Scene I: the flight from Egypt
homecoming
Scene II: bundadjurruga + meassemblage; nautical maps, photocopies, mixed media
2014
My father came to Australia by boat from Egypt in 1950.
Pyramids have long been a part of my personal mythology. Still, I
had never envisaged myself making a life at the base of one; nor had I
anticipated the daily joy of watching the ebb and flow of sunlight and shadow
over such a striking form.
Then there is the weight of that geology; all that mighty mass
of rock, strata - twisted, folded, exposed...
and the mountain that attracts its own weather systems, ever
changing, shape shifting; the constant variable that delights the eye everyday…
A
pyramid, a monument, a land mark, a way home, a constant, an elevation, a
refuge, a trek, a focal point, a composition, a journey, a challenge, a
comfort, a waterfall, a silent witness, a sentinel, a peak, a silhouette, a
shape shifter, a sunset, a lighthouse
Navigating
one’s way from the unknown, home …
This work is part of a group show The Gordonvale Creative Art Prize
and received a Highly Commended for Contemporary Art
Gordonvale Creative Art Prize
Bryce's Arcade, Norman Street, Gordonvale
Open 9am -1pm Saturday 6th September
