Nurture

Written By Tesha Malott

Simon Baré, Simon Cooper, Sabella D’Souza, Suzy Faiz, Danica Knežević, Jaqueline Larcombe, Bernadette Smith, Rosie Thomas, Tamara Voninski
Nurture
17 October – 29 October, 2019

Installation view, left to right. Video monitor with black and white image of a woman and her reflection. Walking mobility aid. Projection on wall of a small, segmented bed next to a large bed with white sheets covering something.

Nurture, installation view, 2019. Photography by Zan Wimberley.

Curatorial Statement

This exhibition will explore the theme of nurture and the act of nurturing. Each artist has a conceptual link to a familial or cultural nurturing pertinent to their personal experience. More than this, visually they all connect as the artists have all employed a more subdued palette within their works and, compositionally, each work appears to want to engage and nurture the viewer directly.

Monitor with split screen video. Left, figure in traditional jewelry and white clothing with black text standing, holding a phone. Right, phone recording of a live stream of the figure with text chat reading "wtf speak".

Sabella D’Souza, My Motherland is a Mouthful, HD video, 5 min 30 sec, 2016.

6 colourful paintings of detailed ornate columns in 2 rows. Each illustration is on a blended background of pink, orange, green and blue with line drawings of decorative flowers.

Jacqueline Larcombe, Columns and Roses: a Neighbourhood Study, Gouache acrylic, oil sticks, raw canvas, Ongoing, 2019.

Installation view. Brown object on plinth. To the right, 5 monitors, varying in size, hung on the wall in a line.

Nurture, installation view, 2019. Photography by Zan Wimberley.

Install view. Left, split screen video on monitor. Right, small photographs on found object, sculptural shelves along 2 walls in the corner of the gallery.

Nurture, installation view, 2019. Photography by Zan Wimberley.

3 framed photographs of closeup, abstracted grind lines in blue, orange, yellow and black.

(L-R) Bernadette Smith, Rapture, Framed archival Ilford Pearl Photograph, 88.5 x 61cm, 2019
Bernadette Smith, Through a glass’ darkly, Framed archival Ilford Pearl Photograph, 88.5 x 61cm, 2018.
Bernadette Smith, Threshold, Framed archival Ilford Pearl Photograph, 88.5 x 61cm, 2019.

Monitor showing a 2-channel black and white video. Left, a group of men watching 2 bald figures in dresses and sunglasses. Right, Bald figure sitting on the floor holding a textile.

Tamara Voninski, Now and Then, Video, 4 minutes 8 seconds.

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