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Guava Season, Tolarno Galleries Melbourne, 2017

Guava Season

Solo exhibition at Tolarno Galleries, Melbourne

29 April - 24 June 2017

Potato printing is a way for me to reference processes drawn from the studio and the kitchen. The form of the kipfler potato captures an ambiguity that allows it to float within an array of biological fields, while still being anchored as a foodstuff. The potato may represent a variety of body parts, right down to the cell.  The plant stores it’s energy in these bulbous rhizomes, to be utilised later by the plant, or to be eaten by us. There is significance for me in using this rich appendage of the plant to represent parts of our body.

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At 28, the way I understand my body has become equal parts sexual and nurturing.  Pleasure and desire are entwined in sex and the possibility of children. Food is the lens through which I primarily make sense of this dichotomy; the body as producer, and source of nutrition- and the body as consumer and recipient of love.

Last year as a way of distancing myself from a dreadful relationship I spent much of my time wandering local bushland and a huge cemetery where wild guavas trees were fruiting. Guava Season reminds me of a time spent pondering the ideas in this show.

This project has been assisted by the Australian Government through the Australia Council, its arts funding and advisory body

Swollen roots. 2017. Sweet potato, kipfler potato, and washed potato printed curtains, custom curtain rail. 110 x 315 cm each,(10 curtains total). Image courtesy of Tolarno Galleries Melbourne, Photography by Andrew Curtis.
Swollen roots. 2017. Sweet potato, kipfler potato, and washed potato printed curtains, custom curtain rail. 110 x 315 cm each,(10 curtains total). Image courtesy of Tolarno Galleries Melbourne, Photography by Andrew Curtis.
Swollen roots. 2017. Sweet potato, kipfler potato, and washed potato printed curtains, custom curtain rail. 110 x 315 cm each,(10 curtains total). Image courtesy of Tolarno Galleries Melbourne, Photography by Andrew Curtis.
Swollen roots. 2017. Sweet potato, kipfler potato, and washed potato printed curtains, custom curtain rail. 110 x 315 cm each,(10 curtains total). Image courtesy of Tolarno Galleries Melbourne, Photography by Andrew Curtis.
Swollen roots. 2017. Sweet potato, kipfler potato, and washed potato printed curtains, custom curtain rail. 110 x 315 cm each,(10 curtains total). Image courtesy of Tolarno Galleries Melbourne, Photography by Andrew Curtis.
Swollen roots. 2017. Sweet potato, kipfler potato, and washed potato printed curtains, custom curtain rail. 110 x 315 cm each,(10 curtains total). Image courtesy of Tolarno Galleries Melbourne, Photography by Andrew Curtis.
Swollen roots. 2017. Sweet potato, kipfler potato, and washed potato printed curtains, custom curtain rail. 110 x 315 cm each,(10 curtains total). Image courtesy of Tolarno Galleries Melbourne, Photography by Andrew Curtis.
Swollen roots. 2017. Sweet potato, kipfler potato, and washed potato printed curtains. 110 x 315 cm each,(10 curtains total). Image courtesy of Tolarno Galleries Melbourne, Photography by Andrew Curtis.
Swollen roots. 2017. Sweet potato, kipfler potato, and washed potato printed curtains, custom curtain rail. 110 x 315 cm each,(10 curtains total). Freshwater Saltwater. 2017. Ceramic mouth cups and glass, 50x50x50 cm. Image courtesy of Tolarno Galleries Melbourne, Photography by Andrew Curtis.
Freshwater Saltwater. 2017. Ceramic mouth cups and glass. 50x50x50 cm. Image courtesy of Tolarno Galleries Melbourne, Photography by Andrew Curtis.
Milk Teeth. Nesquik and milk installed (flooded) on window. 110x 30 cm. Image courtesy of Tolarno Galleries Melbourne, Photography by Andrew Curtis.
Milk Teeth. Nesquik and milk installed (flooded) on window. 110x 30 cm. Image courtesy of Tolarno Galleries Melbourne, Photography by Andrew Curtis.
Milk Teeth. Nesquik and milk installed (flooded) on window. 110x 30 cm. Image courtesy of Tolarno Galleries Melbourne, Photography by Andrew Curtis.