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Flash Appearances of an Assortment 
Curated by Lilly Skipper
HAIR (@hair__ari) 514 Elizabeth St, Naarm
April 24 - May 08 2025

Aaron Ashwood
Lou Hubbard
Tarquin Charlesworth
Ebben Saunders
Sadie Whelan
Lily Arapera Gentile
Lilly Skipper 

Text By Lilly Skipper:
Situated within a converted hair salon, one could contemplate the near-identical word ‘saloon’; an interplay channeling the becoming of HAIR as a dynamic, hybrid site — one that retains the essence of aesthetic labour in its transition from salon to gallery. The word ‘saloon’ — one of its many meanings translating to “reception room” — carries nuanced connotations of gathering and exchange. Filtered through the lens of the gallery’s transformation, artworks become less bound by etiquette and more open to interruption, “shedding their glamour” (1). Hybrid materials meet an indeterminate fate, fabricated by each artist, and like momentary acquaintances, provoke fleeting, autonomous encounters. Through the coherent use of garments, each artist’s ‘apparel’  curates a collective attire of works — polite, yet informal. No appointment necessary, viewers engage with coexisting forms as passing “flashes,” rendered as an “assortment” that softens into an overarching “appearance”.

(1) — ‘Stuff Theory,’ Maurizia Boscagli, 2014

Window text designed by Finn Stewart

Installation view 

The Conception of the Lifestyle Guru, 2025
Plywood, nails, plaster, lace crop top, plastic, trackie waistband
43 x 30 cm 

Installation view

Installation view

Installation view

Installation view