In her solo showing Shuffle, PILAR MATA DUPONT showcases her panoramic video work of the same name, that was featured in The National, New Australian Art earlier this year at The Art Gallery of New South Wales. For MOORE CONTEMPORARY, Mata Supont embellishes this presentation with objects in an installation that amplifies the ornamentation and colonial reverberations that are implicit in this finely choreographed reflection on the paradoxes of historical claiming, plundering and reforming.

Shuffle is a seductively charming work where an androgynous figure dressed in lace, stockings and a shell encrusted jacket commands attention and displays a repertoire of tap dance moves. Yet this artfulness becomes increasingly subversive as pillars crumble and bounty falls. Mata Dupont lives and works between Perth and Rotterdam, and her works often draw upon her experiences of living in settler colonies and former protectorates. She is informed by her Argentinean background and upbringing in Australia, Argentina and Brunei Darrusalam.

The exhibition will also include ceramics by ANDREA VINKOVIC that were originally developed and created for the filming of Shuffle.