https://simoncuthbert.com.au Simon Cuthbert Wed, 01 Nov 2023 00:59:31 +0000 https://simoncuthbert.com.au en https://simoncuthbert.com.au/Fault-Lines Tue, 24 Oct 2023 03:25:48 +0000 Simon Cuthbert https://simoncuthbert.com.au/Fault-Lines Fault Lines2019 &nbsp; No country trades more on its image of natural beauty than New Zealand. There is no mistaking the Pure NZ brand of clean, green and unspoiled. Lurking beneath these calm waters is a very different story. The stasis that characterises much of New Zealand’s urban environment is often disrupted by violent seismic activity, while the social landscape is fraught with disadvantage, exclusion, addiction and racial tension. Fault Lines gives expression to this stasis. Through an examination of form that speaks of Polynesian adornment; the commonplace and oddly placed; the lived anxiety of seismic tremor; and the mediation of nature, the once familiar becomes strangely alien. <img width="3402" height="2709" width_o="3402" height_o="2709" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/3187d1c9389429740c3539d4483a6117f69bd52626ec427ac867ed7743136dae/Kaikoura.jpg" data-mid="195498063" border="0" alt="Kaikoura, archival inkjet print, 100cm X 125cm, edition of 6" data-caption="Kaikoura, archival inkjet print, 100cm X 125cm, edition of 6" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/3187d1c9389429740c3539d4483a6117f69bd52626ec427ac867ed7743136dae/Kaikoura.jpg" /> <img width="3357" height="2653" width_o="3357" height_o="2653" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/5ac261056deef29d60e23729e1c817d564cc650067a754f6a4a1e2d882847e3e/AfterHokusai.jpg" data-mid="195498061" border="0" alt="After Hokusai, archival inkjet print, 100cm X 125cm, edition of 6" data-caption="After Hokusai, archival inkjet print, 100cm X 125cm, edition of 6" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/5ac261056deef29d60e23729e1c817d564cc650067a754f6a4a1e2d882847e3e/AfterHokusai.jpg" /> <img width="3379" height="2701" width_o="3379" height_o="2701" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/b11b1cf1d1169ec031e428e4002a9824913f9a5c44aff2583742aa74719ba7be/Tuicolony.jpg" data-mid="195498070" border="0" alt="Tui Colony, archival inkjet print, 100cm X 125cm, edition of 6" data-caption="Tui Colony, archival inkjet print, 100cm X 125cm, edition of 6" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/b11b1cf1d1169ec031e428e4002a9824913f9a5c44aff2583742aa74719ba7be/Tuicolony.jpg" /> <img width="3338" height="2632" width_o="3338" height_o="2632" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/d3df776d757b9ded6ae0aafdb62e477e67a33063fa04b164c8bdbf0f2f97e650/Forsale.jpg" data-mid="195498062" border="0" alt="For Sale, archival inkjet print, 100cm X 125cm, edition of 6" data-caption="For Sale, archival inkjet print, 100cm X 125cm, edition of 6" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/d3df776d757b9ded6ae0aafdb62e477e67a33063fa04b164c8bdbf0f2f97e650/Forsale.jpg" /> <img width="3381" height="2690" width_o="3381" height_o="2690" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/4577289f88aef7a688aa7d9742a0c2958cbf2784e8e482b89e3d2d6b2c706e5c/Passportphoto.jpg" data-mid="195498066" border="0" alt="Passport Photo, archival inkjet print, 100cm X 125cm, edition of 6" data-caption="Passport Photo, archival inkjet print, 100cm X 125cm, edition of 6" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/4577289f88aef7a688aa7d9742a0c2958cbf2784e8e482b89e3d2d6b2c706e5c/Passportphoto.jpg" /> <img width="3370" height="2692" width_o="3370" height_o="2692" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/8d6314f8c077e87370f83ab8b6bf68cf9f05e87cdc6635ecd992c2b08dffcd78/Napier.jpg" data-mid="195498065" border="0" alt="Napier, archival inkjet print, 100cm X 125cm, edition of 6" data-caption="Napier, archival inkjet print, 100cm X 125cm, edition of 6" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/8d6314f8c077e87370f83ab8b6bf68cf9f05e87cdc6635ecd992c2b08dffcd78/Napier.jpg" /> <img width="3356" height="2659" width_o="3356" height_o="2659" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/0e85e2c6ca5ad593cef3b5b666f31757df446be94f4b2f1506efb89b513df687/Seabreeze.jpg" data-mid="195498068" border="0" alt="Sea Breeze, archival inkjet print, 100cm X 125cm, edition of 6" data-caption="Sea Breeze, archival inkjet print, 100cm X 125cm, edition of 6" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/0e85e2c6ca5ad593cef3b5b666f31757df446be94f4b2f1506efb89b513df687/Seabreeze.jpg" /> <img width="3349" height="2661" width_o="3349" height_o="2661" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/dce6523f7f175ecc149658e3e61e6d6db11375837bdadc04ad5a314ae2d078bb/Weighbridge.jpg" data-mid="195498071" border="0" alt="Weighbridge, archival inkjet print, 100cm X 125cm, edition of 6" data-caption="Weighbridge, archival