‘River Language’ continues Kate Dorrough’s ongoing focus on the river as a fundamental source of fertility within the Australian landscape. In her large-scale paintings and hand-built ceramic forms, the Sydney artist posits the river as a vital life force, with its cyclical nature of renewal and destruction, whilst also considering its importance as a potent historical and cultural emblem embedded in our literature and inherited visual language.
‘The river is political, and a place of remembering. Broad and strong, the river is a unifying symbol,’ reflects the artist.
Kate Dorrough, River language II, acrylic on linen, 152 x 168cm. Courtesy the artist and Arthouse Gallery, Sydney
Arthouse Gallery
5 to 23 May 2020
Sydney
