Little big rock
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Little big rock
YEAR. 2018
MEDIUM. charcoal on cement fibreboard
DIMENSIONS. 120 x 200cm
EXHIBITION HISTORY.
2018 Finalist, The Waterhouse Natural Science Art Prize, South Australian Museum, SA
2022 Still Watching, with Abdul-Rahman Abdullah, Curated by Glenn Iseger-Pilkington, Fremantle Arts Centre, Perth, WA
COLLECTION. Available
Little big rock is the reimagining of a meteor that was responsible for the creation of Dalgaranga crater. This is a tourist attraction in the Gascoyne and Australia’s smallest meteorite impact crater situated on Dalgaranga station, once occupied by Richardson's family. The crater, which was recognised in 1921, is believed to have been created by a 20-tonne meteorite, although only 1kg of samples were ever found. It is believed that the samples were placed in a can and used as a doorstop for many years.
In this work, Richardson employs the rock and its implied crater as a metaphor for the dissolution of generational history in rural Australia, when families leave the farm, and with them their many stories.
YEAR. 2018
MEDIUM. charcoal on cement fibreboard
DIMENSIONS. 120 x 200cm
EXHIBITION HISTORY.
2018 Finalist, The Waterhouse Natural Science Art Prize, South Australian Museum, SA
2022 Still Watching, with Abdul-Rahman Abdullah, Curated by Glenn Iseger-Pilkington, Fremantle Arts Centre, Perth, WA
COLLECTION. Available
Little big rock is the reimagining of a meteor that was responsible for the creation of Dalgaranga crater. This is a tourist attraction in the Gascoyne and Australia’s smallest meteorite impact crater situated on Dalgaranga station, once occupied by Richardson's family. The crater, which was recognised in 1921, is believed to have been created by a 20-tonne meteorite, although only 1kg of samples were ever found. It is believed that the samples were placed in a can and used as a doorstop for many years.
In this work, Richardson employs the rock and its implied crater as a metaphor for the dissolution of generational history in rural Australia, when families leave the farm, and with them their many stories.