Description
The bodiliness of Brutal Mechanism by Meg Stoios unhinges our relationship with work. Stakes daggered through the heart of a mundane office chair evoke the still violence capitalist drivers wield against workers tethered to their jobs. The nipple piercing and apple tattoos reflect humble expressions of individualism in the body defiant to professionalism, while referencing the story of Adam and Eve. The actions of Adam offer a supposed justification for the origins of toil and the way we now moralise work.
Materials Found objects (office chair, wood, jewellery, paper, sticky tape)
Measurements (mm) H 550 W 1600 L 1600
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About the Artist
Meg Stoios (born 1990, Wurundjeri Country, Melbourne; lives Tulgigin Country, Gold Coast) holds a Bachelor of Fine Art (Drawing) from the Victorian College of the Arts (University of Melbourne). Since 2013 Stoios has held 7 solo exhibitions in Melbourne and Queensland including Where Are They Now, ACCA Pop-Up Gallery, ACCA Forecourt (2013). Their work has been included in 20 group exhibitions in Melbourne, Sydney, Perth, Brisbane and regional NSW and QLD, most recently Here and Now: Gold Coast Triennial, HOTA Gallery (2024). Stoios was a finalist in the Wollumbin Art Award, Tweed Regional Gallery (2022). Recent grants and residencies include: GC Creative Spaces five month funded studio residency (2024 – 2025); Regional Arts Development Fund Grant, Arts Queensland (2023); Australian Artists’ Grant, Australia Council (2015); John Vickery Scholarship (2012). Stoios’ work has been written about in Art Guide Australia (2017), The Age newspaper (2014) and Concrete Playground (2013).
Instagram @megstoios
Website www.megstoios.com.au
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