inkjet print, 100cm X 125cm, edition of 6" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/dce6523f7f175ecc149658e3e61e6d6db11375837bdadc04ad5a314ae2d078bb/Weighbridge.jpg" /> <img width="3573" height="2827" width_o="3573" height_o="2827" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/5d98cbd8e4a757fe746bcd4ca943dc0c7b4f55febbece669a3c22faec8939d3e/Shed.jpg" data-mid="195498069" border="0" alt="Shed, archival inkjet print, 100cm X 125cm, edition of 6" data-caption="Shed, archival inkjet print, 100cm X 125cm, edition of 6" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/5d98cbd8e4a757fe746bcd4ca943dc0c7b4f55febbece669a3c22faec8939d3e/Shed.jpg" /> <img width="3402" height="2666" width_o="3402" height_o="2666" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/589f530fe2f0bda939c5cf0d64bf1978a79a8bccff7620b27e4817201905d164/Woodville.1.jpg" data-mid="195498072" border="0" alt="Woodville 1, archival inkjet print, 100cm X 125cm, edition of 6" data-caption="Woodville 1, archival inkjet print, 100cm X 125cm, edition of 6" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/589f530fe2f0bda939c5cf0d64bf1978a79a8bccff7620b27e4817201905d164/Woodville.1.jpg" /> <img width="3402" height="2659" width_o="3402" height_o="2659" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/319116179728a6b28640804cfa4a49745d40f8c3876b6872441f9a7f033b95b0/Woodville.2.jpg" data-mid="195498073" border="0" alt="Woodville 2, archival inkjet print, 100cm X 125cm, edition of 6" data-caption="Woodville 2, archival inkjet print, 100cm X 125cm, edition of 6" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/319116179728a6b28640804cfa4a49745d40f8c3876b6872441f9a7f033b95b0/Woodville.2.jpg" /> <img width="3375" height="2699" width_o="3375" height_o="2699" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/8cc7a2f6553d369816c5e474d2750fdeb82f1a77f0a96d76419387c912f84a61/Quarry.jpg" data-mid="195498067" border="0" alt="Quarry, archival inkjet print, 100cm X 125cm, edition of 6" data-caption="Quarry, archival inkjet print, 100cm X 125cm, edition of 6" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/8cc7a2f6553d369816c5e474d2750fdeb82f1a77f0a96d76419387c912f84a61/Quarry.jpg" /> <img width="3402" height="2700" width_o="3402" height_o="2700" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/8f21744af36409de0536abcdbffe5fdf4c2cf8ddceedb60e3c07a772124f153a/MasseyUniversity.jpg" data-mid="195498064" border="0" alt="Massey University, archival inkjet print, 100cm X 125cm, edition of 6" data-caption="Massey University, archival inkjet print, 100cm X 125cm, edition of 6" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/8f21744af36409de0536abcdbffe5fdf4c2cf8ddceedb60e3c07a772124f153a/MasseyUniversity.jpg" /> https://simoncuthbert.com.au/Alma-mater Wed, 01 Nov 2023 00:59:31 +0000 Simon Cuthbert https://simoncuthbert.com.au/Alma-mater Alma mater2011/2012 &nbsp; POP Gallery, Brisbane - 6th - 19th November 2023 In the leafy southern suburbs of Brisbane behind a screen of weed-entangled fencing lies and abandoned education campus. The former Queensland College of Art (1974-2000) is dominated by an ensemble of distinctive multi-level rough-cast concrete structures clustered around both open air common and connecting spaces. Brute concrete blinds adorn some buildings protecting against the fierce subtropical sun. Weathered signage indicates directions to the various studio destinations: sculpture, ceramics, painting, commercial art, printmaking, illustration, photography, interior design, graphics etc. Arrows direct the user and oddly allude to the hierarchical structure of the creative arts. Vegetation flourishes in unkempt gardens softening the concrete with a shimmering verdant green, an effect that threatens to reclaim the place. For ten years this site sat in limbo, local residents challenging plans for a broad-acre housing estate, arguing there would be adverse impacts on existing property values. Through this lengthy process the site was secured from vandalism with regular security patrolling. As the proceedings drew to a close with demolition eminent, the patrolling ceased and the site was left to the graffiti taggers and vandals that descend on such abandoned places. In no time the empty student-less corridors, stairwells and classrooms were radically transformed into a lurid zone of spray can expression and shattered glass. The exterior images in the series of photographs were made first when the site was relatively secure. The interior images followed once the perimeter had been breached and trespass made possible. They are intended to operate in paired groups to emphasie their binary qualities, with a few works standing alone. Returning to this significant site in my own journey as an artist, after 35 years, my initial response was of the Lilliputian