Stock pot
SKU:
Stock pot
YEAR. 2023
MEDIUM. charcoal on cement fibreboard
DIMENSIONS. 90 x 114cm
EXHIBITION HISTORY.
2023 The Good, Co-Curated by Dr Lee-Anne Hall, Wagga Wagga Art Gallery, NSW & Rachel Arndt, Wangaratta Art Gallery NSW/The Condensery – Somerset Regional Art Gallery QLD (National tour with Museums & Galleries of New South Wales 2023-2026)
COLLECTION. Available
"The stock pot is an object of magic. You put in what could be classed as waste: carrot tops, veggie peelings, meatless bones, carcasses of roast chooks, all manner of things, all squirrelled away in bags in the freezer until a critical mass is met and the witches brew is concocted. Simmering away for hours the pot yields jars and jars of stock. When depleted of all their goodness, the bones go into the compost to feed the garden. The stock pot makes circular magic for us and magic for the garden, which feeds back into the next stock pot. In some ways making stock is a metaphor for farm life: sometimes a pile of discarded objects are the secret ingredients for the task at hand."
YEAR. 2023
MEDIUM. charcoal on cement fibreboard
DIMENSIONS. 90 x 114cm
EXHIBITION HISTORY.
2023 The Good, Co-Curated by Dr Lee-Anne Hall, Wagga Wagga Art Gallery, NSW & Rachel Arndt, Wangaratta Art Gallery NSW/The Condensery – Somerset Regional Art Gallery QLD (National tour with Museums & Galleries of New South Wales 2023-2026)
COLLECTION. Available
"The stock pot is an object of magic. You put in what could be classed as waste: carrot tops, veggie peelings, meatless bones, carcasses of roast chooks, all manner of things, all squirrelled away in bags in the freezer until a critical mass is met and the witches brew is concocted. Simmering away for hours the pot yields jars and jars of stock. When depleted of all their goodness, the bones go into the compost to feed the garden. The stock pot makes circular magic for us and magic for the garden, which feeds back into the next stock pot. In some ways making stock is a metaphor for farm life: sometimes a pile of discarded objects are the secret ingredients for the task at hand."