Maness; n. woman as the feminine of man {1590s}
Now Showing as part of Bloom Vale for SALA!
An exploration of the floral, the mystical, botanic curiosities and hidden meanings, Bloom Vale brings together artists from The Rundle Collective for SALA 2024 to explore these themes in full 'bloom'.
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... something that defies the words that are placed upon us,
used to frame us, to decode our enigma ... an act of reclaiming, of holding space for ourselves, not about you, for you, with you, or your discomfort in this disquiet. "Maness" is a collection of intimate works in exquisite detail, drawing viewers into the mysterious language of plants and explorations of identity. Reclaiming feminine histories, titles, and words, the collection interrogates the pathways and origins of the language used to frame 'woman/the feminine'. {English} Language is often understood oppositionally, or in a binary sense of 'not this, that', with 'woman' being framed as 'not man'. Plants capture a mystical complexity, hidden knowledge, and were used in the Victorian Language of Flowers to codify subtle messages. |
"Mansionem" 2024, Fine Art Digital Print on Awagami Photographic Rice Papers, Dimensions Variable
"Kosmos" 2024, Fine Art Digital Print on Awagami Photographic Rice Paper
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the realm of the domestic,
clings still to our sense of self, our purpose laid out before us, what if we were to dream a different dream, away from the collective nightmare of consciousness through the consumerist machine, a dream of endless skies, abounding fields of floating seeds, shelter beneath the arms of the gum trees, embracing this land we now call home, finding a way to listen ... peering into the mirror, framed as never being 'enough', driving a domestic need, into domestic greed, cultural mythologies eroding the beauty of our own state of being, needing to erase the lines of our life from our faces, |
"effete" 2024, Fine Art Digital Print on Awagami Photographic Rice Paper
"effeminacy" 2024, Fine Art Digital Print on Awagami Photographic Rice Paper
"femme" 2024, Fine Art Digital Print on Awagami Photographic Rice Paper
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