compression that happens with the elapsing of time. Standing and walking through spaces where I had stood and walked so many years before created a powerful nostalgic flood of responses in the silence and vacancy of the place. Following this was a sense of the profligate waste that abandoning such infrastructure represented when government policy betrays community values. Bristling with despondency and despair, the site is emblematic of the collapse many see occurring in the cultural mission of our society. With this body of work I am continuing my interest in the human dimensions we invariably find inscribed in the built environments that we create and occupy, and the ability for these environments to transmit truths beyond their materiality. The biographical element of this series can be viewed as a meditation on my own existence and mortality. <img width="2835" height="2230" width_o="2835" height_o="2230" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/604387fbf564865d6aa2b1f3a87f366b786398bfe21e212bf9ac41c53def66c9/Almamater.1.WEB.jpg" data-mid="195498811" border="0" alt="Alma mater 1, archival inkjet print, 100cm X 125cm, edition of 6" data-caption="Alma mater 1, archival inkjet print, 100cm X 125cm, edition of 6" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/604387fbf564865d6aa2b1f3a87f366b786398bfe21e212bf9ac41c53def66c9/Almamater.1.WEB.jpg" /> <img width="2835" height="2225" width_o="2835" height_o="2225" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/dbaef42b4c08e7c45baa4dd90c572067008287a55b89b4b7b3924fc5b83c8fb8/Almamater.2.WEB.jpg" data-mid="195498843" border="0" alt="Alma mater 2, archival inkjet print 100cm X 125cm, edition of 6" data-caption="Alma mater 2, archival inkjet print 100cm X 125cm, edition of 6" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/dbaef42b4c08e7c45baa4dd90c572067008287a55b89b4b7b3924fc5b83c8fb8/Almamater.2.WEB.jpg" /> <img width="2835" height="2246" width_o="2835" height_o="2246" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/1ade0ca32cab516c538598bd6520c8d49725727fde65f681f21968ea682751f9/Almamater.3.WEB.jpg" data-mid="195498901" border="0" alt="Alma mater 3, archival inkjet print, 100cm X 125cm, edition of 6" data-caption="Alma mater 3, archival inkjet print, 100cm X 125cm, edition of 6" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/1ade0ca32cab516c538598bd6520c8d49725727fde65f681f21968ea682751f9/Almamater.3.WEB.jpg" /> <img width="2835" height="2070" width_o="2835" height_o="2070" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/7abcefaec3c87d280bfa702fbb0ac5368de7f8bf022361ed1cd001463590e33d/Almamater.4.WEB.jpg" data-mid="195498916" border="0" alt="Alma mater 4, archival inkjet print, 100cm X 125cm, edition of 6" data-caption="Alma mater 4, archival inkjet print, 100cm X 125cm, edition of 6" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/7abcefaec3c87d280bfa702fbb0ac5368de7f8bf022361ed1cd001463590e33d/Almamater.4.WEB.jpg" /> <img width="3719" height="2831" width_o="3719" height_o="2831" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/7d3c3b6ba34934ff150531ac1bc4ae2188bb4b3ea359cdbac364085ae11d2087/Almamater.5.WEB.jpg" data-mid="195498919" border="0" alt="Alma mater 5, archival inkjet print, 100cm X 125cm, edition of 6" data-caption="Alma mater 5, archival inkjet print, 100cm X 125cm, edition of 6" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/7d3c3b6ba34934ff150531ac1bc4ae2188bb4b3ea359cdbac364085ae11d2087/Almamater.5.WEB.jpg" /> <img width="4252" height="3289" width_o="4252" height_o="3289" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/53bbd726abf897f22d563f19f07bcfa5a3227b8346ad4ddb01a045a4b7c75e71/Almamater.6.WEB.jpg" data-mid="195498922" border="0" alt="Alma mater 6, archival inkjet print, 100cm X 125cm, edition of 6" data-caption="Alma mater 6, archival inkjet print, 100cm X 125cm, edition of 6" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/53bbd726abf897f22d563f19f07bcfa5a3227b8346ad4ddb01a045a4b7c75e71/Almamater.6.WEB.jpg" /> <img width="3632" height="2835" width_o="3632" height_o="2835" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/e740a0f10a2b6259e850be0c99df01a2a42a3079eb99abe0241bdd3f2e2aa920/Almamater.7.WEB.jpg" data-mid="195498928" border="0" alt="Alma mater 7, archival inkjet print, 100cm X 125cm, edition of 6" data-caption="Alma mater 7, archival inkjet print, 100cm X 125cm, edition of 6" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/e740a0f10a2b6259e850be0c99df01a2a42a3079eb99abe0241bdd3f2e2aa920/Almamater.7.WEB.jpg" /> <img width="3387" height="2680" width_o="3387" height_o="2680" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/139922161ae3d8d692396c9b3f1454990e918ca32fca59fd8be0d8fab3490f62/Almamater.8.WEB.jpg" data-mid="195498934" border="0" alt="Alma mater 8, archival inkjet print, 100cm X 