Alrey Batol’s third solo exhibition, ‘Kerbside Ikebana’, brings together new works examining material culture in the First World. Alrey’s practice looks at our attitudes of affluence particularly towards novelty, obsolescence and disutility. This exhibition will feature an array of works from photographs and handmade paper, to a large installation work that reassembles unwanted kerbside furniture with the delicate sensibilities of Japanese flower arrangement.
Please join Alrey Batol at A-CH Gallery on Friday 4th September at 6pm for light refreshments to celebrate the opening of ‘Kerbside Ikebana’.
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Born in Philippines and then immigrating to Australia at the age of ten, Alrey Batol is a multidisciplinary artist based in Brisbane. He holds a Bachelor of Communication Design as well as a Bachelor of Fine Art, and has exhibited locally and nationally around Australia, including Boxcopy (Bris), Seventh Gallery (Melb), The Walls Art Space (Gold Coast) and Museum of Contemporary Art (Syd). Alrey was a finalist in the Churchie National Emerging Art Prize in 2015.
