'We
lost and we won' is a solo exhibition at Ararat Regional Art Gallery
from 22nd of October until 6 December 2015. The work highlights everyday struggles and achievements through a series of
paintings and soft sculptures.
In
a sport obsessed society the exhibition playfully challenges the way
we see victories, by acknowledging some of the most difficult and
personally challenging activities people face.
The embroidered and heat moulded fabric sculptures were produced while
undertaking the Artist In Residence program through Ashfield Council
in Sydney. Inspired by the self-professed, but otherwise
unacknowledged accomplishments of the artist's friends and family,
these sculptures de-construct the shape and notion of the trophy. By embracing these individual stories of generosity, adventure and
strength while producing the works, the sculptures seemed to develop
of their own accord.
The seven paintings on show depict altered sporting trophies alongside everyday objects, which have been discarded and given to a second-hand store, representing the difficulties and frustrations that come with day to day life.
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| Installation view, We lost and we won, Ararat Regional Art Gallery, 2015 |
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Integrity and Value,
2015, Silk and synthetic Fabric and embroidery thread.
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Integrity and Value,
2015, Silk and synthetic Fabric and embroidery thread.
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Ultramarine
Reservation, 2015, Fabric and silk thread.
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Money for Jam, 2015,
Silk and synthetic Fabric and embroidery thread.
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Money for Jam, 2015,
Silk and synthetic Fabric and embroidery thread.
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Perinatal, Synthetic
2015, Fabric and metallic thread.
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| Perinatal, Synthetic 2015, Fabric and metallic thread. |
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A special place for
trash in Gothatar, 2015, Fabric and metallic thread.
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Because You Asked Me
To, 2015, Silk and synthetic fabric, embroidery thread.
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| Disquietude Trophy, 2013, Bobbin lace sculpture made from embroidery thread. |
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| Disquietude Trophy, 2013, Bobbin lace sculpture made from embroidery thread. |
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| Installation view, We lost and we won, Ararat Regional Art Gallery, 2015 |
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Close ones, Oil,
2015, on paper.
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Value adding, 2015,
Oil on paper.
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Play with me, 2015,
Oil on paper.
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Domestic disorder,
2015, Oil on paper.
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Books for building,
2015, Oil on paper.
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Be festive, 2015,
Oil on paper.
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Connection problems,
Oil on paper.
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