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| Kath Fries, Stealth, 2012, gallery view, Gosford Regional Gallery, SHOP 153: artists-in-residence group exhibition |
Stealth is my new body of work resulting from the 2012 Gosford artists-in-residence project. Responding to my experiences of the Gosford CBD during the residency, Stealth explores cycles of nature that I observed in the abandoned shopping centres and vacant spaces of the city. I found weeds, insects and erosion stealthily taking over these previously bustling consumer domains. Through found materials, sculpture, installation and drawing my resulting works evoke narratives and histories relating to the fragility of life and transience of existence. The process of readdressing, relocating and reinterpreting such overlooked everyday elements, (taking them from the street to the studio and then into the gallery), invites the audience to look at them with new eyes and explore imaginative connotations.
Dispersal
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| Kath Fries, Dispersal, 2012, dimensions 370x320x40cm locally found yellow trumpet bush seeds and charcoal on wall and floor, Gosford Regional Gallery, SHOP 153: artists-in-residence group exhibition |
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| Kath Fries, Dispersal, 2012, (detail view), locally found yellow trumpet bush seeds and charcoal on wall and floor, Gosford Regional Gallery, SHOP 153: artists-in-residence group exhibition |
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| Kath Fries, Dispersal, 2012, (detail view), locally found yellow trumpet bush seeds and charcoal on wall and floor, Gosford Regional Gallery, SHOP 153: artists-in-residence group exhibition |
Fee-fi-fo-fum
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| Kath Fries, Fee-fi-fo-fum, 2012, dimensions 280x160x60cm locally found weeds and wasp nest, thread, dutch gold leaf and shadows Gosford Regional Gallery, SHOP 153: artists-in-residence group exhibition |
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| Kath Fries, Fee-fi-fo-fum, 2012, (detail view) locally found weeds and wasp nest, thread, dutch gold leaf and shadows Gosford Regional Gallery, SHOP 153: artists-in-residence group exhibition |
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| Kath Fries, Fee-fi-fo-fum, 2012, (detail view) locally found weeds and wasp nest, thread, dutch gold leaf and shadows Gosford Regional Gallery, SHOP 153: artists-in-residence group exhibition |
Chrysalises
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| Kath Fries, Chrysalises, 2012, dimensions 320x280x40cm locally found twigs, with nylon and shadows Gosford Regional Gallery, SHOP 153: artists-in-residence group exhibition |
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| Kath Fries, Chrysalises, 2012, (detail view), locally found twigs, with nylon and shadows Gosford Regional Gallery, SHOP 153: artists-in-residence group exhibition |
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| Kath Fries, Chrysalises, 2012, (detail view), locally found twigs, with nylon and shadows Gosford Regional Gallery, SHOP 153: artists-in-residence group exhibition |
Incubate
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| Kath Fries, Incubate, 2012, dimensions 80x270x18cm, used light bulbs, locally found yellow trumpet bush pods, nylon and shadows Gosford Regional Gallery, SHOP 153: artists-in-residence group exhibition |
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| Kath Fries, Incubate, 2012, (detail view), used light bulbs, locally found yellow trumpet bush pods, nylon and shadows Gosford Regional Gallery, SHOP 153: artists-in-residence group exhibition |
Ground beneath our feet i
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| Kath Fries, Ground beneath our feet i, 2012, dimensions 120x420cm, charcoal on paper Gosford Regional Gallery, SHOP 153: artists-in-residence group exhibition |
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| Kath Fries, Ground beneath our feet i, 2012, (detail view), charcoal on paper, Gosford Regional Gallery, SHOP 153: artists-in-residence group exhibition |
Ground beneath our feet ii
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| Kath Fries, Ground beneath our feet ii, 2012, dimensions 350x280cm, graphite on tracing paper, Gosford Regional Gallery, SHOP 153: artists-in-residence group exhibition |
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| Kath Fries, Ground beneath our feet ii, 2012, (detail view), graphite on tracing paper, Gosford Regional Gallery, SHOP 153: artists-in-residence group exhibition |
These works are currently being shown in
SHOP 153: artists-in-residence group exhibition
Gosford Regional Gallery
until 9 September 2012
Kath Fries artist talk 2pm, Saturday 11 August, 2012
Gosford Regional Gallery: 36 Webb Street, East Gosford, NSW 2250
Open 10am-4pm daily
To read more about my experiences during the Gosford CBD artists-in-residence project please see
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