Ever ancient, ever new
Rubicon ARI
Level 1, 309 Queensberry Street, North Melbourne
February 22 - March 11, 2017
Tentatively, I unlatch my front gate, chocking
it open with a stone.
A little fearfully, I leave my front door wide,
and screen door unlocked.
The table set, old wine is left to breathe, and
fresh bread to cool,
for all to take, ignore, or savour.
Initially
undertaken as site-specific installation upon the ruins of the 13th
century Church of the Cross (Korskirken), May 2016 in Oslo, Norway, Ever ancient, ever new explores the
effects of an openness to vulnerability, and its capacity to induce harm,
humility, and healing.
Many thanks
to Lucia Murnane, Neil Shurgold (Rubicon ARI), and André Piguet (exhibition
documentation).
Each work on
wood panel:
( ) Station, 2016, acrylic on Japanese
Magnolia, 30x20cm.
Each work
on glass:
Stolen/gifted painting, 2017, acrylic on glass, 30x20cm.
Acrylic in
floor cavities.
First
Station, Stolen/gifted painting, and stone.
Permit,
exhibition sheet, and stone.
Second
Station, and stone.
Third
Station, Fourth Station, and stone.
Fifth Station, litter, plastic bag, and nippers.
Sixth Station, and stone.
Stone.
Seventh
Station, Eighth Station, and (the) stone (that the builders rejected).
Ninth
Station, and stone.
Stolen/gifted
painting, and stone.
Tenth
Station, and stone.
Eleventh
Station, Stolen/gifted painting, Twelfth Station, Thirteenth Station, and
Fourteenth Station.
Stone.