Utilising natural silk, unique dying techniques and the bones of road kill, Karen Boulden’s debut solo exhibition speaks of mysterious associations; otherworldliness, birth, death, decay, stigmata and cicatrix (scars left by wounds), land and nature.
In this show, Boulden gives voice to slain native animals, symbols of a natural world eclipsed by technology and a speeding culture.
Chapman & Bailey
April 3 to 29, 2012
Karen Boulden, The Darkness Behind, 2012, natural silk on wood, dyes, wombat teeth, 100 x 78cm.
Courtesy the artist and Chapman & Bailey, Melbourne.