125cm, edition of 6" data-caption="Alma mater 8, archival inkjet print, 100cm X 125cm, edition of 6" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/139922161ae3d8d692396c9b3f1454990e918ca32fca59fd8be0d8fab3490f62/Almamater.8.WEB.jpg" /> <img width="2835" height="2249" width_o="2835" height_o="2249" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/757a09df9741e7fc9cfd270648999a547cef4b55d824ab19cc3bb85a2a38fcc4/Almamater.9.WEB.jpg" data-mid="195498937" border="0" alt="Alma mater 9, archival inkjet print, 100cm X 125cm, edition of 6" data-caption="Alma mater 9, archival inkjet print, 100cm X 125cm, edition of 6" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/757a09df9741e7fc9cfd270648999a547cef4b55d824ab19cc3bb85a2a38fcc4/Almamater.9.WEB.jpg" /> <img width="2835" height="2249" width_o="2835" height_o="2249" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/44120b60ce7c6c94bc48c2d2d910b0bca1368e99dae2041d71f01b673404ab24/Almamater.10.WEB.jpg" data-mid="195498939" border="0" alt="Alma mater 10, archival inkjet print, 100cm X 125cm, edition of 6" data-caption="Alma mater 10, archival inkjet print, 100cm X 125cm, edition of 6" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/44120b60ce7c6c94bc48c2d2d910b0bca1368e99dae2041d71f01b673404ab24/Almamater.10.WEB.jpg" /> <img width="2835" height="2251" width_o="2835" height_o="2251" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/80ae03c4c04ef30a0625784cf759cc4cb747e2ec76a352bdcee7008386d13dec/Almamater.11.WEB.jpg" data-mid="195498942" border="0" alt="Alma mater 11, archival inkjet print, 100cm X 125cm, edition of 6" data-caption="Alma mater 11, archival inkjet print, 100cm X 125cm, edition of 6" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/80ae03c4c04ef30a0625784cf759cc4cb747e2ec76a352bdcee7008386d13dec/Almamater.11.WEB.jpg" /> <img width="2262" height="2835" width_o="2262" height_o="2835" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/7edecfaa87c77bb7e2a0d94ca331d55711ccae7f2b5e2f0617c668d19f4b039b/Almamater.12.WEB.jpg" data-mid="195498948" border="0" alt="Alma mater 12, archival inkjet print, 100cm X 125cm, edition of 6" data-caption="Alma mater 12, archival inkjet print, 100cm X 125cm, edition of 6" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/7edecfaa87c77bb7e2a0d94ca331d55711ccae7f2b5e2f0617c668d19f4b039b/Almamater.12.WEB.jpg" /> <img width="2835" height="2241" width_o="2835" height_o="2241" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/825d0b4be184a9921dcb8d8f92986be8a7ef8b203413f0016fbfeb2f4782ab12/Almamater.13.WEB.jpg" data-mid="195498954" border="0" alt="Alma mater 13, archival inkjet print, 100cm X 125cm, edition of 6" data-caption="Alma mater 13, archival inkjet print, 100cm X 125cm, edition of 6" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/825d0b4be184a9921dcb8d8f92986be8a7ef8b203413f0016fbfeb2f4782ab12/Almamater.13.WEB.jpg" /> <img width="3543" height="2816" width_o="3543" height_o="2816" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/01a4a24e77bd46402244bf69374ee676dabec2c3ab8870c00b9da2c71b95d9cd/Almamater.14.WEB.jpg" data-mid="195498955" border="0" alt="Alma mater 14, archival inkjet print, 100cm X 125cm, edition of 6" data-caption="Alma mater 14, archival inkjet print, 100cm X 125cm, edition of 6" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/01a4a24e77bd46402244bf69374ee676dabec2c3ab8870c00b9da2c71b95d9cd/Almamater.14.WEB.jpg" /> https://simoncuthbert.com.au/The-Architecture-of-Waiting Tue, 24 Oct 2023 03:25:49 +0000 Simon Cuthbert https://simoncuthbert.com.au/The-Architecture-of-Waiting The Architecture of Waiting 2017 Like sleep, a good deal of life is spent waiting. Waiting for the kettle to boil, a bus, train or taxi to arrive or a long haul flight to touch down. There’s the anxious wait for the mailmen at exam time; the outcome of a blood test; the verdict for a judicial sentence to be handed down. Writers wait for inspiration, architects wait for affluent clients, while artists wait for payment. War brides experience a cruel wait, and only children know the excitement of waiting for the tooth fairy. For every complexion in life there is a waiting. After all, life begins with its own wait in the biological processes of gestation and labor. Sometimes, we wait for death. For the dying there is an equally varied complexion of possibility but generally speaking it is preferred to be peaceful in the night, more often protracted and palliative, it can be sudden, tragic and traumatic and sometimes mysterious. For those supporting the dying, time and space distort in the presence of impending death. Bedside vigils disrupt the normal patterns of life with sleep coming in shifts and sustenance delivered through vending machines. In the moments away from the vigil a profundity descends on the realm of the normal as