As a part of this show I’d like to introduce a new work: Everything Must Go.
I found this green sales rack back in March, as I was heading to my local cafe to have lunch with a friend, which turned out to be our last lunch before lockdown. I remember talking to her about the rack over lunch, (and the potential impending lockdown too of course) deciding if I was going to pick it up or not. It’s clearly a little bigger than the steel flotsam I usually pocket so I wasn’t too sure if it would be a worthwhile find.
When we were done she offered me a ride home, but I said no, as I wanted to walk past the green rack again. That’s when I took this photo and a couple of others, put away my phone, picked up the rack and marched it to my front porch. There it lived for a couple of months before I had the time and headspace to think about it.
What would you do with an apple green sales rack that had clearly seen better days?
Since most of you can’t go to Bridget Kennedy Project Space to find out you can check out her website. But if you wanna see me tell the tale, you can hang out with me for the rest of this week as I find and share a few ‘making-of’ images, before I wave you through to the the BKPS site for the full reveal. Hell, do both, or neither – choose your own adventure!
That said, you’re really in luck if you do happen to be in Sydney. The IRL show opens this week and you get to do what I promised I’d be able to (in an over-optimistic moment in June) but can’t – go see the show in person:
We’re excited to be announcing our first exhibition of the year!
A/US by Melissa Cameron opens this Thursday 3rd September and continues until 26th.
View 24/7 in the window or visit during our usual opening hours.
Join Melissa for a virtual tour of the exhibition and Zoom Artist talk 12noon, Sat 12th Sept. Copy the link and put it in the diary!
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A/US – so named as the pieces are made from steel picked up over the last 3 years in my homes of that time span, Australia and the USA.