Upon visiting Sriwhana Spongs exhibition Torn and Untroubled i remember being struck by one of her works; it was a piece of silk that had been draped over Spong's wisteria tree and left to embrace its branches for some time, as a delicate mantle.
The retrieved piece of fabric was blushing, stained slightly by the lilac wisteria. It absorbed rain and dew, it gathered small insects.
In Kate Newbys recent exhibition I'll follow you down the road, she titles a sheet of linen strung across the length of the gallery Hung on the roof during a storm. I imagine Newby struggling one stormy night to drape the large sheet of linen atop her house, and its ghostly flapping presence throughout the night, beneath the sky.
Spongs silk and Newbys linen act as shrouds, they gather storms, blossoms, essences, they become shimmering and emanating presences, ghostly, eloquent and slight, like second hand clothes, they are traces, they clasp residues...
The retrieved piece of fabric was blushing, stained slightly by the lilac wisteria. It absorbed rain and dew, it gathered small insects.
In Kate Newbys recent exhibition I'll follow you down the road, she titles a sheet of linen strung across the length of the gallery Hung on the roof during a storm. I imagine Newby struggling one stormy night to drape the large sheet of linen atop her house, and its ghostly flapping presence throughout the night, beneath the sky.
Spongs silk and Newbys linen act as shrouds, they gather storms, blossoms, essences, they become shimmering and emanating presences, ghostly, eloquent and slight, like second hand clothes, they are traces, they clasp residues...
(thinking of ed ruschas 1969 stains, or the aftermath of christo & jeanne-claude's wrappings)
Sriwhana Spong
Torn and Untroubled
12th December - 9th January 2009
Y3K Melbourne
Kate Newby
Ill follow you down the road
19th May - 18 June 2011
Hopkinson Cundy
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