CLIMACTERIC
Assemblages
9 – 25 February 2023
Beaver Galleries, Deakin
On a recent road trip to Broken Hill (Wilyakali) I came across the industrial ruins and enormous piles of tailings that dominate the outskirts of the town. There is a strange transition from the randomly formed landscape of human toil into the ancient geology that dominates the interior of Australia; a seemingly inexhaustible space that hides its fragility in its enormity.
The metal I collected for this exhibition around Cobar (Wongaibon), Broken Hill (Wilyakali) and Silverton (Wiljaali) seemed closer to its source; their elements dragged from deep mines and forged into the components that hold up our industrial world. I continue to explore the constructed landscape primarily through metal and formply, moving and shaping pieces into collaged compositions seeking to capture this ever-changing environment.
Storm front 2022, Recycled: painted and burnt galvanised steel, rusted steel, formply, concrete residue, 60 x 60 cm
The slow collision 2022, Recycled: aluminium, painted and rusted steel, formply, concrete residue, 39.5 x 79.5cm
The pass 2022, Recycled: aluminium, painted and rusted steel, formply, concrete residue, 80 x 90cm
Midday at tailing pile, 2023, Recycled: painted and galvanised steel, formply, concrete residue, enamel paint, 81 x 112cm
Midday at the living desert 2023, Recycled: painted and galvanised steel, bore water residue, painted formply, 60 x 160cm
Evening at the living desert 2023, Recycled: burnt steel, galvanised steel, bore water residue, formply, concrete residue, 60 x 120cm
Nine-mile Road 2022, Recycled: galvanised and painted steel, formply, concrete residue, 70 x 140cm
Deep waters 2022, Recycled: painted steel, formply, concrete residue, 83 x 90.5cm
Beyond 39 dips 2022, Recycled: aluminum, formply, concrete residue, enamel paint, 82 x 81cm
After Silverton 2022, Recycled: aluminum, steel, formply, concrete residue, enamel paint, 80 x 90cm
Silverton 2022, Recycled: aluminum, formply, concrete residue, enamel paint, 35 x 35cm
Road to Silverton 2022, Recycled: aluminium, steel, formply, concrete residue, 35 x 35cm
Line of Lode 2023, Recycled: painted and rusted steel, formply, concrete residue, enamel paint, 53 x 53cm
The Pinnacle 2023, Recycled: painted and galvanised steel, bore water residue, painted formply, 29 x 29cm
The edge of the tailings 2023, Recycled: painted and galvanised steel, bore water residue, painted formply, 22 x 22cm
Extraction zone 2023, Recycled: painted and galvanised steel, bore water residue, painted formply, 38 x 38cm
Mining remnants 2022, Recycled: aluminium, steel, formply, bore water residue, concrete residue, enamel paint, 60 x 60cm
Tailing pile 2022, Recycled: aluminium, formply, bore water residue, concrete residue, enamel paint, 60 x 60cm
Tailings 2022, Recycled: linoleum, painted and rusted steel, formply, concrete residue, enamel paint, 26 x 26cm
Cold front 2022, Recycled: galvanised and burnt steel, formply, concrete and plaster residue, 72 x 73cm
The Deposit 2022, Recycled: painted steel, formply, concrete residue, 24 x 60cm
Tailing mounds 2022, Recycled: painted steel, formply, concrete residue, 35 x 35cm
Fire front 2022, Recycled: aluminium, painted steel, formply, concrete residue, 28 x 28cm
Road to Cobar 2022, Recycled: aluminium, painted steel, formply, concrete residue, 35 x 35cm
Dusk at Cobar 2022, Recycled: aluminium, painted steel, formply, concrete residue, 35 x 35cm
Boom town 2022, Recycled: rusted galvanised steel, bore water and concrete residue, formply, enamel paint, 35 x 35cm
Road to Daydream 2022, Recycled: linoleum, painted and rusted steel, formply, concrete residue, 35x 35cm
The edge of Industry 2022, Recycled: galvanised and painted steel, formply, concrete residue, 35 x 35cm