A shape of thought

BACKGROUND: This work is part of a research study into site and temporal specificity, in relation to the notions of new materialism, the occult, feminist theologies and the post human. It draws together a body of work as a way of thinking through symbolism, symmetry and abstraction as mediums for mythologies and their social and political functions. The research is situated at the intersection of sculpture, painting, installation and performance. CONTRIBUTION: 'A shape of thought' was a solo survey show across 4 rooms at AGNSW, representing years of practice. The experience is choreographed through time, materiality and form. The overarching question was around the geometry we employ to organise our thoughts, architectures, bodies, societies and belief systems. The work is physical, accessible, experiential and abstract. It accentuates our relation to geometry through spatial configurations that allow the viewer a re-cognition of embodied knowledge of the familiar. This viewer’s experience is manipulated through a carefully chosen materiality of colour, scale shifts, matter, space, gravity and social behaviours. SIGNIFICANCE: The AGNSW is a prestigious national institution. The show well-received and visited by international curators, art historians, collectors and gallerists. I had meetings with the director of Metropolitan Museum of Art NY, and the Palais Tokyo in Paris. A major new work was acquired by the AGNSW and 2 large paintings gifted. Another large painting sold to Michael Buxton. Wayne Tunnicliff was the curator and an extensive monograph was published. I received money from a competitive round of grants from the Australia Council. The work was reviewed in the Monthly magazine, newspapers, TV coverage and 'Everyone’s a Critic.’