Super Play

KP Finley. Super Play. Mirror tiles, skateboard wheels, swing. 2023. This sculpture is based on Superstudio “The Continous Monument” 1969 – 71. Imagined in the TATE Modern Turbine Hall. London.

Forever Young. Installation view.

KP Finley. Untitled (Take a look at the law man beating up the wrong guy). Metal plate, paper stack. 2022. Words are taken from David Bowie’s 1971 – 73 song “Life on Mars”.

Untitled (Forever Young, The Smiths). There is a light that never goes out. Installation View.

KP Finley. Untitled (Forever Young, The Smiths). Mirror tiles, laser cut metal, gold beads, 2022. Words are taken from The Smiths’ 1985 song “There is a light that never goes out”.

The Australian Ugliness

KP Finley. Cover of Robin Boyd’s book ‘The Australian Ugliness’. First published in 1960. Original cover drawing by Robin Boyd. Reimagined in 2023. KP Finley. Super rainbow. Mirror tiles, neon light, skate wheels and mirror plinth. 2023 KP Finley. Super rainbow. Mirror tiles, neon light, skate wheels and mirror plinth 2023. Based on the Italian architectural …

Massacre – Bodies that Matter

Mapping of queer space and violence Massacre – Bodies that Matter Mapping of queer space and violence – Abstract Modern architecture’s preoccupation with ‘normality’ has left little room for queer space to come to the fore. Wayne Myslik states “the ‘normality’ of heterosexuality is so deeply ingrained in Western culture that it is not even …

Untitled (Forever Young, The Smiths). There is a light that never goes out. Detail.

The Smiths. There is a light that never goes out. Queer art.

Queer Identity lost, Gained, and Celebrated. Forever Young. Part 3

KP Finley

Queer Identity Lost and Gained. Forever Young. Part 2

KP Finley. Untitled (Forever Young. Marsha P. Johnson & Harvey Milk). Digital print, wood, mirror perspex, mirror tiles 2022. Words are taken from the 1984 Alphaville song “Forever Young”. KP Finley. Untitled (Superstudio). Painted floor, wood, mirror perspex, mirror tiles 2022. Words are taken from the 1984 Alphaville song “Forever Young”. KP Finley. Untitled (Forever Young). Gold glitter …

I never can say goodbye

KP Finley. I never can say goodbye. Wood board, laser cut mirrored letters, sequin material. 2021. Words are from the Gloria Gaynor song. “Never can say goodbye”, 1974. KP Finley. I never can say goodbye (After Felix). Digital print, paper stack. 2021. This work contains an image of American LGBTQI rights activist Marsha P. Johnson …