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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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'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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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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