Current Modelling

Collage on card
130mm x 180mm (artwork size)
200mm x 250mm (frame size)
2023
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Current Modelling explores identity as a system constantly under scrutiny. Borrowing from the language of simulation, prediction, and fashion, it shows how models — whether human or mathematical — are staged, calibrated, and judged. The work suggests a tension between the individual and the frameworks that measure them: the body as data, the self as performance. The collage questions whether “current modelling” is about truth at all, or a mirror reflecting back hard-wired biases.
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Visually bold and conceptually charged, this is Paperpunk at its sharpest: glossy, fractured, and alive with tension. Current Modelling turns mass-media gloss into a critique of power, while remaining playful and electric. It’s a striking artwork that rewards repeated looking — a compelling piece for any collection that values originality and provocation.
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The artwork has been framed behind glass with white matt and a black border. There is a wire on the reverse side so that it is ready for immediate hanging.
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In 2024, this artwork was exhibited in the CONTENT exhibition that was held in Braemar Gallery (Springwood, NSW).

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For the last 30 years I have been making physical, analogue, hand-cut collage art using only found materials.

That is an important distinction to make. When sourcing materials my work I do not use any form of reproduction, copying or digital manipulation in any way. All of the elements, all of the images that I use in my artworks, have been collected from the pages of magazines, books and comics, or from other printed materials like pamphlets, posters or flyers. A large part of the process of creating these pieces lies in the collection of the components. That is the thrill of the hunt; looking for the right pieces to fit together in order to create these compositions. Once found, the images are then hand cut from the page, most often with the use of scissors.

Once the materials have been collected and the collage has been constructed, my artwork then undergoes a process of varnishing, which not only give the collage a nice finish but also vastly improves the permanence of the item. All of the work that you see here has been treated with many layers of varnish and then buffed to a smooth finish. I often complete these artworks with a glossy top coat that gives each piece a shiny lustre that greatly enhances the vibrancy of the colours.

My studio is in the Blue Mountains west of Sydney, on Dharug and Gundungurra country.