Rosemary Laing
Wildflower, 2017
Archival pigment print
39 x 79 inches (100 x 200 cm)
Framed: 40 x 79.5 x 3 inches (101.6 x 201.9 x 7.6 cm)
Edition of 8
(GP2247)
“The arrival of people, throughout history, shifts what happens in land, challenging those who have left their elsewhere, and disrupting the continuum of their destination place. A disruption causes a reconfiguration. It elaborates both the beforehand and the afterward.” – Rosemary Laing
Laing's Buddens series was photographed near Shoalhaven’s Wreck Bay in New South Wales, a site known for its many maritime disasters and rescues that have occurred over the last 200 years. A river is suggested through Laing’s placement of used, red-toned clothes which seem to flow seamlessly on the ground. The color red signifies life as much as death; marking the vitality and mortality of the human lives that have passed through the location over time. This particular photograph Wildflower references shipwreck stories and rescues by Aboriginal people.
Wildflower, 2017
Archival pigment print
39 x 79 inches (100 x 200 cm)
Framed: 40 x 79.5 x 3 inches (101.6 x 201.9 x 7.6 cm)
Edition of 8
(GP2247)
“The arrival of people, throughout history, shifts what happens in land, challenging those who have left their elsewhere, and disrupting the continuum of their destination place. A disruption causes a reconfiguration. It elaborates both the beforehand and the afterward.” – Rosemary Laing
Laing's Buddens series was photographed near Shoalhaven’s Wreck Bay in New South Wales, a site known for its many maritime disasters and rescues that have occurred over the last 200 years. A river is suggested through Laing’s placement of used, red-toned clothes which seem to flow seamlessly on the ground. The color red signifies life as much as death; marking the vitality and mortality of the human lives that have passed through the location over time. This particular photograph Wildflower references shipwreck stories and rescues by Aboriginal people.