SHELTER

SHELTER envisions Goolugatup as a junction between land, sky and water, a site of refuge in the heart of the city. Focusing on the Silver Gull and Welcome Swallow, two endemic bird species that thrive in the contested spaces created by human proximity, SHELTER will immerse you in a shared experience of communal life spilling through the built, natural and imagined environments that describe home. Together, Anna and Abdul-Rahman weave a narrative that both questions and affirms our role in a world shared with the life, love and death of so many. The instinct to belong is an act of survival that embeds us within the natural world as yet another organism seeking refuge in each other. If the birds are home, so are we.
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2024 TILT Commission: Anna Louise Richardson and Abdul-Rahman Abdullah
Goolugatup, Perth, WA.
30 Nov 2024 - 19 Jan 2025.

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Photo: Dan McCabe

Anna Louise Richardson, Nest, 2024, graphite on paper, 56x76cm, photo Bo Wong

Anna Louise Richardson, Swallows I, 2024, graphite on paper, 56x76cm photo Bo Wong 

Anna Louise Richardson, Swallows II, 2024, graphite on paper, 56x76cm, photo Bo Wong 

Anna Louise Richardson, Swallows III, 2024, graphite on paper, 56x76cm, photo Bo Wong

​Anna Louise Richardson, Welcome Swallow I, 2024, charcoal on cement fibreboard, 105x135cm, photo Bo Wong

​Anna Louise Richardson, Welcome Swallow II, 2024, charcoal on cement fibreboard, 110x134cm, photo Bo Wong

​Anna Louise Richardson, Welcome Swallow III, 2024, charcoal on cement fibreboard, 131x145cm, photo Bo Wong

​Anna Louise Richardson, Welcome Swallow IV, 2024, charcoal on cement fibreboard, 180x125cm, photo Bo Wong

​Anna Louise Richardson, Welcome Swallow V, 2024, charcoal on cement fibreboard, 100x118cm, photo Bo Wong

​Anna Louise Richardson, Welcome Swallow VI, 2024, charcoal on cement fibreboard, 155x110cm, photo Bo Wong

Abdul-Rahman Abdullah, Flock (detail), 2024, painted cast Jesmonite, dimensions variable, photo Bo Wong. Courtesy of the artist and Moore Contemporary.

This project was supported by the Dept of Local Govt, Sports and Cultural Industries Western Australia.
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