Comprising of over thirty hand-knitted, brightly coloured panels bearing texts related to self-care, this ongoing project stems from Kate Just’s well-known social justice and feminist art practice and reflects the artist’s knitted meditation on actions required to sustain oneself to do challenging work in a confronting world. “Each work is a simple prompt that I consider crucial for my own emotional survival and resilience and an invitation to others to imagine how they might prioritise caring for themselves,” says Just. “These are simple actions that are sometimes hard to do” – from panels directing us to “eat good food” to “learn something new.”
Kate Just, SELF CARE ACTION: (Make Art), 2023, hand-knitted acrylic yarn, canvas, and timber, 55 × 40cm. Photograph: Simon Strong. Courtesy the artist and Linden New Art, Melbourne
Linden New Art
18 March to 4 June 2023
Melbourne
