Title

Mary Reid Kelley: Priapus agonistes.

Venues

Art Gallery of Western Australia. (20 May 2016 – 25 September 2016)

Date

(2016)

Summary

Single-artist exhibition. Located: Australia (WA). Photography (film).

Country of context

Australia

Abstract

One of a group of works made by young American artist Mary Reid Kelley that re-examine aspects of Greek mythology. Combining humour and tragedy, the film focuses on a minotaur roaming a labyrinth beneath a gymnasium, waiting for members of the losing team to be sent down as food, and the posturing of one of the players, Priapus who, at the film’s end, will descend to destroy the creature. As in all mythology nothing is black and white, and plot and sub plot weave over each other in this playful and inventive work. [Gallery media].