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| A section of Elvis Rotting in Hell, by reclusive Fyshwick screenprint artist Zimon. |
By Helen Musa
Reclusive Fyshwick screenprint artist, Zimon has returned to his practice with a huge mixed-media artwork now on show at Capital Bazaar. Elvis Rotting in Hell, he says, is a riff on mortality and its aesthetics.
It came about when Zimon found his old Elvis poster languishing in the back shed being eaten by insects, though the inscription at the base, “cut me and I bleed” was still readable. Zimon set the picture against a print of Hieronymus Bosch’s sinners writhing in hell, got a local panel beater to spray paint the frame in gold, black and red – the colours of hell – and assembled it to show that while Elvis was one of the greats, he was also a flawed, mortal man.
The work can be seen at 37 Townsville Street Fyshwick until further notice.
First published in Canberra City News, January 14, 2025
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