IAIN DEAN’S EXHIBITION ‘WHAT IS ERROR?’ OPENS AT WELLINGTON STREET PROJECTS, SYDNEY, 21 SEPTEMBER 2016

“I am not Iain Dean” said the Artist, “He met me serendipitously when a package I had ordered online was mistakenly delivered to his house, rather than my own, which is located directly across the road. The fact that we look similar is purely coincidental. Iain asked me to come here today to answer your questions about his work. Apparently he thinks I have a unique perspective.” He paused, frowning, “I am not so sure, I can only guess at Iain’s process, because I’m not him, but I would imagine it has something to with circles, triangles and squares.” He drew a circle, triangle and square on the napkin in front of him, then passed his palm over the napkin, as though divining something from the shapes. “Basically everything can be constructed from circles, triangles and squares. Even something really complex, like an automobile or a painting, can be broken down into these basic shapes. Your body could also be deconstructed like this, or your mind. If you look inside an atom, circles, triangles and squares. The Cubists understood this, as did Kandinsky and, later, Warhol, then Mi-chael Bay. The Transformers films are the greatest contemporary example of formal abstraction. When I look at those robots I understand nothing.” Kieron Broadhurst and Francis Russell, 2016.