VCA ART 2022

James Farrar

Bachelor of Fine Arts (Drawing & Printmaking)

My works are a product of my personal journey as an adopted Korean male living in Australia. I aim to depict the emotional turmoil that results from a search for an Australian – Korean identity. Primarily working with large scale linocut prints, my works are allegorical and adapt mythology and folklore to my contemporary context. I combine imagery of dance, movement, music and war to convey the constant noise of my thoughts which unsettle and plague me. This idea of inner conflict is furthered through the medium of printmaking, where the gestural line work embodies this chaotic tension.

Install photograph from 2022 VCA Gradshow
James Farrar, My Orphic Odyssey, linoprints on paper, paired with wooden reliefs and sculptural installations, prints 104 x 124 cm, sculptures dimensions variable, 2022. Documentation by Lucy Foster.
Lino print on paper paired with sculptural installations from 2022 VCA Gradshow
James Farrar, My Orphic Odyssey, linoprint on paper, paired with wooden sculptural installations, print 104 x 124 cm, sculpture dimensions variable, 2022.
Lino print on paper paired with a sculptural installation from 2022 VCA Gradshow
James Farrar, My Orphic Odyssey, linoprint on paper, paired with wooden sculptural relief, print 104 x 124 cm, sculpture dimensions 90 x 32 cm, 2022.
Lino print on paper paired with a sculptural installation from 2022 VCA Gradshow
James Farrar, My Orphic Odyssey, linoprint on paper, paired with wooden sculptural relief, print 104 x 124 cm, sculpture dimensions 98 x 35 cm, 2022. Documentation by Lucy Foster.
Lino print on paper paired with sculptural installations from 2022 VCA Gradshow
James Farrar, My Orphic Odyssey, linoprint on paper, paired with wooden sculptures, print 104 x 124 cm, sculpture dimensions variable, 2022.
Lino print on paper paired with sculptural installations from 2022 VCA Gradshow
James Farrar, My Orphic Odyssey, linoprint on paper, paired with wooden sculptures, print 104 x 124 cm, sculpture dimensions variable, 2022.
Install photograph from 2022 VCA Gradshow
James Farrar, My Orphic Odyssey, linoprints on paper, paired with wooden reliefs and sculptural installations, prints 104 x 124 cm, sculptures dimensions variable, 2022.

We acknowledge and pay respect to the Traditional Owners of the lands upon which our campus is situated, the people of the Boon Wurrung and Woi Wurrung, who have created art, made music and told their stories here for thousands of generations. We also acknowledge and extend our respect to the Traditional Owners of all lands on which our work is viewed, shared and enjoyed, and to all Elders, past, present and emerging.

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