A PREVAILING SENSE OF DISQUIET is a visually rich and multi-voiced introduction to the work and practice of Gary Deirmendjian, a compelling and original voice in the realm of contemporary art. 

His unusual mode of practice has produced an extensive body of work that is often described as beguiling, thought-provoking and socially concerned. His work tends towards shared space, existing in public as poised suggestions in direct friction with daily life, often challenging audiences with their scale and immersive qualities.

Deirmendjian is equally at ease with the physical brutality and tonnage of quarrying megaliths and impossibly arranging shipping containers, as he is working with the delicacy of yarn and ephemerality of social media. As diverse as his artistic output might be, it stems from a certain unity of intent – given rise by felt thought and realised through virtuosic touch. 

GIF by GRAHAM RENDOTH

JETHRO LYNE + MARK McCLELLAND + ADAM PORTER + CLAIRE TAYLOR + PEDRO DE ALMEIDA + ALESSIO CAVALLARO + TUNNI KRAUS + JOHN ADAIR + RHIANNA WALCOTT + TRACEY CLEMENT + HENDRIK KOLENBERG + ALANNA IRWIN + ANNA POTTIER-HICKMAN + THOMAS-LEO TRUE + MAUREEN THOMAS + RUARK LEWIS + MICHAEL SNELLING + JUDITH BLACKALL + MARTIN VAN DER WAL

BOOK DETAILS:

ISBN: 9781743797037

format: hardback - embossed cover with French-fold dust jacket

pages: 200

dimensions: 27cm x 21cm

publisher: HARDIE GRANT BOOKS

published/released in Australia: 07 October 2020

released in UK: 20 May 2021

design: GRAHAM RENDOTH

editor: SHARON LAPKIN

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click for high res PDF of the 3 posters:

posters by GRAHAM RENDOTH