by Connor Ovenden-Shaw
April 29 to May 24 , 2020
Iuventus is the second solo exhibition by local queer artist Connor Ovenden-Shaw.
Carrying on from Connor’s solo exhibition Lineage at Warrnambool Art Gallery in 2017, which explored how femininity had interweaved and shaped his upbringing through the use of strong female figures he had surrounding him, Iuventus is a further exploration of his youth through similar themes ,femininity ,sexuality, loss , and family breakdown. Iuventus is less subtle and more light-hearted in its approach of hard hitting moments in Connor’s life in a bid for the viewer to connect his past experiences with that of their own upbringing or family trials. These mixed media works touch on youth, sexuality, gender and growing up in rural Australia through the use of family photographs.
