SCULPTURE
SCULPTURE
PAINT & INK
PAINT & INK
PAINT & INK
CV
CV
CV
THE NATURE OF WANTING - ARTIST STATEMENT
‘The Nature of Wanting’ is a body of work that addresses the unsustainable consumption of the human race. As a species people continuously process resources of social, environmental and economic value with little regard for the future. Materials are extracted, refined and transformed into fleeting 'objects of desire'. Though a face-paced lifestyle only encourages a focus on the final product, their consumers have become detached from the process that created them. Resulting in a reduced appreciation between these 'objects of desire' and the methods used to create them. A disassociation that contributes to a wasteful attitude towards both labour and environmental resources.
This exhibition explores human body as a machine that seeks out and consumes through unsustainable resource gathering processes. Representing all 'objects of desire' is a small stepped pyramid that appears in several of the works. Whether through representation or suggestion, human presence provides context and narrative for this pyramid to generate discussion of humanity’s consumption habits.
THE NATURE OF WANTING - ARTIST STATEMENT
‘The Nature of Wanting’ is a body of work that addresses the unsustainable consumption of the human race. As a species people continuously process resources of social, environmental and economic value with little regard for the future. Materials are extracted, refined and transformed into fleeting 'objects of desire'. Though a face-paced lifestyle only encourages a focus on the final product, their consumers have become detached from the process that created them. Resulting in a reduced appreciation between these 'objects of desire' and the methods used to create them. A disassociation that contributes to a wasteful attitude towards both labour and environmental resources.
This exhibition explores human body as a machine that seeks out and consumes through unsustainable resource gathering processes. Representing all 'objects of desire' is a small stepped pyramid that appears in several of the works. Whether through representation or suggestion, human presence provides context and narrative for this pyramid to generate discussion of humanity’s consumption habits.
THE NATURE OF WANTING - ARTIST STATEMENT
‘The Nature of Wanting’ is a body of work that addresses the unsustainable consumption of the human race. As a species people continuously process resources of social, environmental and economic value with little regard for the future. Materials are extracted, refined and transformed into fleeting 'objects of desire'. Though a face-paced lifestyle only encourages a focus on the final product, their consumers have become detached from the process that created them. Resulting in a reduced appreciation between these 'objects of desire' and the methods used to create them. A disassociation that contributes to a wasteful attitude towards both labour and environmental resources.
This exhibition explores human body as a machine that seeks out and consumes through unsustainable resource gathering processes. Representing all 'objects of desire' is a small stepped pyramid that appears in several of the works. Whether through representation or suggestion, human presence provides context and narrative for this pyramid to generate discussion of humanity’s consumption habits.
Harrison Waed See
Paper Trails Between Lion and Swan
Phase 1: SCULPTURE2025, Singapore Art Week (SAW), Singapore (January 2024)
Phase 2: Old Customs House, Artsource, Fremantle (June 2024)
Paper Trails Between Lion and Swan is a two-phase collaborative exhibition curated by Harrison See, Desmond Mah & Yeo Chee Kiong featuring 6 artists from Singapore and 6 from Perth/Boorloo. These two coastal and culturally diverse locations are bound by intersecting histories of British colonisation in the Asia Pacific region. To renegotiate these intersections in a contemporary context, the artists have explored paper and textiles as a metaphor for diaspora, trade and identity.
Artists:
Deborah WORTHY-COLLINS (Perth / Boorloo)
Desmond MAH (Perth / Boorloo)
Di CUBITT (Perth / Boorloo)
Harrison SEE (Perth / Boorloo)
Kelsey ASHE (Perth / Boorloo)
Sarah THORNTON-SMITH (Perth / Boorloo)
Ezzam RHAMAN (Singapore)
Nhawful JUMA'AT (Singapore)
TAN Yen Peng (Singapore)
XIN XiaoChang (Singapore)
YEO Chee Kiong (Singapore)
Phase 1 supported through funding by the Department of Local Government Sport and Cultural Industries (WA).
HERENOW|23: In-Between-ness is a curated exhibition featuring 10 culturally diverse artists responding to their experiences of living in a contemporary Western Australia. These artists, who collectively draw on lived experiences spanning five continents, have explored their relationship between land and culture through paint, print, sculpture, performance, installation, video and photography.
Artists:
Patricia AMORIM
Kelsey ASHE
Yvette DUNN-MOSES
Marcia ESPINOSA
Shanti GELMI
Sue LEEMING
Desmond MAH
Leonie Ngahuia MANSBRIDGE
Matthew MCALPINE
Lea TAYLOR
Supported by funding from the Department of Local Government Sport and Cultural Industries (WA).
Crossroads and Convergences is a curated exhibition featuring eight artists exploring notions of ‘intersection’ through a range of cultural, social and material interpretations. This diverse mix of local and international artists showcase works across disciplines of paint, print, drawing, installation, video and photography.
Artists:
Patricia AMORIM
Isaac HUGGINS
Aliesha KING
Xue LI
Conor MACGRATH
Charlotte Robinson
Xinwei XU
Jane WHELEN