2006 – 2012
Huon Pine, synthetic turf, readymades
104 cm x 120 cm x 357 cm
Photography: Michael Baker
Mothership (aberration) with its ‘army’ of ready-mades seems orderly and controlled, suggesting balance and comfort, completeness and contentment. But does resentment swell? Does chaos beckon? Is the ideal of domestic life and suburban planning hiding despair or longing?
Peter Poulet, artist and NSW Government Architect, excerpt from catalogue essay.
Patterns of Desire
Span Galleries, Melbourne
4 April-29 April 2006
IN-Grained: works in wood (exposed and disguised) 2003-2012
Curator: Peta Heffernan, architect
Carnegie Gallery, Hobart, Tasmania
13 July-12 August 2012