UNDERGROWTH AT THE GIACOBETTI PAUL GALLERY

Undergrowth is a collection of work inspired by gardens. Perhaps a childhood garden. Trees, flowers, grass, perhaps a well and the occasional ….snail. It is a strange show in that the imagery ranges from the genuine and vibrant landscapes of Gretchen Kraus and Stephen Paul to the stuff of nightmares. Gretchen’s installation of images and painted branches moving to interrupt the viewers walk fittingly inspires the kind of terror at work on Katerina Marcelja’s giant slug, hopelessly and frantically trying to escape. And all of this around a scene from a nursery rhyme: a small hill, flowers, a well. And at the bottom of the well…..mouths, lips, buzzing. And lips in the grass and the flowers, all buzzing incoherently. An episode from Daniel Clapp’s exploration of sex and the sexes. This is a wonderfully quirky, yet shockingly beautiful exhibition including prints, paintings, sculpture, video and vast installations.