sheds
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artist statement
In 2009 Christine’s painting Storm, a small acrylic of the view from a shearing shed door, was selected as a finalist for the Country Energy Prize for Landscape Paining. Her catalogue essay included this statement which could quite easily belong to this ongoing series of etchings.
This shearing shed is typical of many that I make artwork about. It was built at a time when the sheep industry carried Australia on its back: when our wool warmed the world. Land use and markets have changed. Often, as the artist, I am the last one in before the bulldozers. My work describes the final shearing, the flock replaced by herd, the loss of respect for an industry that placed the Australian economy on the world stage. I meet people from the cities or coastal fringes and hear their mis-information and mis-understandings about agriculture and grazing. It is a gradual and inevitable amnesia that describes the true balance of power in a country that still needs to feed itself. This work is not deliberately nostalgic. It's about real people, real places. It’s about how, despite those lifestyles being trivialized by mass media and hijacked by tourism, for many Australians this is home.
Christine Porter 2009
The etchings in this ongoing suite are not uniform, but reflect Christine's painting style at that time. Two of the first shed etchings are in the collection of National Gallery of Australia in Canberra. Others are in local government, corporate and private collections worldwide.
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the artwork (currently available)
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the original shed available |
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the machinery shed available |
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the end of the shed limited availability of this etching and others from the shed excerpts series |
selected archive
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shearing shed near Talwood none available |
notes
For more information about techniques described go to the glossary.
Work from this series may be included in selections for the narrative project.
Prices in this series are from $80(AUD) unframed
on exhibition (when in edition and/or available)
Australian city galleries
Brisbane: Red Hill Gallery, Red Hill 07 33681442
Gold Coast: Gallery One, Southport 07 5528 0110
Australian regional galleries
NEW SOUTH WALES
Bangalow: Barebones Artspace 02 66871393
Gladstone, via Kempsey: The Old Lodge Gallery 0265674366
Lismore: Christine's studio/gallery (by appointment) 02 66225733
Tenterfield: Forest to Furniture 02 6736 1305
Moree:The Moree Gallery 02 6767523927
QUEENSLAND
Goondiwindi: Fairway Studios 07 46713101
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how to buy an etching from this series
Selected etchings from this series are available at the galleries listed above. Contact Christine directly for information about the current availability, whereabouts and price of any work. She can organise a direct sale but if your sale comes from a gallery contact, Christine will organise for the commission to be paid to the gallery - studio door prices are not cheaper than gallery prices. For more information about buying directly from the artist go to the buy an etching page.
copyright reminder
This note is a reminder that copyright of all content on this website is owned by the artist. This means that copying and transmitting individual images in any form is prohibited by law. If you see an image and would like it in a larger format please contact us. If you see any of these images used inappropriately elsewhere, please let us know.
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