GUMMY

Bio:

Sally Hastings is an emerging contemporary artist from Buxton, regional Victoria, Australia. As a self-taught painter, her work explores themes of nostalgia, pop culture and kitsch Australiana. She works in acrylic paints and draws from her previous experience in the advertising industry to create compelling, graphic compositions. She has made finalist at 'Feel Good Art Prize 2024' at Quadrant Gallery and exhibited at many local shows. Her first solo show ‘Yee-haw’ was at Revolver Upstairs in June. Her work has recently been featured in ‘Frankie’ magazine (Issue 122).

Artist statement:

Some of my fondest memories as a child were trips to the milk bar to buy iconic sweets like gummy dinosaurs, snakes and killer pythons. With this collection I’m weaving these colourful characters into some of my favourite pop culture moments and movies. Taking these sugary icons out of their known context creates new stories and narratives. And in these heavy times, it’s comforting we can all unite over refined sugar,  high fructose corn syrup and questionable grades of food colouring.