The Stables, VCA, The University of Melbourne.
Masters of Contemporary Art
Living Grid II presents a speculative architectural interior that is oriented by existing structural elements of the gallery. The original panopticon design of this room allows clear surveillance to every corner of the space from one position, the centre. Living Grid II seeks to unravel this feature, presenting a series of artworks that only become visible or fully revealed when the viewer moves, testing the thresholds of visual perception. Across tapestry, drawing, sculpture and installation my artworks methodically map connections between real and imagined architectural structures. I employ geometry, repetition and systematic processes associated with Minimalism of the 1960s. Yet rather than producing autonomous forms, I am interested in the spatial context of the works I conceive, attuning them to each site I encounter. In doing so, my works exist in an ongoing state of becoming, re-examining the structural potentialities of the built environment and how this affects spatial inhabitation.
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Divergence III, 2023, Plywood and black stain, 52 x 40 x 40cm (Left)
Turning the Grid I, 2023, Cotton, 1.5 x 1.2 x 4.4 m (Centre)
Six Vertical Threads Over Six Horizontal Lines, 2022, Wool and cotton, 94 x 98 cm (Right)
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Living Grid II, 2023
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Divergence III, 2023, Plywood and black stain, 52 x 40 x 40cm
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Six Vertical Threads Over Six Horizontal Lines, 2022, Wool and cotton, 94 x 98 cm
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Resonance III, 2023, Pigment ink on archival paper, 52 x 41 cm
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Resonance I, 2023, Pigment ink on archival paper, 52 x 41 cm
University of Melbourne art collection.
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Resonance II, 2023, Pigment ink on archival paper, 52 x 41 cm
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Grid II, 2023, Wool and cotton, 97 x 91cm (Foreground)
Resonance I and II, 2023, Pigment ink on archival paper, 52 x 41 cm (Background)
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Grid II, 2023, Wool and cotton, 97 x 91cm (Foreground)
Divergence III, 2023, Plywood and black stain, 52 x 40 x 40cm (Background)
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Turning the Grid II, 2023, Cotton, 1.8 x 4.4 x 10.2 m (Foreground)
Divergence I, 2023, Plywood and black stain, 100 x 30 x 52 cm (Background)
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Turning the Grid I, 2023, Cotton, 1.5 x 1.2 x 4.4 m (Foreground)
Divergence I and IV, 2023, Plywood and black stain, 100 x 30 x 52 cm (Background)
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Turning the Grid II, 2023, Cotton, 1.8 x 4.4 x 10.2 m (Foreground)
Divergence I and IV, 2023, Plywood and black stain, 100 x 30 x 52 cm each (Background)
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Divergence I and IV, 2023, Plywood and black stain, 100 x 30 x 52 cm each
Image courtesy of Simon Strong.