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Caption: Galerie Düsseldorf Perth UWA Perth International Arts Festival 2005 S H E L F L I F E 13 February - 13 March 2005 10 Janet Laurence Resilience 2004 Oil glaze and Duraclear on Shinkolite acrylic 6 components 51 x 130 x 7.5 cm $ 9,000 Shelf Life exists all around us. Generally referring to a period of time during which something lasts or remains popular or may be stored and remain suitable for use. In this exhibition the generic meaning greatly expanded tackles the metaphoric head on. Nowhere is shelf life more actively evident than in a supermarket or increasingly less evident than in today’s public libraries. In its development through language and technology it invades the tangible and intangible. Culture, sub-culture, art practice, design, fashion and architecture are just a few instances where shelf life is reasoned using notions of usability and exhaustion of idea. Finally , we all individually and collectively are given a ‘shelf life’ and we negotiate it as best we can. This exhibition brings together the work of a diverse group of established and younger artists from East Coast to West Coast to explore - Shelf Life through silent contemplation - juxtaposition - inference - metamorphoses - transcendence - re-mapping - projection - generation and transformation. Works by: Su Baker, Susanna Castleden, Lesley Duxbury, Sarah Elson, Caspar Fairhall, Pamela Gaunt, Simon Gevers, Richard Giblett, Bevan Honey, Janet Laurence, Brian McKay, Hilarie Mais, Akio Makigawa, Tom Müller, Jánis Nedéla, Louise Paramor, Douglas Sheerer, Mike Singe, Bruce Slatter, Alex Spremberg, Virginia Ward, David Watt silent contemplation - juxtaposition - inference - metamorphoses – transcendence - re-mapping projection – generation - transformation |
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