Model Citizens Exhibition

 Sleep In, 2011

Helani Laisk- Pile, 2012

Adam Veikkanen- Bananas, 2012.

 Warm Wool, 2011

You can find plenty more photos of the show on curator Chloe's website art on show.

Model Citizens, Wobble and Me.

Wobble Magazine centre fold.

This weekend is the exhibition Model Citizens- I have a couple of pieces in it including this one which is featured in local Canberra magazine Wobble!

This artwork- Sleep In - is something I made at the end of last year/ beginning of this year and then exhibited in Blaze at Gorman House. 

So I'm showing the same artwork again- which I felt a bit funny about.

But when it comes down to it, I am happy to. 

I still love this piece, and more than that even though it was made a bit ago it is still relevant. It is tactile and homely, familiar yet unexpected, laboured over and thought about- Sleep In still expresses what I want to say today. Not everyone made it to Blaze, and even if they did, here you go for a second viewing.

Yes, I have been more than usually busy with other things lately, but 

I'm still keen to make and exhibit the fresh and new, although I don't always have to.

There is something so satisfying about seeing my name in print!

The exhibition ‘Model Citizens’ of Apartment G09/G10 will open on Saturday 27 – 28 Sunday October, Kendall Lane, NewActon, Canberra. This pop-up exhibition is curated by Chloe Mandryk and supported by the multi-arts festival Art, Not Apart. 

 By the way, artist profiles are posted in the lead up to the show on the artonshow website.

1601

1601 is the name of a bare penthouse apartment perched above the lake, as well as an ephemeral exhibition that happened there this week. It was a great opportunity to dust off some of my old art and whip up some new.

Squeeze, 2011. Alfoil, blu tack, thread, found objects.

Squeeze(detail), 2011. Alfoil, blu tack, thread, found objects.

Squeeze(detail), 2011. Alfoil, blu tack, thread, found objects.

Squeeze(detail), 2011. Alfoil, blu tack, thread, found objects.

Bags and Brushes, 2010. Vinyl, Canvas, found objects, sand .

Enjoying the art

The view

Out of the Blue

Sometimes when I am having a hard day, a sad day, a long slow day I think about the incredible possibilities that crop up out of the blue. The kind of surprises that make my day.  

I received a phone call two days before the group exhibition 1601 opened, the curators themselves had only received permission for the show 3 days before opening! They scrambled to find just the right art for the show, and i was so happy to be included.  But what to include?

I listed my options. I love lists you know. Something old, something new, and a dash down to the shop to buy an enormous amount of blu tack later -and I knew.

You will know too if you head up to the exhibition- tomorrow is the last day! 

1601

The ApARTments, New Acton. level 16, Marcus Clarke St Canberra.

 Open 1-4pm