Skip to main content
Mark Lewis, Jay's Garden, Malibu, 2001. Film still courtesy of the artist.

Jay's Garden, Malibu (2001)

Jay's Garden, Malibu follows the constant meandering of a camera through a lush, tropical garden. On closer inspection, a number of porn stars can be seen wandering around and Lewis' gaze drifts from the sexual metaphors hidden in the rich foliage to the suggestively dressed actors, and back again.

The artist carefully choreographed the scenes, directing the actors and placing bunches of grapes at a key moment of the film as a direct reference to Bacchus, the mythological god of revelry. The colourful
Californian landscape (designed by landscape designer to the stars Jay Griffith) provides a stark contrast to the dreary backstreets depicted in Lawson Estate and Churchyard Row.

Mark Lewis, Jay's Garden, Malibu, 2001. Film still courtesy of the artist.

Mark Lewis, Jay's Garden, Malibu, 2001. Film still courtesy of the artist.

Artists