{"id":555,"date":"2026-03-27T01:23:00","date_gmt":"2026-03-27T01:23:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/studio.christinadarras.com\/?p=555"},"modified":"2026-07-31T05:37:16","modified_gmt":"2026-07-31T05:37:16","slug":"impossible-bodies-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christinadarras.com\/?p=555","title":{"rendered":"Life as a Circus"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Life as a Circus is a series of artworks (paintings, crochet, paper puppets, and soft\u00a0sculpture) by Christina Darras that explore the playful, unpredictable nature of life. Through\u00a0her tactile practice, she investigates themes of uncertainty and uprootedness. Forms\u00a0borrowed from circus characters encapsulate a sense of constant movement. Characterised\u00a0by a feast of colours and recurring circles symbolising perpetual motion, the series features\u00a0both figurative and abstract forms.<\/p>\n

The Circus as an entity is a movable feast. It belongs only to itself, and every place it visits\u00a0becomes home until the next move. The circus performers live and perform within the circus\u00a0tent, without familiarity with the external world. Darras chooses the circus as a metaphor for\u00a0the transitions in life, constantly moving to uncharted maps. Grappling between the tangible\u00a0and the illusory, the paper puppets mirror the fragility of their beings. The integration of crochet\u00a0and threads extends the image, invoking meditative labour and the tangible presence of the\u00a0hand. The forms and characters float in a negative space to underscore the uncertainty of
things.\u00a0Life as a Circus is a celebratory expression of the illusion of reality, as all performances are.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Christina Darras is an interdisciplinary artist and curator of Greek \u2013 Athenian origin. Her\u00a0practice includes painting, printmaking, the use of textiles and threads. Through lengthy\u00a0tactile processes, she explores issues of familiarity and unpredictability and the relation
between the real and the mythical. She lives and works in Mentone.<\/p>\n

Venue
<\/span>Jacky Winter Gallery<\/a>
52 Budd Street
Collingwood, VIC 3066
+61.(0)3.8060.9745
au@jackywinter.com<\/a><\/p>\n

When<\/span>\u00a0
Opening : 27th March 2026 @ 6:00 pm
Duration: 27th March – 2nd of May 2026<\/p>\n

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