The pitfalls of social media are the focus of Pictures from a Parallel Suburbia, a new exhibition by Yarraville artist Llael McDonald.
McDonald believes social media is an important way for artists to communicate, but it also has a darker side.
“It tells little stories of the type of dissociation people display when they get immersed in the online world of the profile and the false self,” she says.
McDonald has been painting since an early age, drawing on her upbringing at Spotswood and influenced by artists Edward Hopper and Jeffrey Smart.
Her attention is now turning to a possible New York show and her next series.
“It’s called Sideshow and is going to be based around the sideshows of the old carnivals of the ’40s and ’50s.”
Parallel Suburbia is at the Dancing Dog in Footscray until Saturday then at the Famous Blue Raincoat, South Kingsville, from October 14-November 11. \ BM
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