light, sound, texture and colours all appear different as the senses adjust through the veil of mortality. Many of the images in this series were made while my mother’s life slowly ebbed and in the weeks leading up to the event of her death. As such they are lower case revelations of the minor chord kind, quiet moments extracted from the aggregate of suburban life and charged with deeper meaning. Some refer directly to the architectural edifice in which motifs of waiting may be discerned while others were made in the moments away from the vigil wandering the familial streets of my childhood discovering things anew; a Jewish synagogue I never knew existed, biblical references amongst the picket fences. Obsolescence and redundancy are declared in abandoned theaters, grandstands and landlines as old themes are revisited suggesting a passing and moving on of things. A unifying theme might therefore be found in the systems of hope, faith and belief rendered in the material world and suggestive of a more spiritual quest. It is dedicated to the memory of my mother, Zola Mary Gale (12/7/1933-9/8/2016) <img width="3487" height="2750" width_o="3487" height_o="2750" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/4c068ab231cfb5b7189102b09c80504e3e3e5c678b64b62ef18bfd0116849751/PrettyVacant.jpg" data-mid="195499447" border="0" alt="Pretty Vacant (Blank advertising hoarding Tamworth, NSW), archival inkjet print, 120cm x 94cm, edition of 6" data-caption="Pretty Vacant (Blank advertising hoarding Tamworth, NSW), archival inkjet print, 120cm x 94cm, edition of 6" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/4c068ab231cfb5b7189102b09c80504e3e3e5c678b64b62ef18bfd0116849751/PrettyVacant.jpg" /> <img width="3487" height="2750" width_o="3487" height_o="2750" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/e2a06a3bf5f3711e58972ce477998a38da3fe89b00af9db41e36ea5df6b74231/Tigerland2.jpg" data-mid="195499506" border="0" alt="Tigerland 2 (Historic Grandstand, Easts Rugby League, Stones Corner, Brisbane, QLD), archival inkjet print, 120cm x 94cm, edition of 6" data-caption="Tigerland 2 (Historic Grandstand, Easts Rugby League, Stones Corner, Brisbane, QLD), archival inkjet print, 120cm x 94cm, edition of 6" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/e2a06a3bf5f3711e58972ce477998a38da3fe89b00af9db41e36ea5df6b74231/Tigerland2.jpg" /> <img width="3487" height="2750" width_o="3487" height_o="2750" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/1eb63d3bc6f8f78ca6db9ff53451ddde5deebb63cb5d75081f6c7bb192258804/Safari.jpg" data-mid="195499525" border="0" alt="Safari (Toilet block, Lion Park, Calder Freeway, Melbourne, VIC), archival inkjet print, 120cm x 94cm, edition of 6" data-caption="Safari (Toilet block, Lion Park, Calder Freeway, Melbourne, VIC), archival inkjet print, 120cm x 94cm, edition of 6" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/1eb63d3bc6f8f78ca6db9ff53451ddde5deebb63cb5d75081f6c7bb192258804/Safari.jpg" /> <img width="3487" height="2750" width_o="3487" height_o="2750" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/fab8460084833c9e89ca79658f6c1c44f0ad2263eca3a8f1e2dbe950fdc41827/LocalBusiness.jpg" data-mid="195499576" border="0" alt="Local Business (Landline phone number, Old Cleveland Road, Capalaba, Brisbane, QLD), archival inkjet print, 120cm x 94cm, edition of 6" data-caption="Local Business (Landline phone number, Old Cleveland Road, Capalaba, Brisbane, QLD), archival inkjet print, 120cm x 94cm, edition of 6" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/fab8460084833c9e89ca79658f6c1c44f0ad2263eca3a8f1e2dbe950fdc41827/LocalBusiness.jpg" /> <img width="3487" height="2750" width_o="3487" height_o="2750" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/043dc87a08993cf7d37a7068f83f6dd856f6486b4f72879fa3ad4db522cfd2d6/Sanctuary.jpg" data-mid="195499589" border="0" alt="Sanctuary (Seating, Jewish Synagogue, Bunya Street, Greenslopes, Brisbane, QLD), archival inkjet print, 120cm x 94cm, edition of 6" data-caption="Sanctuary (Seating, Jewish Synagogue, Bunya Street, Greenslopes, Brisbane, QLD), archival inkjet print, 120cm x 94cm, edition of 6" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/043dc87a08993cf7d37a7068f83f6dd856f6486b4f72879fa3ad4db522cfd2d6/Sanctuary.jpg" /> <img width="3487" height="2750" width_o="3487" height_o="2750" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/51928c85c482f712d38aebd2baca08fe91240dd069ab469916e7c00bdec7ddf1/Shiloh.jpg" data-mid="195499598" border="0" alt="Shiloh (Private residence, Logan Road, Greenslopes, Brisbane, QLD), achival inkjet print, 120cm x 94cm, edition of 6" data-caption="Shiloh (Private residence, Logan Road, Greenslopes, Brisbane, QLD), achival inkjet print, 120cm x 94cm, edition of 6" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/51928c85c482f712d38aebd2baca08fe91240dd069ab469916e7c00bdec7ddf1/Shiloh.jpg" /> <img