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Gertrude Studio Artist
Sanne Mestrom
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Shelf with Masking Tape, 2008
Pegusus print mounted on ply, hinged to wall. |
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Untitled (Air), 2008
Movement of polystyrene balls was activated by the heat-responsive air conditioner, triggered via heat generated by the presence of viewers in the room, vent, air, polystyrene balls. Exhibited at Linden Centre for Contemporary Arts |
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A Slow Shift in the Balance of Power, 2010
Weather balloon, helium gas, gravity, clay, twine, time. Exhibited at Westspace: The Nothing, curated by Kelly Fliedner |
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There is a rope that runs along my thigh just underneath the skin mostly it's soft and red but sometimes when it's cold it darkens and hardens. I rub my fingers over it often and imagine it coming out of me like a thorn, 2009
Bronze and resin cast. Exhibited at Nellie Castan Gallery: Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow curated by Olivia Poloni |
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Constellation of Kings Cross, 2009
Thousands of pieces of gum spat onto the footpath by local prostitutes built up over a period of many years in Kings Cross, Sydney. Shot at night, un-doctored, reflecting the glow of neon lights above. Pegusus print mounted on layered paste-board. |
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Things Fall Down, Sometimes We Look Up, 2008
Site-responsive installation generated for a defunct reception hall ear-marked for demolition. Silver adhesive vinyl lining all walls and ceiling for the 'liquor room' in Rembrandts Reception Hall. |
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Conceptual photography and sculptural interventions form odd juxtapositions, bringing together psychological and material concerns in Mestroms work: a solid medium appears languid, like a sagging or slumped person leaning against a wall in the slouch toward Nirvana; gum spat on the pavement becomes the inverted constellation of a private universe; the edge is a vertical line in space or a series of vertical lines tearing into a page; a point is a physical co-ordinate + a good place for an argument; horizontal gravity pulls her along, slowly.
Recent solo & group projects include:
The Nothing West Space, Melbourne; Things Fall Down. Sometimes We Look Up Chalk Horse, Sydney; A History of Space is the History of Wars Enjoy Public Art Gallery, Wellington, NZ; Take away a man's name and what is left? TCB Inc., Melbourne; Standing on the Shoulders of Giants (with Kate Newby), Munster, Germany; What keeps us this side of that dark line? Counter Point Project Space, Melbourne.
Born 79. Lived the Netherlands // New Zealand // Australia. Programming committee member West Space. RMIT University - PhD (Fine Art) 08 (with APA). Arts Victoria grants - 07, 09. For more details - www.mestrom.org
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