Bundoora Homestead will be closed 22 Dec – 7 Jan inclusive. Darebin Arts Centre will be closed 21 Dec – 20 Jan inclusive.
Through the hand to the mouth explores the gesture of lighting a cigarette as a recurrent and coded motif occurring in gay cinema since 1950.
Presented in the atmospheric Old Billiards Room at Bundoora Homestead, this series of largescale prints continues Eaton’s inquiry into undisclosed homosocial histories, evoking the sensuality of these discrete exchanges.
Image: Through the hand to the mouth by Jeremy Eaton A brown and green UV exposure dye print on canvas with two hands holding a lighter. Through the hand to the mouth (process shot), UV exposure dye print on canvas, 1450 x 2100 cm. Courtesy of the artist, Jeremy Eaton 2020.
Bundoora Homestead Arts Centre, 7 Prospect Hill Dr, Bundoora, 3083, View Map
7 Prospect Hill Dr , Bundoora 3083
13 Jan 21