Inner City Inner Self

EXHIBIT 912 Gallery
Solo Exhibition
Brisbane 1992

Inner City: the glass towers, their reflected surfaces and changing forms – Inner Self: concerns of feelings; vulnerability, determination & commitment

Using three photographs, (depicting two prominent inner city buildings) as source material, the works evolve around the resultant strong visual images. Works include Artists Books and framed Collage using photographs, some photocopied & digitally manipulated with hand and machine stitched handmade (fibre) papers, silk & cotton fabrics.

Access to the photocopies of Cannon Australia for 6 months allowed for experimentation with manipulating and reconstructing photographic images using their coloured & black & white photocopiers. This work represents part of the results of this experimentation.

 

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RENOVATION

64cm x 76cm framed artwork
Acquired: Private Collection
Published: 1993 Textile Magazine Vol.36

Inner City – the mirrored glass: enclosed and protected but still vulnerable
Inner Self – changing ideas: trying again, rebuilding

Cut, torn & painted, colour photocopies, handmade fibre papers & dyed Japanese papers, metallic mesh & dyed silk fabrics; hand & machine stitched

 

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FRAGMENTATION

66cm x 78cm framed artwork
Acquired: Private Collection

Inner City – the changing face: people moving; new buildings, changing fortunes
Inner Self – breaking apart: losing control, despair, disillusionment

Torn & painted, colour photocopies, handmade fibre papers & dyed Japanese papers; machine stitched

 

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BOOK I: RESOURCES

70cm x 8cm x 20cm
Artist Book
Acquired: Private Collection, Japan

Inner City: making notes
Inner Self: the foundation – the beginning; a file containing all resource material – thoughts, sketches & design ideas.

Assembled papers: photocopied, drawn & printed images on handmade , tracing, artist & dyed Japanese papers, wood block, metal bolt

 

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BOOK II: DISCOVERY

23cm x 35cm
Artist Book
Acquired: Private Collection, Japan

Inner City – noticing: discovering new places
Inner Self – looking through: windows, space & light to see beyond

Assembled black & white and colour photocopied images on tracing paper, mount board, dyed Japanese paper