Hope Valley Road – an Autobiography is an exhibition of Ron Nyisztor’s most recent project. Hope Valley Road once traversed the Kwinana industrial and Wattleup areas toward Mandogalup. In former times it ran from the coast through Banksia bush land, semi-rural properties and market gardens.
Present day Hope Valley Road is a detoured and restricted non-thoroughfare. The picturesque properties were vacated years ago; it seems their proximity to industrial plumes became highlighted and re-zoning was implemented.
The artist grew up in this locality and considers the romantic connotations of the road’s namesake to be at odds with its bleakness. Although the locality presents many conflicting sentiments, it has often been referential and provided an inspirational backdrop throughout the artist’s career.
This project refers to the deserted neighbourhood as motivation for a visual autobiography, an alternative, extreme- self-portrait. A likeness that is comprised from the depiction of motor vehicles associated with his journey. Stalled vestiges trained on any other horizon; each remnant having acquired status in the subject’s psyche serves to illustrate intimate exposés and confidential experiences.
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