phantasmagoria
erik pobucky
30 may–16 june

In Phantasmagoria, Pobucky visually explores the fragility of the boundaries between beauty/decay, love/hate, connection/loneliness, and war/sex. Pobucky’s paintings question these dualities and the assumption that they are opposite extremes of the human experience. By showing the multiple hidden worlds within each overarching image he asks his viewer to consider them as expressions of the same human needs.

Erik Pobucky is a Melbourne based visual artist. He uses a range of traditional (acrylic/oil/watercolour paints, chalk, graphite pencil, and oil pastels) and non-traditional mediums (glues, resins, nails, tobacco, ash) to create visual representations of the complexity of the human experience. Each painting aims to capture the multiple hidden-worlds in the overarching moment to invite viewers to interrogate the boundaries they unconsciously see the world through.