“A is for Anvil”
Roy Ananda
27 Oct → 11 Nov 2006
A is for Anvil is a new body of work by Roy Ananda.
Here, Ananda examines the codes, conventions and peculiar logic of the cartoon world…a world where light bulbs signal flashes of inspiration, one’s heart leaps out of one’s chest at the sight of a prospective significant other and stars circle one’s head after a nasty knock.
Ananda speculates on these fanciful conceits, translating them into sculptural objects. The slippage that occurs in this translation draws the artist into a fertile world of improvisation and making do. The resulting works are playful, poetic portals between the carton world and our own.
Roy Ananda is an artist, writer, and educator practicing in Tarndanya/Adelaide. His objects, drawings, installations, texts, and videos variously celebrate popular culture, play, process, and the very act of making.