Exhibitions at Linden 18 August - 24 September 2006

Bill Sampson describes his work Gorgeous But ... in gallery 1 (front) as 'marks manufactured/made by marbling - the sort of thing done in primary school. Little deliberation and no expression - reminiscent of Warhol having his assistants urinate on the etching plates. They are pretty. Some will add, "pretty bad"!'

Mirrors are used as a tool for spatial distortion and investigation in the work of Antonia Goodfellow. Her new work Hive Relic in gallery 1 (rear), in which she utilizes Islamic systems of geometry to create a cubic tessellation, considers the concept and paradox of Infinity - scientifically, culturally, technologically, spiritually and ecologically. Every step in the process has been meticulously mapped out and the work is made entirely by hand. The objective was to make 23 model cities in 23 days. The mirrors are configured to best utilise the quality of stereoscopic depth, the space inside the mirror plane that invites an opening or passage into other spaces.

Experience of place is what is at the heart of French artist Marie-Jeanne Hoffner's installation Heimlich - What Belongs To The House in galleries 2, 3 &5. The studio is an important part of her practice and is often the place that initiates investigation. It can be the physical starting point of the work allowing for reflection on space and how we inhabit it. For her exhibition at Linden, her house in France will be re-presented in three different states: it is described on video by a group of students from Monash University; it is an installation made from leftover wood found on the streets of Melbourne; and bits and pieces of what belongs to her actual house, along with fragile outlines and drawings.

Alicia King's installation I'm Growing To Love You in gallery 4, suggests forms both internal and external to the body, in which life may exist, disguised, or in un-recognizable form. Nature is made strange by combining elements of the body, composed of cultured human tissue with fragments from a nature unknown, in an innate metamorphosis between body and environment. This work opens up extended locations and perspectives for subjectivity; a morphosis between fixed form and formlessness; object, body, and space.

 

 

image: Bill Sampson
image: Bill Sampson

image: Antonia Goodfellow
image: Antonia Goodfellow

image: Alicia King
image: Alicia King