9 November - 3 December 2022
BACK GALLERY

JAZMINE DENG
there is so much (... play, eat, rest, sleep, i can finally see you now)

The impermanence and ephemerality of our bodies and thoughts inspires me to play with artforms and examine our own process of infinite traversing.

By nature we live to die

drink to pee

feel to think

and speak to do. We are an action of cycle and we are continually in a process of transformation, simultaneously anchored in the present moment yet shifting into the illusory place we call the ‘future’.

What I do is a defiance against the production based capitalist system. Much of my work has a direct reference to the macabre, grotesque and unworthy because that is exactly what is deemed unlovable. To love our pain and love our shame is to challenge the system. Always.

Playfully arranging and transforming objects from one thing to another, from something unnoticed and neglected, to standing with presence within the walls of a gallery, challenges our own concerns of where we draw our integrity and value from.

I am constantly calling into question who demands where my value as a person lies.

ARTIST BIO

Jazmine Deng is a visual artist living and working on unceded Kaurna Yerta. She graduated from Adelaide Central School of Art in 2021 and has since been involved in numerous artist-led projects, performances and exhibitions. Recent works include her MUD: HUMUS performance based residency hosted at Ancient World, and Pendulum, a group show curated by Jonathan Kim currently showing at Nexus Arts. Her practice spans video, sculptural assemblage, painting, writing, drawing, installation, dance and performance art.