Dennis goes on the edge to find beauty in the banal

From the fringes of the city, acclaimed artist and Griffith University graduate Dennis McCart is bringing our “edgelands” into sharp focus.
It is here where the urban begins to give way to the rural, though not before passing through a post-industrial belt that exists on the outskirts of every city. In its tunnels and overpasses, telegraph poles, drains and concrete walls, Dennis finds artistic inspiration among the abandoned and the atrophied.
Take Me to the River, by Dennis McCart
“I’ve always been drawn to what I describe as urban banality, that undeniably evocative landscape that exists on the edges of the city,” says Dennis, who is based in Brisbane. “It’s where you see society stripped back and raw.
“While not necessarily the nicest places, there’s an essential truth to them that I want to capture and interpret. By adding or subtracting imagery, I am striving to unearth alternative versions of meaning, place and form.”
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