Hell is full of good meanings but heaven is full of good works
Blindside Gallery
30 January to 1 March 2025
Amy-Jean Mitchell, Dean Ansell, Eric Della Bosca, Stefa Panoschi & Tiana Jefferies
Curated by Kyle McIntyre
Hell is full of good meanings but heaven is full of good works is an alternate proverb to The road to hell is paved with good intentions, both referencing the necessity for not only having or speaking positive intentions but enacting them. This exhibition is a continuation of the presentation The road to hell is paved with good intentions, a group exhibition shown at Carpark Gallery, Meanjin/Brisbane in August of 2024. While the original exhibition highlighted more the inevitability of the promise of eternal damnation despite the best of intentions, Hell is full of good meanings but heaven is full of good works rather aims to discover and aim towards a sense of freedom and utopia outside of the restrictions of a prevalent narrative, found through the perseverance and ingenuity of f*gs (...and associates).
There are two key iterative works in this exhibition by Dean Ansell, and Tiana Jefferies. These works create a thread that connects the varying localities of thinking, making and showing.
Eric Della Bosca, Stefa Panoschi & Amy-Jean Mitchell further the investigations into queer extensions of yearning, empathy, desperation for connection and divinity through creating immersive installations, sculptures and paintings - allowing a suspension into a heaven that is full of good works.
Exhibition Brochure
Installation view, Hell is full of good meanings but heaven is full of good works, Blindside Gallery, Naarm/Melbourne, 2025, image courtesy the artists, photograph: Sebastian Kainey.Installation view, Hell is full of good meanings but heaven is full of good works, Blindside Gallery, Naarm/Melbourne, 2025, image courtesy the artists, photograph: Sebastian Kainey.Installation view, Hell is full of good meanings but heaven is full of good works, Blindside Gallery, Naarm/Melbourne, 2025, image courtesy the artists, photograph: Sebastian Kainey.Installation view, Hell is full of good meanings but heaven is full of good works, Blindside Gallery, Naarm/Melbourne, 2025, image courtesy the artists, photograph: Sebastian Kainey.Installation view, Hell is full of good meanings but heaven is full of good works, Blindside Gallery, Naarm/Melbourne, 2025, image courtesy the artists, photograph: Sebastian Kainey.Installation view, Hell is full of good meanings but heaven is full of good works, Blindside Gallery, Naarm/Melbourne, 2025, image courtesy the artists, photograph: Sebastian Kainey.Installation view, Hell is full of good meanings but heaven is full of good works, Blindside Gallery, Naarm/Melbourne, 2025, image courtesy the artists, photograph: Sebastian Kainey.Installation view, Hell is full of good meanings but heaven is full of good works, Blindside Gallery, Naarm/Melbourne, 2025, image courtesy the artists, photograph: Sebastian Kainey.Installation view, Hell is full of good meanings but heaven is full of good works, Blindside Gallery, Naarm/Melbourne, 2025, image courtesy the artists, photograph: Sebastian Kainey.Installation view, Hell is full of good meanings but heaven is full of good works, Blindside Gallery, Naarm/Melbourne, 2025, image courtesy the artists, photograph: Sebastian Kainey.Installation view, Hell is full of good meanings but heaven is full of good works, Blindside Gallery, Naarm/Melbourne, 2025, image courtesy the artists, photograph: Sebastian Kainey.Installation view, Hell is full of good meanings but heaven is full of good works, Blindside Gallery, Naarm/Melbourne, 2025, image courtesy the artists, photograph: Sebastian Kainey.Installation view, Hell is full of good meanings but heaven is full of good works, Blindside Gallery, Naarm/Melbourne, 2025, image courtesy the artists, photograph: Sebastian Kainey.Installation view, Hell is full of good meanings but heaven is full of good works, Blindside Gallery, Naarm/Melbourne, 2025, image courtesy the artists, photograph: Sebastian Kainey.Installation view, Hell is full of good meanings but heaven is full of good works, Blindside Gallery, Naarm/Melbourne, 2025, image courtesy the artists, photograph: Sebastian Kainey.Installation view, Hell is full of good meanings but heaven is full of good works, Blindside Gallery, Naarm/Melbourne, 2025, image courtesy the artists, photograph: Sebastian Kainey.Installation view, Hell is full of good meanings but heaven is full of good works, Blindside Gallery, Naarm/Melbourne, 2025, image courtesy the artists, photograph: Sebastian Kainey.Installation view, Hell is full of good meanings but heaven is full of good works, Blindside Gallery, Naarm/Melbourne, 2025, image courtesy the artists, photograph: Sebastian Kainey.Installation view, Hell is full of good meanings but heaven is full of good works, Blindside Gallery, Naarm/Melbourne, 2025, image courtesy the artists, photograph: Sebastian Kainey.Installation view, Hell is full of good meanings but heaven is full of good works, Blindside Gallery, Naarm/Melbourne, 2025, image courtesy the artists, photograph: Sebastian Kainey.kylemcntyre@gmail.com, @kylemcntyre, CV