Digital Catalogue: 2024 Josephine Ulrick and Win Schubert Photography Award
Anna Carey
b. 1987 Tweed Heads NSW, lives Tweed Heads NSW
Deluxe, 2024
giclée print
edition 1/6
Image courtesy of the artist © Anna Carey
Artist Statement
Deluxe consists of a photograph of a fictional psychic shopfront that I started in the pandemic when the future was unknown. The building is based on Burleigh Arcade on the Gold Coast yet is reimagined by combining elements from numerous places worldwide producing a homogenised space that is both local yet global.
Using the psychic signs on the building questions what the future holds for this space. Overall the work examines the way people attempt to make sense of the unknown future, chaos and things unseen, offering a glimmer of hope where reality and fantasy can co-exist.
About the Artist
Anna Carey is an artist based on the Gold Coast who works with miniature model making and photography. Anna completed a Bachelor of Visual Media with Honours (first class) at Queensland College of Art and received her Doctorate in 2020 with QCA.
She has exhibited at Photo L.A., Los Angeles; Andrew Baker Art Dealer, Brisbane, Dlux Media Arts, Federation Square, Melbourne and the Museum of Brisbane. Her work has been acquired by The Los Angeles County Museum of Art, National Gallery of Australia, Artbank, HOTA Gallery, University of Queensland, Caboolture Regional Art Gallery and numerous private collections.
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