^{Garden Variety Dykes}

^{Mt Coot-tha Botanical Gardens Auditorium

152 Mt Coot-tha Rd, Mt Coot-tha, Brisbane/Magandjin
December 8 - 10, 2024}

^{Firstdraft Gallery
13/17 Riley St, Woolloomooloo, Sydney/Gadigal
March 25 - May 11, 2025}

OVERVIEW:

Garden Variety Dykes is a sculptural group show expanding on the sapphic gardening publication of the same name, edited by Irene Reti and Valerie Jean Chase in 1994.

The works reference the heartfelt publication, deep diving into queer ecologies to explore diverse sapphic longing in the garden.

ARTISTS:

Abbra Kotlarczyk, Seren Wagstaff, Tiana Jefferies and Tay Haggarty.

Curated by Tay Haggarty.

^{Mt Coot-tha Botanical Gardens Auditorium}

Love Triage II, 2024
Hole punched awagami and mingeshi squeeze papers using casuarina she-oak seed pods, natural dyes of casuarin she-oak, Australian bluebell, sage and borage, polymer clay, rare earth magnets, dried poa grasses, soil and metal
29.5 x 144 cm (work on paper dimensions) / overall dimensions variable
Photograph by Tay Haggarty

Love Triage II, detail, 2024
Photograph by Tay Haggarty

Love Triage I, 2024
Hand-perforated and earth-impregnated paper, graphite powder, rice glue, water, polymer clay, rare earth magnets, dried poa grasses, soil and metal
29.5 x 144 cm (work on paper dimensions) / overall dimensions variable
Photograph by Tay Haggarty

Love Triage I, detail, 2024
Photograph by Tay Haggarty

Garden Variety Dykes, 2024
Mt Coot-tha Botanical Gardens Auditorium
Photograph by Tay Haggarty