Unreliable Memories
Artereal Gallery, Sydney. October 2021.
Unreliable Memories is a reflection on my home in Jakarta – the first home I remember living in. Each painting and sculpture relates to a specific memory within this intimate domestic space. Clean tiles underfoot; the vine covered walls of our back courtyard; my mother’s painting table; and a fish bowl with two turtles and far too many fish. All things I think I remember, but I can’t be so sure, they blur. They are unreliable.
These moments and observations have been distilled in paint through colour and abstract response. As memories of a place often shift over time, with details fading and colours changing, I welcome the distortion that occurs in the process of remembering, and further, in the process of making.
Install photos by Jessica Maurer, courtesy of Artereal Gallery.
Two turtles and far too many fish 2021 oil on linen, 183 x 137cm.
They arrived one night (This shape is a little more accurate) 2021 glazed ceramic, 35 x 24 x 24cm.
I watched them unload the truck, even though it was past my bedtime. 2021 oil on linen, 77 x 62cm.
I would secretly play with them. Until I dropped one and it cracked. 2021 oil on linen, 77 x 62cm.
They arrived one night (I got the shape completely wrong) 2021 glazed ceramic, 40 x 27 x 27cm.
Clean tiles and heavy furniture. 2021 oil on linen, 183 x 137cm.
It covered Mum's painting table 2021 oil and enamel on linen, 77 x 62cm.
One morning, there were no more fish left. Only two turtles. 2021 oil on linen, 77 x 62cm.
