Drawing on historic astronomical diagrams, illustrations and manuscripts documenting the movements and appearance of comets, FULL CIRCLE loops between the earthly and otherworldly in an attempt to bring the human condition and cosmic forces into close relationship through speculative visual materials.
This exhibition questions the notion that life moves in a straight line, from here, in the present moment, out into the deep unknown. Like the cyclical trajectories of comets, the circular perspective presents an alternate view where a life is defined by a departure and a return.
Lisa Sammut, FULL CIRCLE (detail), 2021. Courtesy the artist and Mosman Art Gallery, Sydney
Mosman Art Gallery
4 January to 20 March 2022
Sydney
