Here and Now: Gold Coast Triennial 2024 Digital Gallery
Sebastian Moody
b.1979 Sydney NSW, lives Brisbane QLD
Things would be a lot easier if desire didn't lead to suffering, 2023
acrylic on marine plywood
Image courtesy of the artist. Photographer: Louis Lim
Artist Statement
This work is part of the artist's ongoing interest in 'Spiritual Capitalism'.
Things would be a lot easier if desire didn't lead to suffering is intended as a sarcastic jab at self-help culture, lamenting how ideas of enlightenment, spiritual fulfilment, and religious truisms have been co-opted by the wellness industry.
About the Artist
Sebastian Moody is a Queensland-based conceptual artist with a wide-ranging practice centred around language.
His recent projects include Sydney Contemporary, Bark Berlin Gallery, Open Studio at Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art where he engaged with their collection of instructional Fluxus art works to build a meditation space and poem-generating machine. Sebastian also recently completed commissions for Museum of Brisbane, Institute of Modern Art, Brisbane City Council, and HOTA Home of the Arts.
Sebastian Moody is represented by Onespace, Meanjin/Brisbane.
