The Absent Mother (cover), 2002
75 x 55 cm Sixty four page flip book, permanent black Ink
The Absent Mother No. 5, 2003
75 x 55 cm Rouge Contè on Canson paper
The Absent Mother No. 7, 2003
75 x 55 cm Rouge Contè on Canson paper
The Absent Mother No. 8, 2003
75 x 55 cm Rouge Contè on Canson paper
The Absent Mother No. 9, 2003
75 x 55 cm Rouge Contè on Canson paper
The Absent Mother No. 10, 2003
75 x 55 cm Rouge Contè on Canson paper
The Absent Mother No. 19, 2003
110 x 75 cm Rouge Contè on Canson paper
The Absent Mother No. 26, 2003
75 x 55 cm Rouge Contè on Canson paper
The Absent Mother No. 27, 2003
75 x 55 cm Rouge Contè on Canson paper
The Absent Mother No. 29, 2003
110 x 75 cm Rouge Contè on Canson paper
The Absent Mother No. 82, 2003
110 x 75 cm Rouge Contè on Canson paper
The Absent Mother No. 85, 2003
110 x 75 cm Rouge Contè on Canson paper
The Absent Mother No. 88, 2003
75 x 55 cm Rouge Contè on Canson paper
The Absent Mother No. 91, 2003
75 x 55 cm Rouge Contè on Canson paper
The Absent Mother No. 92, 2003
75 x 55 cm Rouge Contè on Canson paper
The Absent Mother No. 96, 2003
75 x 55 cm Rouge Contè on Canson paper
The Absent Mother, Front 2003
210 X 180 cm Primary Installation
Quilted brain form composed of human hair, pigmented powders and Japanese glass beads
Absence, 2002
One size fits palm
Cotton form red acrylic
The Absent Mother
Installation - AIT ARTS ADELAIDE 2002
The Absent Mother
Installation - AIT ARTS ADELAIDE 2002
The Absent Mother
Installation - AIT ARTS ADELAIDE 2002
“A single line positioned across a beautiful space is a landscape,
vast, empty and mine”.
Primary installation 210 x 180 cm, The Absent Mother, (Quilted brain form composed of human hair, pigmented powders and Japanese glass beads) 2002.
My mother has manifestly become the principal element underpinning every artefact that embodies my practice which now belongs to a broader concern, that of ‘Mothering’. The idea of a mother ‘absent’ is and continues to be a challenging statement. What constitutes absence?
The Absent Mother installation attempts to evoke reflections on these concerns.
The quilted form conveys the initial reconstruction of the memory of the ‘absent’ mother as is manifest, whilst the development of the individual is defined through a series of drawings, layered with symbols that bring into play an imagined landscape of uncertainty and isolation.
The Absent Mother (2002) Sixty-four page flip book The Absent Mother; 8 x 5 cm.
Limited edition 500
