Mentalism Part 1

Mentalism is the latest iteration of the goal of my Peelings: to highlight the beauty of outsiders, both people and places, that don’t meet traditional societal standards and expectations. Peeled from Sydney’s Gladesville Mental Hospital, formerly known as ‘Tarban Creek Lunatic Asylum’. Mentalism draws inspiration from the psychological theory of the same name, which sees physical and psychological phenomena as explicable only through the vessel of a perceptive, interpretive (and therefore creative) mind. This idea pervades my work, as I relish the diverse narratives that audiences read into my works. In this way, audiences’ perceptions and interpretations help to create the work.