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Jill Chism

Jill Chism : Remnants

23 August — 17 October 2024

NorthSite Contemporary Arts

Jill Chism Studio Portrait by Anna Curtis, courtesy of the artist and NorthSite Contemporary Arts

My work exults wood in particular as a primal, alive material. There is something fundamental and profound about our engagement with this organic material: a resonance that we mostly don’t have with the technological or man-made,’ says Chism. ‘Wood exudes life, even after it is bleached, burnt, exposed to the elements, and discarded. This aliveness enters into the creative process and, in turn, the exchange between work and viewer. ”

Remnants is an exhibition of installation, assemblage and mixed media works by Oak Beach artist Jill Chism. Selected existing works will be presented in dialogue with new works, contextualising Jill’s career as an artist working in Far North Queensland since the early 1990s. Rather than a dystopian view of the planet, Chism’s material investigations question our inevitable relationship with what remains of the natural world. Chism offers another, existential possibility of moving away from the cultural trance of separateness and materialism, towards an understanding of our connectedness, to each other and the cosmos.

The exhibition publication is available to purchase on our store here

 

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This project was made possible by the Australian Government’s Regional Arts Fund, provided through Regional Arts Australia and administered in Queensland by Flying Arts Alliance. Additionally it received support from the Regional Arts Development Fund (RADF) with Douglas Shire Council. 

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