Instruments of decoration such as ostrich and peacock feathers, velvet fabric, coral jewellery, tassels and braiding to collage against images of power; hands, shoulders, crossed arms in well-tailored business suits.
Tapping the look and feel of 17th Century Dutch portrait paintings, with their lexicon of colonial wealth, hierarchies and domestication of people, plants and things.
Taking as a starting point the hands of the then Treasurer, Scott Morrison, when he touted a lump of coal in Australian Parliament, 2017
R: Installation view, Artereal Gallery