width="3487" height="2750" width_o="3487" height_o="2750" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/87d11bde8f6e1ae407099e000612f5dbed2ad52d29074ebe42bb85e89712cefa/DeepWater.jpg" data-mid="195499623" border="0" alt="Deepwater (Eclipse Theatre, New England Highway, Deepwater, NSW), archival inkjet print, 120cm x 94cm, edition of 6" data-caption="Deepwater (Eclipse Theatre, New England Highway, Deepwater, NSW), archival inkjet print, 120cm x 94cm, edition of 6" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/87d11bde8f6e1ae407099e000612f5dbed2ad52d29074ebe42bb85e89712cefa/DeepWater.jpg" /> <img width="3487" height="2750" width_o="3487" height_o="2750" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/139fab0753224e35d2fae746a80ccd21de1f9900f1b4c398aefa847decbf1ef4/Welcome.jpg" data-mid="195499632" border="0" alt="Welcome (Pop up gallery, Elizabeth Street, Hobart, TAS), archival inkjet print, 100cm x 94cm, edition of 6" data-caption="Welcome (Pop up gallery, Elizabeth Street, Hobart, TAS), archival inkjet print, 100cm x 94cm, edition of 6" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/139fab0753224e35d2fae746a80ccd21de1f9900f1b4c398aefa847decbf1ef4/Welcome.jpg" /> <img width="3543" height="2794" width_o="3543" height_o="2794" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/8493174a6e634bdff98c98233c9bb3e3e6cc8119fbb9d8ce4ecaf44636871ae3/Truro.SML.jpg" data-mid="195499653" border="0" alt="Truro (Flats, Chatsworth Road, Coorparoo, Brisbane, QLD), archival inkjet print, 100cm x 94cm, edition of 6" data-caption="Truro (Flats, Chatsworth Road, Coorparoo, Brisbane, QLD), archival inkjet print, 100cm x 94cm, edition of 6" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/8493174a6e634bdff98c98233c9bb3e3e6cc8119fbb9d8ce4ecaf44636871ae3/Truro.SML.jpg" /> <img width="3154" height="2481" width_o="3154" height_o="2481" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/462ec105d4078e53ca0f94643b9635e03aff26e3751299cb3a7366c56eb2ba28/AlmaMater1.jpg" data-mid="195499677" border="0" alt="Alma mater (Stairs and seating, former Qld College of Art, Seven Hills, Brisbane, QLD), archival inkjet print, 100cm x 94cm, edition of 6" data-caption="Alma mater (Stairs and seating, former Qld College of Art, Seven Hills, Brisbane, QLD), archival inkjet print, 100cm x 94cm, edition of 6" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/462ec105d4078e53ca0f94643b9635e03aff26e3751299cb3a7366c56eb2ba28/AlmaMater1.jpg" /> <img width="3487" height="2750" width_o="3487" height_o="2750" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/1467eaa019423539baac22ddf5abf898554be81e53c6a30510cc287b17e7141a/Concrete.Romance.jpg" data-mid="195499685" border="0" alt="Concrete Romance (Seating, School of Molecular Bioscience, University of Sydney, NSW), archival inkjet print, 100cm x 94cm, edition of 6" data-caption="Concrete Romance (Seating, School of Molecular Bioscience, University of Sydney, NSW), archival inkjet print, 100cm x 94cm, edition of 6" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/1467eaa019423539baac22ddf5abf898554be81e53c6a30510cc287b17e7141a/Concrete.Romance.jpg" /> <img width="3402" height="2683" width_o="3402" height_o="2683" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/f803482832c846579fd1f9895c0b1781fccc36b0eeec759577b1035613574c2b/Parish.jpg" data-mid="195499793" border="0" alt="Parish (Old Cleveland Road, Capalaba, Brisbane, QLD), archival inkjet print, 100cm x 94cm, edition of 6" data-caption="Parish (Old Cleveland Road, Capalaba, Brisbane, QLD), archival inkjet print, 100cm x 94cm, edition of 6" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/f803482832c846579fd1f9895c0b1781fccc36b0eeec759577b1035613574c2b/Parish.jpg" /> <img width="3487" height="2750" width_o="3487" height_o="2750" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/0ab3985dd57d64d43269b5177d690eb3911a5cc8ff225c3de462d0b0868e55bf/ResidentsOnly2.jpg" data-mid="195499814" border="0" alt="Residents Only 2 (Apartment entrance, Potts Point, Sydney, NSW), archival inkjet print, 100cm x 94cm, edition of 6" data-caption="Residents Only 2 (Apartment entrance, Potts Point, Sydney, NSW), archival inkjet print, 100cm x 94cm, edition of 6" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/0ab3985dd57d64d43269b5177d690eb3911a5cc8ff225c3de462d0b0868e55bf/ResidentsOnly2.jpg" /> <img width="2750" height="3487" width_o="2750" height_o="3487" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/7dc4d835a3cbc5bea09c26e4f708ecadcd5e86e8378265b2b4f57b21f88fde4f/HiRose.jpg" data-mid="195499827" border="0" alt="High Rose (City Building, Auckland, New Zealand), archival inkjet print, 100cm x 94cm, edition of 6" data-caption="High Rose (City Building, Auckland, New Zealand), archival inkjet print, 