Inner being

11 October - 22 November

Curated by Julian Laffan

OPENING EVENT: 5:30pm, Wednesday 15 October

 

Susan Rushforth, Water Spirit. Image courtesy of the artist

 
 

Inner Being brings together ten contemporary artists from across Australia, Finland and Japan who question our relationship with trees as communicative beings, and traces of their presence in printed and sculpted matter. Meditations on a branch, an ancient piece of timber or an entire tree become tangible memory works that question our impact on these beings and our place within the nature-culture environments we inhabit. Our own temporary presence is amplified among the communities of old growth ancient paddock and forest trees. The Inner Being of the timber is investigated through tracing as a method to recall arboreal beings, connection to place and multi-species relationality, and the impact of human environmental destruction.

 

Artists:

GW BOT, Lucy DAVIS + Migrant Ecologies Projects and Collaborators, Tate DOHERTY, Cecile GALIAZZO, Sammy HAWKER, Julian LAFFAN, Tracy PATEMAN, Susan Rushforth, Katsutoshi YUASA, Koji YUKI

  • Julian Laffan is an artist, educator and curator living in the historic town of Braidwood, New South Wales, Australia. Julian specialises in contemporary woodcuts and drawings, using these mediums to create sculptural objects and works on paper that explore themes of history and identity. Julian has produced a series of exhibitions that developed mentorship partnerships between emerging and established artists from across Australia.  

Events + Dates:

5:30pm, Wednesday 15 October: Exhibition Opening

Join us for the exhibition opening with Dr Robert Wellington, Associate Professor of Art History, ANU. All welcome!

2pm, Saturday 8 November: Panel Discussion

Hear about the fascinating lives of trees from curator and artist Julian Laffan, anthropologist Associate Professor Natasha Fijn, and artists Dr Tracy Pateman and GW Bot in this wide-ranging panel discussion.

Inner Being is open 11 October - 22 November. 

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