MARS presents Melbourne-based artist Harry Rothel’s solo exhibition from December 13-15. Created from archival imagery and hundreds of paints sourced on the second-hand market, to present a visual collision of making something new made with something old.

Harry Rothel (b. 1995, Australia) is a multi-disciplinary artist who works across painting and sculpture. His work portrays an imaginative narrative and is mapping ideas of the human psyche. However, it can often be confrontational in exploring social conventions, politics, and the world he lives in. Macabre and extravagant themes run throughout his work accompanied by soft and stripped-down colours that create disquieting images. His use of overlapping themes of joy and horror, with the application of subtle and acerbic layers of stripped back paint construct somewhat eerie pictures that he hopes challenge the conventions of today.