KIM WESTCOTT: CHICANE
Opening Saturday 10 Dec, From 2 pm
5 Bedford St, Collingwood, 3066
Official exhibition launch of façade artwork (pictured). Featuring new paintings related to the public artwork, as well as drypoint encaustics, sculpture and perspex engravings.
To be opened by Dylan Brady (Conductor, Decibel Architecture) at Magma Galleries.
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ARTIST STATEMENT
As one traverses our iconic Punt Road, the destination is often the focus. But have you ever walked past a lemon scented gum in the rain, when the warmth of a summer storm has infused the air with a gift of eucalyptus? Well that destination is important as well. With this public artwork, I was offered the opportunity of create one of these moments, available to anyone ready to pause and take a breath in.
‘Chicane’, the title of the façade artwork, is inspired by two special trees. The base of the artwork draws inspiration from a tree trunk that branches into two forms, echoing female and male spirits. I have drawn a contour to this form, as I’m not painting a tree, I’m creating a reference to nature; “One eye sees, the other feels.” - Paul Klee.
Hovering at the top of the building are forms of another tree…a dead tree. The branches are turned upside down and given a new context, creating a link to the circularity of rising and falling in life. Inspiration for me isn’t necessarily something that is tangible, aside from nature and music, there is always an infusion of instinctive mark making. The balconies capture those moments in the flow of the lines and the rhythm of the dots.
As in nature, everything is linked to a sense of connection – it’s essential that we don’t lose the roots of our existence amidst the segregation of nature and humanity. I hope the building can be secured in the roots of nature and be intertwined with humanity’s relationship to our environment.
- Kim Westcott, November 2022
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CV WINDSOR PROJECT CREDITS
Architecture/Interiors – Decibel Architecture
Painters – Apparition Media
Builder – Figurehead Constructions
Photography – Peter Clarke
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Neptune I, 2022Perspex engraving, enamel and acrylic80 x 60 cm
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Neptune II, 2022Perspex engraving, enamel, acrylic and wax crayon80 x 60 cm
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Kim Westcott, Neptune III, 2022
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Neptune IV, 2022Perspex engraving, enamel, acrylic and wax crayon80 x 60 cm
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Neptune V, 2022Perspex engraving, enamel, acrylic and wax crayon80 x 60 cm
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Kim Westcott, Kelly's Country II, 2022
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Hoysteds Track (diptych), 2022Indian ink on aluminium panels140 x 200 cm
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Night Jar Track, 2022Indian ink on paper150 x 210
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The Fallen, 2021Indian ink on museum mount board152 x 306 cm
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Chicane Façade, 2022Acyclic on FaçadeDimensions vary
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Chicane, 2021Indian ink on museum mount board220 x 150 cm
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Kelly's Country, 2021Indian ink on aluminium panel140 x 100 cm
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Kim Westcott, The Other Web (diptych), 2021
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Out of the blue, 2022Indian ink and interference acrylic on aluminium panel100 x 140 cm
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Taminick I, 2022Indian ink and interference acrylic on aluminium panel122 x 105 cm
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Kim Westcott, Taminick I, 2022
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Cluster, 2021digital C-type print on Fuji metallic paper mounted to Dibond aluminium60 x 90 cm
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Suspension, 2021digital C-type print on Fuji metallic paper mounted to Dibond aluminium60 x 90 cmEdition of 6 + 2 AP
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Drawn to Light, 2021Indian ink on Grey Box169 x 38 x 19 cm
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Encoded #2, 2021Indian ink on Grey Box83 x 23 x 20 cm
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Encoded #1, 2021Indian Ink on Grey Box83 x 23 x 20 cm
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Panderang Range III, 2010Drypoint, encaustic and pigment on canvas40 x 34 cm
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Panderang Range II, 2010Drypoint, encaustic and pigment on canvas31 x 36.5cm
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Panderang Range 12, 2010Drypoint, encaustic and pigment on canvas30 x 26 cm
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Kim Westcott, Pangerange Range, 2010
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Panderang Range V, 2010Drypoint, encaustic and pigment on canvas40 x 34 cm
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Panderang Range 25, 2010Drypoint, encaustic and pigment on Kozo paper21 x 16cm
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Panderang Range 26, 2010Drypoint, encaustic and pigment on Kozo paper21 x 16cm
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Drypoint, encaustic and pigment on Kozo paper21 x 16cm
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Drypoint, encaustic and pigment on Kozo paper21 x 16cm
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Kim Westcott, Untitled, 2015