A silver-white decaying tree hollow rests on a layer of ash. An aluminium cast that investigates the phenomena of transformation. Molten metal captures the process of changing states. Out of death rises regeneration.
Impermanence, a cycle, the metaphysical space between life and death – the states of change we experience in the natural world and our human experience. Cells in transition, alchemy, decay.
A captured moment, what is not there, absence, loss, an ending, the gradual disintegration of matter over time.
“fire transforms matter into spirit, ash is residue, it has potential for life again.” - Janet Laurence
cast aluminium with white patina on ash
30 x 80 x 20 cm
Finalist
Judges of the 20th Anniversary Woollahra Small Sculpture Prize: Dr Lara Strongman (Director Curatorial and Digital, Museum of Contemporary Art Australia), Joanna Capon OAM (Art Historian, Curator and Industrial Archaeologist) and Jenny Kee AO (Artist and Fashion Designer).
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