Rowena Evans, Gathering Moss Roostones, 2022-2024. Image courtesy of Brenton McGeachie.
Rowena Evans, Gathering Moss Roostones, 2022-2024. Image courtesy of the artist.
Rowena Evans
Chutespace
Friday 4 October - Sunday 27 October 2024
Opening Thursday 3 October 2024, 6pm - 8pm
Roostones are hand-sized stones found the wrong way up on the ground in the bush, knocked over by passing kangaroos and wallabies. They are found by careful observation and are a pleasing reminder of the creatures who share their territory with humans. Moss is another interesting but inconspicuous feature of this area of bushland. Its velvety texture and range of colours from silver to greenish red, the way it persists and regenerates, and its battles with millipedes all make it an item of fascination. Gathering Moss/ Roostones combines these two pleasing elements in the form of actual-size soft sculptures replicating the shapes of roostones found by the artist. The velvet fabric represents moss. The colours of the velvet will not replicate those of real moss, but will indicate the wide variety of colours in it.
About Chutespace
In November 2013 the former Griffith Library after-hours book-returns chute was transformed by Jeffree Skewes and Kerry Shepherdson, into a distinctive miniature exhibition space named CHUTESPACE.
CHUTESPACE is an artist run initiative and continues to be voluntarily curated and managed. Artists of all genres can apply for an exhibition.
Mini exhibitions are featured for four-week periods in line with the M16 main gallery exhibition periods.
All artist proposals are considered, and exhibitions are free to the artist.
