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When: Friday,May 30, 5:30-6:30pm

Where: Galleries at The Mill, 154 Angas Street, Kaurna Yarta, Adelaide

Cost: Free

The Mill invites you to join us for an Artist Talk with Lucky Smith and Meg Mader.

About the exhibitions

Under 30s Eat Free combines pop-art flatness with anthropomorphic characters, exploring contemporary anxieties in a way that is both jovial and deadly serious. Bold and bright, and slightly disconcerting, we see Lucky’s subjects navigating everyday scenarios in unusual ways - a day at the beach turns into a most strange place to adopt a kitten, while a Rapa Nui (Easter Island) moai statue spills the tea on a date at a Parisienne bistro. Lucky has also begun exploring the addition of textured oil paint within his otherwise modernly flat scenes, bringing a new quality within the paintings. The body of works are uncanny and relatable, shedding light on the ‘coming of age’ we experience as we enter our 30s.

Patterned Disproportion uses Meg’s signature vibrant painting style, taking viewers on an imaginative journey through playful, disproportionate and extraordinary scenes. Checkerboard floors and ornate wallpaper come together to give a glimpse into the lives of music-playing ornaments, mischievous gnomes and a most sophisticated doll house. We’re invited to fill in the narrative, whose beautiful house is this? Is this maggie performing a Billie Holiday tribute? Indeed, could the ornaments and pets in our own homes also have such glamorous secret lives?

About our venue

The Mill is an accessible space. Disability access is available via Angas Street, and a disability toilet is also available. More access information is available on our website. If you have any questions or additional accessibility requirements, please contact us at info@themilladelaide.com

Please ensure you read our Covid-19 policy before attending our venue.

Image: Bri Hammond