26 November - 23 December
Sullivan+Strumpf, Sydney
Taking its name from a famous etching of Sydney’s Garden Palace destroyed by fire in September 1882, the show recalls a former common meeting place that no longer exists. At the centre of the exhibition is The Ghost of Wombeyan, a carving of a life-sized shrouded figure in repose and swathed in cloth. Created from marble from Wombeyan Caves, where the artist grew up, the figure lies in requiem to the landscape and its stories.
Upstairs, smaller works carved from Wombeyan marble record impressions of Seton’s early recollections: a favourite toy, Bun Bun the rabbit; four pillows in a row, for four sleeping brothers; The Sawdust Short Drop Throne, a wry throwback to the sawdust toilet used as a child; and Dad, I dug a hole!, a collection of mattocks used for tilling and shaping the earth, and planting trees.
Accompanying Seton’s sculptures, a series of photographs of the quarry capture how, like memory, the landscape has been altered and reconstituted over time. The title of each work is replete with loss, such as The Vanishing and A History of Forgetting.
(L-R): In Memory Of, 2020. Pigment Print On Cotton Rag; 33.6 X 50.3 Cm; Edition Of 3 + 2 Ap; The Vanishing, 2020. Pigment Print On Cotton Rag; 33.6 X 50.3 Cm; Edition Of 3 + 2 Ap; Quarry Angel, 2020. Pigment Print On Cotton Rag; 33.6 X 50.3 Cm; Edition Of 3 + 2 Ap.
Meet Me Under The Dome, Sullivan+Strumpf, Sydney. 2020
L-R: The Memory Of Wounds, 2020. Pigment Print On Cotton Rag; 170 X 113 Cm; Edition Of 3 + 2 AP; A History Of Forgetting, 2020. Pigment Print On Cotton Rag; 170 X 113 Cm; Edition Of 3 + 2 Ap.: The Ghost Of Wombeyan (A History Of Forgetting), 2020. Wombeyan And Meloccan Jade Green Marble, Stainless Steel; 110 X 110 X 226cm; A History Of Forgetting, 2020. Pigment Print On Cotton Rag; 170 X 113 Cm; Edition Of 3 + 2 AP.
Meet Me Under The Dome, Sullivan+Strumpf, Sydney. 2020
Meet Me Under The Dome, Sullivan+Strumpf, Sydney. 2020
L-R: The Memory Of Wounds, 2020. Pigment Print On Cotton Rag; 170 X 113 Cm; Edition Of 3 + 2 AP; The Ghost Of Wombeyan (A History Of Forgetting), 2020. Wombeyan And Meloccan Jade Green Marble, Stainless Steel; 110 X 110 X 226cm; A History Of Forgetting, 2020. Pigment Print On Cotton Rag; 170 X 113 Cm; Edition Of 3 + 2 AP.
Meet Me Under The Dome, Sullivan+Strumpf, Sydney. 2020
L-R: The Memory Of Wounds, 2020. Pigment Print On Cotton Rag; 170 X 113 Cm; Edition Of 3 + 2 AP; The Ghost Of Wombeyan (A History Of Forgetting), 2020. Wombeyan And Meloccan Jade Green Marble, Stainless Steel; 110 X 110 X 226cm.
Meet Me Under The Dome, Sullivan+Strumpf, Sydney. 2020
Meet Me Under The Dome, Sullivan+Strumpf, Sydney. 2020
Meet Me Under The Dome, Sullivan+Strumpf, Sydney. 2020
The Sawdust Short Drop Throne (Detail), 2020. Wombeyan And Meloccan Jade Green Marble , Stainless Steel; 104 X 110 X 110 Cm.
The Sawdust Short Drop Throne, 2020. Wombeyan And Meloccan Jade Green Marble , Stainless Steel; 104 X 110 X 110 Cm.
Meet Me Under The Dome, Sullivan+Strumpf, Sydney. 2020
Meet Me Under The Dome, Sullivan+Strumpf, Sydney. 2020
L-R: The Sure Footed Ladder, 2020. Wombeyan Marble; 242 X 59 X 30 cm; The Sawdust Short Drop Throne, 2020. Wombeyan And Meloccan Jade Green Marble , Stainless Steel; 104 X 110 X 110 cm; Bunbun Contemplates Nostalgia As A Toxic Instinct, 2020. Wombeyan Marble, Acrylic.
Encouraged To Be Soft Not Hard, 2020. Wombeyan Marble, 30 X 42 X 56 Cm; Series Of 8.
Meet Me Under The Dome, Sullivan+Strumpf, Sydney. 2020
L-R: Encouraged To Be Soft Not Hard, 2020. Wombeyan Marble, 30 X 42 X 56 Cm; Series Of 8. The Sawdust Short Drop Throne, 2020. Wombeyan And Meloccan Jade Green Marble , Stainless Steel; 104 X 110 X 110 cm; Dad, I Dug A Hole!, 2020. Wombeyan Marble And Pine Handle, 89 X 10 X 42 Cm; Series Of 8.
History is Buried In My Backyard, 2020. Wombeyan marble, 180 x 250cm (8 panels at 85x 55cm each).
History is Buried In My Backyard, 2020. Wombeyan marble, 180 x 250cm (8 panels at 85x 55cm each).
History is Buried In My Backyard (Detail), 2020. Wombeyan marble, 180 x 250cm (8 panels at 85x 55cm each).
History is Buried In My Backyard, 2020. Wombeyan marble, 180 x 250cm (8 panels at 85x 55cm each).
History is Buried In My Backyard (Detail), 2020. Wombeyan marble, 180 x 250cm (8 panels at 85x 55cm each).
History is Buried In My Backyard (Detail), 2020. Wombeyan marble, 180 x 250cm (8 panels at 85x 55cm each).
L-R: The Unremembered, 2020. Wombeyan Marble panel of the old Commonwealth Bank, George St, Sydney, 91 x 59 x 2.5cm.
History is Buried In My Backyard, 2020. Wombeyan marble, 180 x 250cm (8 panels at 85x 55cm each).
History is Buried In My Backyard (Detail), 2020. Wombeyan marble, 180 x 250cm (8 panels at 85x 55cm each).