Notions of Care explores the ways in which art and nurture are interlinked. Through the works of Arini Byng, Renae Coles & Anna Dunnill (Snapcat), Polly Stanton, Kate Tucker and Katie West, ways of caring are unfolded, cultivated, and enforced. The exhibition asks questions about the ways that art can care for both the viewer and artist.
Each artist in the exhibition approaches care in a nuanced and delicate way, referencing the human body and the natural environment from West’s pillows filled with eucalyptus leaves, bringing the smells and materiality of the natural environment into a gallery setting, to Tucker’s sculptural paintings which reveal the structures of support that allow artists to make work, focusing on self-care practices, emphasising the process of making rather than outcome.
Kate Tucker, Care Banner, 2021
Throughout the exhibition, care is explored through soft bodily forms, bodily interrelations, and enclosed personal spaces. Embracing the coincidences of nature and its welcoming all-embracing landscape. Using different materials and gestural propositions, the exhibition welcomes a personal and intimate reflection of care. Connected to the body and the land, each work grounds the audience to reflect upon care for themselves, others, and the environment.
Ararat Gallery TAMA
12 November 2022 to 26 February 2023
Victoria
