Little big rocks
Little big rocks
YEAR. 2018
MEDIUM. charcoal on cement fibreboard
DIMENSIONS. variable
EXHIBITION HISTORY.
2019 Finalist, Mid West Art Prize 2019, Geraldton Regional Art Gallery, Geraldton, WA
COLLECTION. Private
Little big rocks 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.