Image: Rhys Cousins, Aspect, 2024, plaster and pigment on board, 63 x 53cm, photo by Carli Wilson.

Leading Hand is an exhibition of paintings and sculptural works investigating the transformative impact of screen technology. The works focus on thresholds and moments where screens and landscapes blur, highlighting the evolving relationship and perceived contrast between physical and digital realities.

The exhibition aims to foster a nuanced perspective on our interaction with these technologies in public and private environments. Through themes of congestion and inundation, the works depict the fragmentation of contemporary urban environments in the 21st century – both online and offline – and question the experience of contemporary urban life.

Rhys Cousins is a multidisciplinary artist based in Melbourne. Blending a formal education in landscape architecture with works across sculpture, installation, and digital screens. Cousins’ practice is an investigation into the contemporary urban experience through the changing nature of landscape.

Opening event: Friday 6 June, 5-7pm