The Costume Department
15.12.2023 – 28.01.2024

Hana Earles, Eternal Dream 1 Six Stones for Crossing the River, desk, LED strip lighting, fake flowers, real flowers, paint, vases, dimensions variable, 2023 


Billy Coulthurst, Execution of Emperor Maximilian with Bengal Cat’s Blind Eye, oil on linen, 150 x 150 cm, 2023



Billy Coulthurst, Leopard Print, oil on linen, 150 x 150 cm, 2023



1. Billy Coulthurst, Illustration of Bette Davis on a Red Stripe, oil on linen, 21 x 150 cm, 2023
2. Billy Coulthurst, La Paloma, Dove and Rose concealed, oil on linen, 130 x 150 cm, 2023


Hana Earles, Eternal Dream 2 Electra, desk, LED strip lighting, fakeflowers, real flowers, paint, vases, dimensions variable, 2023




Billy Coulthurst, Bette Davis and on Screen Lover Maximilian, oil on linen, 109 x 195 cm, 2023





Billy Coulthurst, Bunny, oil on canvas, 145 x 145 cm,  2023




Hana Earles, Eternal Dream 4 Earl Grey, desk, LED strip lighting, fakeflowers, real flowers, paint, vases, dimensions variable, 2023

1. Billy Coulthurst, Sash Print, oil on linen, 45 x 150 cm,  2023
2. Billy Coulthurst, Portait of Emperor Maximilian I of Mexico, oil on linen, 90 x 150 cm, 2023



Billy Coulthurst, Postcard of Bette Davis, 21 x 29 cm, oil on linen, 2023



Hana Earles, Eternal Dream 3 Cigarettes and Candy, desk, LED striplighting, fake flowers, real flowers, paint, vases, dimensions variable, 2023




1. Billy Coulthurst, Death Casket, oil on linen 65 x 84 cm, 2023
2. Billy Coulthurst, Habsburg Beauty, oil on linen, 65 x 84 cm, 2023






Something that  aligns with my…. interests 




A collection of paintings based on and around Austrian Duke Maximilian I, the last emperor of Mexico. The portraits are paired with leopard print and stripes. Hollywood actor Bette Davis embraces her lover.




Inspired by my recent trip to Mexico city,




Desks with vases and lights,




The paint, the canvas and the paintings fill the gallery.




An emperor who was tricked into ruling a country from a fake plebiscite is executed and then painted by Manet




Proposal to open a thrift store.

Withdraw about $30,000, with the rest I’ll put it towards the window. A small curated store is what everyone does. So without it being fast fashion, what if we encourage large donations, piles of stuff, still sustainable, but heaping! Maybe we could even try and install a conveyor belt:) 

It's so cute, filled with objects discarded and donated. Our op shop opens. Ideally it’s a shop with beautiful glass windows and it’s location on a corner. It's a treasure hunt of things. I am looking forward to doing the displays. A treasure hunt store. Fabric here and there. Half used makeup products hint that weekly visitors use the store as a vanity. There’s a vignette of warmth from the oil heaters




I love finding vintage christmas stuff.

Last christmas I found




It’s definitely more about having a lot of stuff.




Not in an unethical way and definitely low carbon emissions hopefully.




Not like antiquing though. Like when you sort through different people to find your forever person. Like what if it was like that, like life, but we made life in the window, we will have probably about $0,000 for the window. 




Something I worry about a lot?  Definitely money, my health and fertility.




The donation bins will be…. Something neutral…. Beige or maybe light grey

I hopefully get some cool stuff from the early 2000’s like a linen pink polo shirt and a livestrong bracelet. Or something really rare like a deck of cards from the 1910’s or something.




Where does the stuff come from?

Estates, people who died, divorced, moved, harvest season.