Exhibition brings the breadth of David Austen`s artistic practice to audiences in Scotland
(Artdaily.org)

Dundee Contemporary Arts offers up a new constellation of work by British artist David Austen, bringing the breadth of his artistic practice to audiences in Scotland for the first time with the exhibition Underworld. Since the 1980s Austen has worked as a painter, sculptor, printmaker and filmmaker. The stylistically diverse elements of his work come together to reveal an often dark yet endearing vision of the world. The artworks in this exhibition, from oil paintings on heavy flax canvas and delicate watercolour works on paper to suspended sculptural objects and cinematic film projects, create an otherworldly space inhabited by Austen’s strange and lovelorn characters. With sources as varied as 19th century literature, poetry, ancient myth and film noir, the impetus of Austen’s work often derives from his immediate surroundings. There is a liveliness and generosity