Adipocere - Only you exist

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Only you exist is the second part of a two-part series by embroidery artist Adipocere . It is the continuation of their first show at the Beinart Gallery, I do not exist. This new body of work explores further the issues around identity, focusing on the lack of self prioritising over other things: a more romantic/existential selflessness, or something akin to how martyrs might adhere to beliefs to their own physical/personal neglect. Opening reception: Saturday, February 8, from 6pm – 9pm. Free entry. Adipocere will be in attendance. This exhibition runs from February 9 to March 1, concurrently with the solo shows Gerard Geer's Metamorphosis & Tim Molloy's Idyll . Adipocere (Melbourne, Australia), a self-taught hand embroidery artist, primarily creates their imagery for the therapeutic catharsis evoked through the medium. Their work focuses on displaying emotional self-portraiture within the confines of a constantly developing, overarching fiction, rooted in reality but incorporating concepts such as martyrdom, asceticism, existentialism and death. Adipocere has primarily displayed their work in the United States, including such galleries as the Hive Gallery, Paradigm Gallery, Gristle Art Gallery, Last Rites Gallery, Stranger Factory, Light Grey Art Lab and Superchief Gallery, as well as in Melbourne in the Beinart Gallery.