CONTEMPORARY ART MUSEUM–CAM | David Noonan

The Contemporary Art Museum, St. Louis (CAM) is showing the work of London-based Australian artist David Noonan. Noonan incorporates photographic imagery of performers in collaged, painterly, or sculptural formats. The documentary images of events and happenings are transformed into fiction. Large-scale works featuring evocative photographic images from various sources such as books about experimental theater or puppetry, as well as Japanese textile designs, all screen-printed onto different fabrics are layered and stitched together.  The works are mysterious, and the layering of the figurative and abstract imagery creates a tension between abstraction and representation. CAM Chief Curator Dominic Molon organized the exhibition. Through Dec. 30, 2011