100cm x 94cm, edition of 6" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/7dc4d835a3cbc5bea09c26e4f708ecadcd5e86e8378265b2b4f57b21f88fde4f/HiRose.jpg" /> <img width="3487" height="2750" width_o="3487" height_o="2750" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/7ebe9fffefdbb7d27a37b9595af90765771c276b3acc929d7a3cb0328a4cac53/Weknowwhatwefeel.jpg" data-mid="195499833" border="0" alt="We Know What We Feel (Smoking area, former Psychiatric Ward 6A, Royal Hobart Hospital, TAS), archival inkjet print, 100cm x 94cm, edition of 6" data-caption="We Know What We Feel (Smoking area, former Psychiatric Ward 6A, Royal Hobart Hospital, TAS), archival inkjet print, 100cm x 94cm, edition of 6" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/7ebe9fffefdbb7d27a37b9595af90765771c276b3acc929d7a3cb0328a4cac53/Weknowwhatwefeel.jpg" /> <img width="3487" height="2750" width_o="3487" height_o="2750" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/29bc56ef1c69afdbc7cb78a44b81bcac7e16c1f082c2526e299431e4ae4ccb06/Tradesmens.Entrance.jpg" data-mid="195499839" border="0" alt="Tradesman&rsquo;s Entrance (Rear of Tamworth Regional Council building, Tamworth, NSW), archival inkjet print, 100cm x 94cm, edition of 6" data-caption="Tradesman’s Entrance (Rear of Tamworth Regional Council building, Tamworth, NSW), archival inkjet print, 100cm x 94cm, edition of 6" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/29bc56ef1c69afdbc7cb78a44b81bcac7e16c1f082c2526e299431e4ae4ccb06/Tradesmens.Entrance.jpg" /> <img width="3543" height="2794" width_o="3543" height_o="2794" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/c561cf6527306975370b118f86569722354f53eb67c56202f4eb95e9938cf78f/FinalDays.jpg" data-mid="195499860" border="0" alt="Final Days (Last day of trading Glasser and Parker department store Hobart with Lake Pedder mural before flooding, TAS), archival inkjet print, 100cm x 94cm, edition of 6" data-caption="Final Days (Last day of trading Glasser and Parker department store Hobart with Lake Pedder mural before flooding, TAS), archival inkjet print, 100cm x 94cm, edition of 6" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/c561cf6527306975370b118f86569722354f53eb67c56202f4eb95e9938cf78f/FinalDays.jpg" /> <img width="3543" height="2825" width_o="3543" height_o="2825" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/0272d0b66eac754facfd56c28597c95141cb795df794b8cc39691b4c08b22e9d/olympia.jpg" data-mid="195499867" border="0" alt="Olympia (Olympia Theatre Bombala, NSW), archival inkjet print, 100cm x 94cm, edition of 6" data-caption="Olympia (Olympia Theatre Bombala, NSW), archival inkjet print, 100cm x 94cm, edition of 6" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/0272d0b66eac754facfd56c28597c95141cb795df794b8cc39691b4c08b22e9d/olympia.jpg" /> https://simoncuthbert.com.au/Branded Tue, 24 Oct 2023 03:25:49 +0000 Simon Cuthbert https://simoncuthbert.com.au/Branded Branded2005 Despard Gallery, Hobart - 16th May – 11th June 2008 Linden Gallery, Melbourne – 14th August - 14th&nbsp; September 2008 The series of images entitled Branded consider the role architecture can play in the packaging and delivery of goods. Featuring the shop fronts of international fashion houses in Tokyo’s Harajuku retail district the images present the couture fashion message embodied in architectural form, with each establishment bearing the single potent element of its marketing and product success; the brand name. These buildings are a testimony to the guarantee we look for in a label and the ability of packaging to transmit the marketing message and begin the cycle of consumption. The minimal austerity of these spaces, occupying the public space of the street as they do, are an associative reminder to even the disciplined consumer of the quality found in a name. <img width="3402" height="2698" width_o="3402" height_o="2698" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/47254a62b6328e22e0a769b2364132df591dbe5ea2b7ffd967bde19877114f6a/ARMANI.WEB.jpg" data-mid="194639196" border="0" alt="Armani, type C print, 100cm x 125cm, edition of 6" data-caption="Armani, type C print, 100cm x 125cm, edition of 6" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/47254a62b6328e22e0a769b2364132df591dbe5ea2b7ffd967bde19877114f6a/ARMANI.WEB.jpg" /> <img width="3585" height="2807" width_o="3585" height_o="2807" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/0537d94c9aab3df3244bd06b6ae036bf1c58ec7cd409ca8d6315dbe58c3105b2/bvlgari.WEB.jpg" data-mid="194639203" border="0" alt="Bulgari,&nbsp;type C print, 100cm x 125cm, edition of 6" data-caption="Bulgari,&nbsp;type C print, 100cm x 125cm, edition of 6" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/0537d94c9aab3df3244bd06b6ae036bf1c58ec7cd409ca8d6315dbe58c3105b2/bvlgari.WEB.jpg" /> <img