Kathy Temin’s bold creations come to GOMA
Bringing her thought-provoking collection of installation pieces to GOMA, Kathy Temin crafts works that are set to surprise.
In My Monument: White forest, which will be on display at GOMA from Saturday September 28 until Sunday February 16, 2014, cartoon-like trees made from fluffy fabrics are contrasted with a sky-blue background. Kathy Temin’s exhibition introduces private experience with the public world. Stemming from a family history of displacement and loss, Kathy’s work is concerned with the way objects evoke other places and other times.
Taking American modernist Frank Stella’s maze-like 1960s paintings and reworking these images as a magical pathway through trees, Kathy’s installation pieces create a surreal yet physical landscape and invite audiences to step into her fantasy-inspired realm. Following a trip to Europe in 2008, where Kathy visited Holocaust sites and memorials, Kathy’s family’s past enriched her view of the landscape. Consequently, the exhibition is a site for collective remembering.
Image Credit:
Kathy Temin | Australia b.1968 |My monument: White forest (detail) 2008 | Synthetic fur, synthetic fibre fill, steel, wood, MDF board | Purchased 2009. The Queensland Government’s Gallery of Modern Art Acquisitions Fund | Collection: Queensland Art Gallery
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