I was inspired to return to the image of a cot/bed in my early artwork when, in October 2010, I went on a research trip to Cyprus as part of the University of Wollongong Senior Artists’ Research Forum. My epiphany in Cyprus, where I first visualised the domestic cot/bed as an archive, built on my early interest in grids, inventories and taxonomies. This process was particularly useful as a critical strategy and fitted with my life-long preoccupation with ordering and systems…
Installation photograph of Jacky Redgate’s works: (left) Light Throw (Mirrors) No. 1, 2009; and (right) Mirror, 2010. From the exhibition Travellers from Australia, exhibited at the Pailia Ilektriki, Ktima Pafos, Cyprus, 2-15 October, as part of the official program of the Pafos2017 European Capital of Culture. Photo: Shelley Webster, 2017.
Light Throw (Mirrors) No.1, 2009, studio photograph 127 x 158 cm. Collection Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney; Wollongong University Gallery, NSW; Griffith Art Collection, QLD; Sydney Gallery, NSW.
From the exhibition Travellers from Australia, exhibited at the Pailia Ilektriki, Ktima Pafos, Cyprus, 2-15 October, as part of the official program of the Pafos2017 European Capital of Culture.
Mirror, C-Type photograph, 2010, circa 45 x 45 cm.
From the exhibition Travellers from Australia, exhibited at the Pailia Ilektriki, Ktima Pafos, Cyprus, 2-15 October, as part of the official program of the Pafos2017 European Capital of Culture.
Cot/ bed drawing, 2010, graph paper, pencil and coloured pencil, 20.9 x 29.5 cm