins’ – SOLD
Aisling Isolde ‘The Twins 2’ – SOLD
Aisling Isolde ‘Oh, Praise Thee All Knowing Shroom’ – $500 (Work sold as diptych with ‘Phalantilus’)
Aisling Isolde ‘Phalantilus’ – $500 (Work sold as diptych with ‘Oh, Praise Thee All Knowing Shroom’)

ABOUT THE ARTISTS

Phoebe Kiri

I am a Maori (Waikato) visual artist living in Marrickville with my partner, also a creative. I was born in Manly and grew up on the Central Coast. I studied Fine Art at the University of Newcastle between 2010 and 2014, afterwards completing an apprenticeship in tattooing on the Central Coast. I moved back to Sydney late in 2015, taking a break from tattooing and becoming a part of the Inner West zine scene.

The pursuit of creativity in a like-minded community is the driving force in my life. Hope-Punk is a pretty solid description of my life philosophy. I love working in a lot of different traditional drawing mediums, styles and genres but what keeps my art stitched together as one body of work is the use of ink, specifically crosshatching. I love colour. I’m influenced by lowbrow psychedelia/Surrealism, Maori storytelling/symbolism and the maximalism of the natural world.

I’ll try any drawing subject once, but I especially love depicting portraiture, creatures, landscapes, album covers, tattoo flash designs, life drawing and abstracts. I find the “kitchen sink” presentation style of my ideas represents it best. I love keeping an ongoing sketchbook, and enjoy continuously working towards filling them. I love writing and playing the clarinet. I love listening to the stories of others.

Find out more @riskytxt

Aisling Isolde

Aisling was born and raised in the Big Smoke aka Sydney. While mostly self taught, she studied Fine Arts for two years at Meadowbank TAFE before dropping out, as Aisling has never really enjoyed being told what to do.

Body horror and the macabre has always captivated Aisling throughout the years. The feeling within the soul illustrated upon the flesh. Sometimes words cannot truly express these abstract feelings and only drawing seems suitable. She also wishes to capture a sense of peace within the horror, as in a sense of surrender and acceptance.

Find out more @aiiisling