CEMENTA_13 - Kandos, NSW - February 1-4, 2013

Cementa_13 was an inaugural arts event held in Kandos - a NSW country town about 4 hours west of Sydney. The town was formerly famous for making cement, now making nothing.... Georgie Pollard, Alex Wisser and Ann Finnegan (who runs Kandos Projects) had the wonderful idea to hold an arts festival - providing both an opportunity for artists to produce and show work, and a chance to revitalise the town through art.  It was an outstanding success, with hundreds of people making their way there to participate.  CLICK HERE to go to the Cementa_13 site where you will discover all things cementa (as well as my contribution to the site).

The work that I installed was a cube wall built at the end of the railway station that now operates as a cafe, as trains no longer run to Kandos.  It was a solid wall that blocked off the platform, but had three cubes missing that provided glimpses of the landscape beyond. (CLICK HERE to watch a video of the work).  I also had 9 small crocheted cubes that sat along the railway wall - they had been made from scraps of wool that were left after my previous cube work had been demolished.

'Side Wall', acrylic paint on cardboard with yarn, 320cm x 230cm x 18cm, 2013

One night there was a massive rain storm and the rain beat against the back of the wall.  I was concerned that it might collapse, but only the bottom layer of boxes absorbed the water and slowly began to crumple....

SCOPE MIAMI 2012 - December 4-9, 2012

Factory 49 was invited to be part of the Scope Miami International Contemporary Art Show in December 2012.  Ten artists participated - Pam Aitken, Louise Bylton, Lynne Eastaway, Franz Ehmann, Richard Kean, Wendy Kelly, Marlene Sarroff, Liz Shreeve, Chris Suttie and myself.  

We each sent 2 works - I sent a small yellow circle painting and a paper and cardboard construction.

CLICK HERE for a copy of the catalogue.

'Circle Painting Small Yellow', oil on canvas, 30cm x 30cm, 2010

'Circle Square: Paper', paper, cardboard, pva, 30cm x 30cm (4 pieces), 2012

Installation photos courtesy of Marlene Sarroff

left to right: Pam Aitken, Liz Shreeve, Franz Ehmann, Chris Suttie, Loiuse Blyton, Lynne Eastaway, Wendy Kelly, Liz Shreeve, Franz Ehmann, Marlene Sarroff, Kate Mackay, Richard Kean, Kate Mackay, Wendy Kelly, Loiuse Blyton, Marlene Sarroff, Chris Suttie

PIECES - Office Project Space, Factory 49, 49 Shepherd St, Marrickville - November 28-Dec 8, 2012

I put 2 crocheted pieces in the Office Project Space - one from 2012 and one from 2007. The wall pieces were random colour combinations in wool; one being a flat stretched piece, the other a cube.

(photos courtesy of Marlene Sarroff)

'Crocheted Square', (left), 'Crocheted Cube' (right)

'Crocheted Square', woolen & acrylic yarn stretched on timber frame, 100cm x 100cm, 2012

'Crocheted Cube', yarn & foam, 12cm x 12cm x 12cm, 2007

CIRCLE SQUARE - OUTSIDE WALL WORK - Aurora Biscuìt Factory Wall in association with Factory 49, Shepherd St, Marrickville - October 2012

Joe from the biscuit factory across the road from Factory 49 allows artists to use his carpark wall to create work.  I created 'Circle Square' in October 2012 - at this stage it is still there, but will probably be replaced in about July of this year...

CLICK HERE to see the video that Fleur MacDonald created that includes the wall.

'Circle Square', acrylic on wall, 2012

SIMPLE ENOUGH - Factory 49, 49 Shepherd St, Marrickville - 5 September-15 September, 2012

'Simple Enough' was a solo exhibition at Factory 49 of paintings, and 2 dimensional and 3 dimensional cardboard constructions.  CLICK HERE for a copy of the catalogue and CLICK HERE for a video of the show.

The exhibition was a continuation of my previous works using circles and squares, but with the introduction of white.  It contained a painting from my previous show, 'One & the Same: Red'; as well as a new painting, 'One & the Same: White'.

The sculptural 'tower' was constructed from cardboard cubes tied together with coloured wool with the outside surfaces of the cubes painted white, but so that traces of colour were still visible underneath.  It had a single cube missing from each side so that the colourful interior could be viewed.  

The cardboard wall works continued the  square and circle patterning of the paintings.

'White Cube', acrylic on cardboard with yarn, 230cm x  90cm x 90cm, 2012

'One & the Same: Red', oil on canvas, 101cm x 101cm, 2011

'One & the Same: White', oil on canvas, 101cm x 101cm, 2012

'One & the Same: Construction 1', acrylic on cardboard, pva, 33cm x 33cm, 2012

'One & the Same: Construction 2', acrylic on cardboard, pva, 33cm x 33cm, 2012

'One & the Same: Construction 3', acrylic on cardboard, pva, 33cm x 33cm, 2012

'One & the Same: Construction 4', acrylic on cardboard, pva, 33cm x 33cm, 2012

'One & the Same: Construction 5', acrylic on cardboard, pva, 33cm x 33cm, 2012