Yucky Yum Yum

Perc Tucker Regional Gallery

30 November 2024 - 9 March 2025

Do you find joy eating food in fake rainbow colours, even though it might be bad for you? Do you like watching videos of objects being squished, or even people popping pimples?

Even if you answered "no" to all the above, you would know that some things can be both delicious and disgusting at the same time. Or they can be funny and sad. Sometimes we actually desire things because they are scary or dangerous.

The artists in this exhibition have made works that you might find both yucky and yum. Hopefully, the art sparks your senses. It may ignite your emotions and memories too.

Many of the works in this exhibition are connected by themes around food, nature and the "unnatural", disgust and taboo. These themes have complex and challenging histories, presents and futures. The artists don't shy away from tough subjects, but their works are also filled with fun and irreverence.

Yucky Yum Yum will be packed with new, artist-designed activities to keep you entertained and engaged over the long summer months. Just don't eat ice-cream off the pavement.

Townsville City Galleries presents an exciting Family Fun Day to launch our newest exhibition, Yucky Yum Yum! Join us for a range of activities to celebrate all things yucky, yummy, and everything in-between! To find out more visit the Family Fun Day page.

Visit the Anything Is Popsicle activity space by Kenny Pittock in Yucky Yum Yum at Perc Tucker Regional Gallery and design your own ice-cream to showcase in the ice-cream van! To find out more visit Anything Is Popsicle activity space by Kenny Pittock.

Featuring: Ebony Russell, Elizabeth Willing, Hotham Street Ladies, Jan Hynes, Kenny Pittock, Lisa Ashcroft, Smac McCreanor and more.

Image Credit: Kenny Pittock, Aussie Rainbow Paddlepop from 100 Ice-creams, 2023, painted ceramic. Collection Bendigo Art Gallery, purchased with support from the Heather Williams Trust, 2023. Image courtesy the artist, MARS Gallery and Olsen Gallery.