Group Show / MATTER
April 17, 2024 - May 12, 2024
Woollahra Gallery at Redleaf
A sister show to MATERIALITY (2023) at DRAW Space, MATTER expands on themes of ecofeminism, transformation, and place-making. Drifting from the ocean to the urban, artists Penny Coss, Kirsty Gordon, Joyce Lubotzky, Helen Earl + Belinda Piggott, Chrystal Rimmer, and Mei Zhao traverse entangled ecologies; each artist navigating an experiential reading of time in the environment brought together in spatial dialogue with Blackburn Gardens and Murray Rose Pool.
Artists: Penny Coss, Helen Earl, Kristy Gordon, Joyce Lubotzky, Belinda Piggott, Chrystal Rimmer, and Mei Zhao
Public programs included The Tides are Always with Me performance by Penny Coss and the Trash to Treasure drawing workshop by Joyce Lubotzky.
Mei Zhao, River Flat series installation shot, 2024. Acrylic, mixed medium, timber structures, and found objects on hessian. Documentation by Richard Trang.
Mei Zhao, River Flat III, 2024. Acrylic, mixed medium and found objects on hessian. Documentation by Richard Trang.
Chrystal Rimmer, Shallow, Deep, Shallow, 2024. Bronze, cement, tidal plastic. Documentation by Richard Trang.
Chrystal Rimmer, Shallow, Deep, Shallow, 2024. Bronze, cement, tidal plastic. Documentation by Richard Trang.
(left) Mei Zhao, River Flat series, 2024. Acrylic, mixed medium, timber structures, and found objects on hessian. (right) Chrystal Rimmer, Shallow, Deep, Shallow, 2024. Bronze, cement, tidal plastic. Documentation by Richard Trang.
Penny Coss, The Tides are Always with Me installation shot, 2024. Steel Rod, dyed canvas, sand, wood, photograph and found frame. Documentation by Richard Trang.
Penny Coss, The Tides are Always with Me detail, 2024. Steel Rod and dyed canvas. Documentation by Richard Trang.
(left) Kristy Gordon, Shallow swim-throughs, 2024. Acrylic on carved ply. (middle) Helen Earl + Belinda Piggott, Forests of Carbon series, 2023. Porcelain, glaze, and stainless steel. (right) Kristy Gordon, Diving for handfuls of sand, 2024. Acrylic on carved ply. Photography by Richard Trang. Image courtesy of the artists.
Helen Earl + Belinda Piggott, Forests of Carbon series, 2023. Porcelain, glaze, and stainless steel. Photography by Richard Trang. Image courtesy of the artists.
Kristy Gordon, Shallow swim-throughs, 2024. Acrylic on carved ply. Photography by James Dorahy. Image courtesy of the artists.
Joyce Lubotzky, Reflection series, 2024. Various Found Plastic trash objects, hand painted with mirror paint. Photography by Richard Trang. Image courtesy of the artists.