8 September to 24 December 2016
Melbourne has been a stomping ground for street preachers for more than a century. In recent decades, Desmond Hynes has been the number 1 evangelist, proselytising through both the oral and written word.
The lately ‘retired’ Hynes combines the visual power of art and advertising on hand-painted signs and shopping trolleys covered in Jesus slogans. Unrefined and yet savvy, his unique hand-lettering is urgent and compelling, transcending the religious content of his god-fearing message.
Curated by Joanna Bosse
Curator Joanna Bosse currently works with various museums and galleries in Victoria having previously held positions at the University of Melbourne’s Ian Potter Museum of Art and the Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane. Current curatorial projects include the Indigenous Ceramic Art Award, Shepparton Art Museum, and Language of stone, Fukutake House Asia Art Platform, Setouchi Triennial, Japan, part of an Asialink curatorial residency.