Carve and Methylene Blue
As part of An Offering, Carpark Gallery, Milani Gallery Brisbane
4 – 25 March 2023.
Group show included Naomi Blacklock, Elisa Jane Carmichael, Bonita Ely, Chantal Fraser, Sally Molloy, Elizabeth Willing
Curated by Amy-Clare McCarthy
Taking Bonita Ely’s work A Mother Shows Her Daughter to the Universe (1982) as a starting point, An Offering presents new works from five contemporary Brisbane artists relating to their own experiences of motherhood.
Hanging in Gallery 1 are Elizabeth Willing’s two linen works; the first features appliquéd shapes taken from recipe books demonstrating how best to cut a cake in order to make it into new shapes (train, duck etc). The second has the outlined forms of Elizabeth’s daughters puzzles when empty of their pieces. Through the imagery of her father’s brightly coloured medication, Elizabeth confronts her own psychological experience of parenthood.
– Exhibition Catalogue, Amy-Clare McCarthy
