With works spanning the last 40 years, Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery’s presentation at Sydney Contemporary 2024 is a considered deep dive into our archive.
Exhibition Dates: 4 September – 8 September 2024
With works spanning the last 40 years, Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery’s presentation is a considered deep dive into our archive.
Our selection includes: a highly anticipated painting by Daniel Boyd; Dale Frank’s oily, resplendent black monochrome from 2008; a selection of dark, dream-like oil paintings by Louise Hearman; unseen works from Bill Henson’s celebrated 'Paris Opera Project' (1990-1991); cinematic photographs from Sir Isaac Julien’s most recent body of work Once Again… (Statue Never Die); architectural marvels by Linda Marrinon from the 1990s; Imants Tillers’ first foray incorporating text in painting from 1988 and never-been-seen works from the estate of Ms. N. Yunupiŋu.
Cloudgazer takes the form of an albatross, but not quite. Its vibrant hues and patterned wings render it perhaps transformed by technological intervention. It is now a desirable thing, and alongside the shoe form of Tresses, speaks to the deliberate allure, and attendant environmental impact, of consumer culture.
The magnificent albatross was historically seen by sailors as an omen of good luck, but metaphorically the term is used to describe something that causes persistent deep concern or anxiety, in allusion to Coleridge’s poem The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, whose protagonist kills an innocent albatross and is forced to wear its carcass around his neck as punishment. When he realises the consequences of his actions and can see the beauty of the sea and its creatures, the weight is lifted. Indeed, connection, empathy, vulnerability and responsibility are at the heart of Piccinini’s practice.
oil, charcoal and archival glue on digital print on paper mounted to linen
129.5 x 90 cm
Inkjet print on Hahnemühle Photo Rag Ultrasmooth
225 x 150 cm
Edition of 6 + 2 AP
from the series Paris Opera Project
archival inkjet pigment print
127 x 127 cm; 153 x 153cm (framed)
Edition of 10 + AP 2
from the series Paris Opera Project
archival inkjet pigment print
127 x 127 cm; 153 x 153cm (framed)
Edition of 10 + AP 2
from the series Sculpture For The Home
terracotta tinted to resemble bronze
21 x 44 x 15 cm
from the series Sculpture For The Home
Terracotta tinted to resemble bronze
29 x 12 x 13 cm
synthetic polymer paint, oilstick, gouache on 54 canvas boards, nos 19588 - 19641
228 x 228 cm
Patricia Piccinini at Sydney Contemporary 2024 as part of Installation Contemporary.
polyurethane, synthetic hair, steel, mechanism
150 x 95 x 76 cm
resin and automotive paint
58 x 35 x 52 cm
Edition of 3 + 1 AP
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