Image: Matt Bissett-Johnson, The Tower Exterior, 2024, acrylic on canvas
An Alternative Prehistory (Reality Optional) by Matt Bissett-Johnson presents a selection of acrylic paintings alongside a series of animated short films. The exhibition creates an alternative history, or false palaeontology and a sensory experience with an undercurrent of satire and an alternate reality.
Like an outdated scientific illustration, the paintings reveal unknown and unlikely creatures. Some paintings act as the background for the animated films. Bissett-Johnson’s films are visionary narratives that defy logic or conventional storytelling, challenging the viewer to suspend reason, and go along with their stream of consciousness.
For more information please contact Arts in Maroondah on 0417 915 347 or email gallery@maroondah.vic.gov.au.
Maroondah Federation Estate, 32 Greenwood Avenue, Ringwood, 3134, View map
32 Greenwood Avenue , Ringwood 3134
Free
This exhibition can be viewed at Maroondah Federation Estate Gallery from Monday 21 July to Friday 5 September 2025.
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