March featured artist

A wonderful crowd of White cube supporters joined Rosina Byrne on the March walk to view the work of the featured local artists.

Artist: Heather Lee

Title: Cow corner sacred and profane

Medium: Mixed media

Location: Cafe 27 Deakin Ave

Cricket term defined as the area of the field (roughly) between deep mid-wicket and wide leg-on. So called because few 'legitimate' shots are aimed at this part of the field, so fielders are rarely placed there - leading to the concept that cows could happily graze in that area.

Details from Cow corner: scared and profane

Heather Lee

102 days from here

2010

Artist Book: Photocopy transfer on Mingeishi paper, waxed thread

Artist’s Statement

My art is strongly influenced by my research into sports' sociology and the way Australia's historical foundations have permeated through to the present time. Recently, my particular area of interest has been the experiences of Indigenous cricketers and how their legacies have become metaphors for discourses on personal identity.
The imagery resulting from such investigations tends to carry a duality of meaning and sits within a minimal symbolist aesthetic.
I work across various media including printmaking, sculpture, digital printmaking, silk painting and drawing.

This ball-shaped artists’ book documents the 1868 tour of England made by the Australian Aboriginal Cricket Team. Between May and October 1968, 47 matches were played of which the team won 14, drew 19 and lost 14. One team member never returned home.