VCA ART 2021

Sebastian Zylinski

Bachelor of Fine Arts (Drawing & Printmaking)

Through the use of paint and print-based techniques, my practice encompasses an ongoing investigation into the thresholds between urban and suburban landscapes, specifically the encroachment of reproducible high-rise architecture and infill housing into suburbia. This transitory space between urban and suburban is increasingly occupied by ‘fast fashion’ architecture, dominated by greed, cheap materials and prefabricated design at the expense of longevity. Combining surface and image, I ask the viewer to look beyond the facade of utopic living to consider the implications and the fundamentally failing nature that define these buildings.

Sebastian Zylinski, installation view, 2021. Documentation by ALEC.
Sebastian Zylinski, IMG_0695 (Hawthorn Park), Silkscreen print and spray-paint on aluminium sheet, 2021.
Sebastian Zylinski, IMG_1820 (Tip Top), Silkscreen print and spray-paint on aluminium sheet, 2021.
Sebastian Zylinski, IMG_0695 (Hawthorn Park) (detail), Silkscreen print and spray-paint on aluminium sheet, 2021.
Sebastian Zylinski, IMG_1820 (Tip Top) (detail), Silkscreen print and spray-paint on aluminium sheet, 2021.
Sebastian Zylinski, IMG_1820 (Tip Top) (detail), Silkscreen print and spray-paint on aluminium sheet, 2021.
Sebastian Zylinski, IMG_0695 (Hawthorn Park) (detail), Silkscreen print and spray-paint on aluminium sheet, 2021.

We acknowledge and pay respect to the Traditional Owners of the lands upon which our campus is situated, the Boonwurrung and Woiwurrung people of the Kulin Nations, who have created art, made music and told their stories here for thousands of generations. We also acknowledge and extend our respect to the Traditional Owners of all lands on which our work is viewed, shared and enjoyed, and to all Elders, past, present and emerging.

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