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Assemblage
Daily
Survival Kit
Particle board box, 500 x 650mm, chrome handle, alarm clock, sports
shoes, selected books from various spiritual traditions, plastic
plate, toast with vegemite, plastic apple.
Collection: the artist In this work the
artist proposes that just as getting up on time, exercising daily
and observing the adage that 'an apple a day keeps the doctor
away', so the daily practice of spiritual meditation, or inner
listening, can also be regarded as essential for daily survival. |
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Qualities of Community:
Service, Hospitality and Joy
Timber, metal, plough discs, fine-fluted galvanised iron, various
objects, family photographs.
First shown in Tregoweth, Hutchinson, Stacey at Newland
Gallery, Country Arts South Australia, Adelaide, South Australia,
1998. Collection: the artist
This work illustrates qualities that the artist considers
central to living in a community as observed from her many
years living in her country town, namely, service, hospitality
and joy.
The three boxes are modelled on the improvised road-side delivery
boxes seen around the district in which mail, bread and other
essentials are delivered.
The first contains objects and
photos associated with her father's army service, community
service and his practice of always carrying tools in his car
in case he meets someone who needs help. The second celebrates
country hospitality, while the third reflects on joy experienced
through birth, the nurture of children and pet lambs, family
holidays and getting to know people of other cultures who have
come to the very mono-cultural community. |
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