Exhibitions—
2024
Garden Variety Dykes
Mt Coot-tha Botanical Gardens Auditorium152 Mt Coot-tha Rd, Mt Coot-tha, Brisbane/Magandjin
December 8 - 10, 2024
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.
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 with Annie Monks.
Curated by Tay Haggarty.
Publication: poem by Abbra Kotlarczyk; image by Marilena Hewitt; printing by Stray Pages.
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Photography by Irina Strauss.
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Photography by Irina Strauss.
Abbra Kotlarczyk, Seren Wagstaff, Tiana Jefferies and Tay Haggarty with Annie Monks.
Curated by Tay Haggarty.
Publication: poem by Abbra Kotlarczyk; image by Marilena Hewitt; printing by Stray Pages.
Photography by Irina Strauss.
Photography by Irina Strauss.
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, 2024Hand-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
Garden Variety Dykes, 2024
Mt Coot-tha Botanical Gardens Auditorium
Photograph by Tay Haggarty