Artbox Commission Graduate Award
The Assembly Line is a series of figurative monotype prints on fabric, wrapped around handmade frames. The figures within are Australians and Afghans, farmers, soldiers, mothers and ravers. Through its diverse portraits, The Assembly Line depicts the connections between a global opioid epidemic and an armed conflict. Most prints measure 80 x 60cm, but are complemented by a few smaller pieces. The works are installed to appear as objects collected or discarded haphazardly, stacked or placed on the floor. This reflects how human lives are treated like resources within a web of for-profit conflict and crisis. That these works depict figures from different sides of the world suggests the need for solidarity across borders.
Ryan Campbell is a multi-disciplinary artist situated in Melbourne’s east, studying a Bachelor of Fine Arts in his third year at RMIT University. Working predominantly in print and digital mediums, Ryan investigates reproductive art processes, the poor image and détournement. His art practice traces the material and conceptual limitations of each medium, finding inspiration in their rough edges. From this process comes work focused on digital alienation, mass media and global crises. Involvement in group exhibitions around Melbourne has included Deadline at iSquared Gallery, Metamorphosis at InCube8r and Burnt Toast at Modulr Studios.
My work can be found instagram.com/ryanrugops and on my website.
