Trust me
This body of work exhibited as Trust Me in April-May 2024, explores my ‘life quake’
Installation view, Canberra Contemporary Art Space, Manuka.
Includes:
Trust Me, 2024. Steel bed base, board, local sedimentary rocks, pillow and pillow case with sequins. Dimensions variable.
PLEASE USE YOUR ELBO TO PRESS D BUTTON, 2024. Acrylic on board, 51 x 40cm.
“Beautiful because it is generous… This is not an exhibition about cancer. It tells us that life goes on.”
Elisa Crossing, Lecturer, Painting Workshop, Australian National University, School of Art & Design
“Much is revealed by this moving, multi-media examination [of Hassan’s] transformative experience… For her, cancer provided the bonus of seeing the body in new ways.”
Brian Rope, Trust Me Review, Canberra Critics Circle
“Trust Me is not a ‘poor me’ story. It is a positive tale of how one woman copes with what everyone else fears and how she uses her creativity.”
Sally Hopman, RiotACT, Region Media
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"Tender", 2024. Acrylic on board. 31 x 31cm
"Visitations", 2023. Acrylic on board, 51 x 40cm.
"Care economy", 2024. Reclaimed hospital nursing gowns and sequins. With thanks to Michele England.
Detail of "Care economy", 2024.
Still image from "Cerulean (Having a look inside the body is quite thrilling)", 2024. Stereo channel video, 1920 x 1080, H264, 30 FPS, duration: 7:09”
Still image from "Cerulean" (Having a look inside the body is quite thrilling), 2024. Stereo channel video, 1920 x 1080, H264, 30 FPS, duration: 7:09”
"I am not an avatar (I am still here)", 2024. Body+ size. Mixed media on silk.
Detail, "I am not an avatar", 2024. Body+ size. Mixed media on silk.
Detail, "I am not an avatar", 2024. Body+ size. Mixed media on silk.
Detail, "I am not an avatar", 2024. Body+ size. Mixed media on silk.
"I have been very lucky or should I say blessed", 2024. Acrylic on board. 31 x 31cm
"Banded together", 2023. Patient identification bands (24 stitched together, total 5 metres)
"All at sea", 2024. Acrylic on board. 51 x 40cm
"Blue", 2023. Digital print on Hahnemuhle Photo Rag paper. Artist Proof.
"Vul-ner-able", 2024. Hospital patient gown, fabric and thread. With thanks to collaborator Dr Geetha Sekhon (installation view).
"Rewilding Iris/After the prawn", 2024. Acrylic on board, 60.5 x 46cm.
Detail of "Vul-ner-able", 2024.
Detail. "Rewilding Iris/After the prawn", 2024
Cerulean (Having a look inside the body is quite thrilling), 2024, Stereo channel video, 1920 x 1080, H264 FPS. Duration: 7:09”. Concept and recordings: Toni Hassan. Production support and editing: Oliver Martin
Care moment, 2024. Recycled table, house paint and pencil, upcycled plastic kidney dish, mats made of disposable medical plastic tongs, sugar-coated chocolate buttons in a ceramic bowl.
INSTRUCTIONS
Take a moment
Take one
Delight in its colour
Let it rest on your tongue
Enjoy its sweetness
Remember a time you felt cared for
Remember a person who cared for you
Give thanks
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