The oneonefour Project - February's instalment

My contribution this month to the ‘onefourfour’ project saw me following on from January’s work, with more linocuts and maps. The theme for this month was ‘surface’, which made me think more about how maps represent just the surface of our landscape and planet, and leave what is below to the imagination. I also drew on my recent research/obsession with utility inspection portholes that decorate our urban footpaths. I pulled out a linoblock that I had carved in 2013, but had not really explored its potential. The linoblock depicts the now defunt MMBW – Melbourne and Metropolitan Board of Works – which existed from 1891-1991. You can see this porthole on many footpaths and roads around Melbourne.

So here’s the work I made for this month’s onefourfour project.

 

Portholes to beneath the surface (15cm x15cm)

But work with this linoblock has continued apace, and has led to several much bigger works. I plan to exhibit these large works as part of Art In Public Places in Hobsons Bay in April. Stay tuned!

Exhibition Opening!!!

There's a huge exhibition of printmakers opening this Wednesday 5th February at Tacit Contemporary Art in Melbourne. And I am very excited to be one of printmakers in this show.!

You may remember that I was one of the 19 artists that was included in the inaugural Editions, this time last year. But for 2014, the gallery has expanded to include 42 printmakers!!

My works for this exhibition are six small etchings. These are very new works that form part of a bigger work called The Graveyards of Consumption.

Here's some of the images.

Leaving Port

Routes of Consumption

Coming Asumder

The Final Journey

X marks the spot

The Ships' Graveyard

Googling the Graveyard

Working the Graveyard