Presented with Gertrude Contemporary
Art at the End of Optimism
Hope Dies Last
WORLD
PREMIERE
Tony Garifalakis. Fucking Optimism, 2007.
Cut felt and glue. 120 x 95 cm. Courtesy of the
artist and Sarah Scout Presents, Melbourne
and Hugo Michell Gallery, Adelaide.
Installation view, ISCP, New York, 2007.
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What happens when our stores of optimism
run dry? What will the end of days look like
without hope, and what is there to grasp
onto when all else crumbles to dust?
Mortality, extinction, suffering and failure are
the fuel driving this challenging and peculiar
exhibition of curated works, presented across
two sites. This exhibition addresses some of
the most difficult yet urgent questions of
our time, responding to the dark hours that
wait with gallows humour, the condemned’s
resignation and the camaraderie of the
trenches.
Hope Dies Last will be one of the most
depressing events of the year, an exhibition
that will riddle us with sadness, and likely
leave us more pessimistic than we have
ever been before. Bring a loved one if you
care, but know that we all arrive at the final
exit alone.
Gertrude Contemporary
Sat 5 October—
Sat 9 November
OPENING EVENT
Fri 4 October 6—8pm
Margaret Lawrence
Gallery
Fri 18 October—
Thu 14 November
OPENING EVENT
Thu 17 October
5.30—7.30pm
FREE
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gertrude.org.au
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