width="3551" height="2766" width_o="3551" height_o="2766" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/724111e70526b2a5173ffcc0238539cb85b85405e19044a38c50cacf401fced5/channel.WEB.jpg" data-mid="194639212" border="0" alt="Channel, type C print, 100cm x 125cm, edition of 6" data-caption="Channel, type C print, 100cm x 125cm, edition of 6" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/724111e70526b2a5173ffcc0238539cb85b85405e19044a38c50cacf401fced5/channel.WEB.jpg" /> <img width="3575" height="2854" width_o="3575" height_o="2854" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/35ad195c86fba51579becb3dc386459f721a73df97ee4d03451dfe3b8fbfbaa8/gucci.WEB.jpg" data-mid="194639220" border="0" alt="Gucci,&nbsp;type C print, 100cm x 125cm, edition of 6" data-caption="Gucci,&nbsp;type C print, 100cm x 125cm, edition of 6" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/35ad195c86fba51579becb3dc386459f721a73df97ee4d03451dfe3b8fbfbaa8/gucci.WEB.jpg" /> <img width="3502" height="2786" width_o="3502" height_o="2786" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/be557bb026f101cf9c15fbbe1b6aa187df769fa6962e7200c14190c85d21f350/hermes.WEB.jpg" data-mid="194639228" border="0" alt="Hermes,&nbsp;type C print, 100cm x 125cm, edition of 6" data-caption="Hermes,&nbsp;type C print, 100cm x 125cm, edition of 6" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/be557bb026f101cf9c15fbbe1b6aa187df769fa6962e7200c14190c85d21f350/hermes.WEB.jpg" /> <img width="3402" height="2725" width_o="3402" height_o="2725" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/0daa2745c710a5379145046587c904a1879cf02e61b38269392dbd1e7c12d4a8/Prada.WEB.jpg" data-mid="194639262" border="0" alt="Prada,&nbsp;type C print, 100cm x 125cm, edition of 6" data-caption="Prada,&nbsp;type C print, 100cm x 125cm, edition of 6" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/0daa2745c710a5379145046587c904a1879cf02e61b38269392dbd1e7c12d4a8/Prada.WEB.jpg" /> <img width="2835" height="3584" width_o="2835" height_o="3584" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/adb4dfdc9c0c8c38b590d13ff26bfae044c5989d0ce34d34b704a6b488df9088/LouisVuitton.WEB.jpg" data-mid="194639232" border="0" alt="Louis Vuitton,&nbsp;type C print, 100cm x 125cm, edition of 6" data-caption="Louis Vuitton,&nbsp;type C print, 100cm x 125cm, edition of 6" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/adb4dfdc9c0c8c38b590d13ff26bfae044c5989d0ce34d34b704a6b488df9088/LouisVuitton.WEB.jpg" /> https://simoncuthbert.com.au/Simple-Solutions-for-a-Complex-World Tue, 24 Oct 2023 03:33:33 +0000 Simon Cuthbert https://simoncuthbert.com.au/Simple-Solutions-for-a-Complex-World Simple Solutions for a Complex World2010 <img width="3402" height="2709" width_o="3402" height_o="2709" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/eb5f2843a53c4b901c46285a26ce7b23aa1b57bd29932ebce14577adb80b7ff1/Simplesolutionsforacomplexworld1.WEB.jpg" data-mid="195500768" border="0" alt="Simple solutions for a complex world No.1, archival inkjet print, 100cm x 94cm, edition of 6" data-caption="Simple solutions for a complex world No.1, archival inkjet print, 100cm x 94cm, edition of 6" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/eb5f2843a53c4b901c46285a26ce7b23aa1b57bd29932ebce14577adb80b7ff1/Simplesolutionsforacomplexworld1.WEB.jpg" /> <img width="3402" height="2708" width_o="3402" height_o="2708" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/355852e1105154c4981d704d15a72488f13c3d9b497a7321c19442b4d32dfa56/Simplesolutionsforacomplexworld2.WEB.jpg" data-mid="195500887" border="0" alt="Simple solutions for a complex world No.1, archival inkjet print, 100cm x 94cm, edition of 6" data-caption="Simple solutions for a complex world No.1, archival inkjet print, 100cm x 94cm, edition of 6" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/355852e1105154c4981d704d15a72488f13c3d9b497a7321c19442b4d32dfa56/Simplesolutionsforacomplexworld2.WEB.jpg" /> <img width="3402" height="2708" width_o="3402" height_o="2708" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/3002f517ed5234587a957af454dd4e58378b82eb88afa9dfd09d17f655aa39d6/ParkingatRear.WEB.jpg" data-mid="195500935" border="0" alt="Parking at rear,&nbsp;archival inkjet print, 100cm x 94cm, edition of 6" data-caption="Parking at rear,&nbsp;archival inkjet print, 100cm x 94cm, edition of 6" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/3002f517ed5234587a957af454dd4e58378b82eb88afa9dfd09d17f655aa39d6/ParkingatRear.WEB.jpg" /> <img width="3402" height="2709" width_o="3402" height_o="2709" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/6d903305f76649cf1ed331cdd09d0fd698c1f3fce89858875016caa6c4e0e02b/Hedge01.WEB.jpg" data-mid="195501013" border="0" alt="Hedge No.1, archival inkjet print, 100cm x 94cm, edition of 6" data-caption="Hedge No.1, archival inkjet print, 100cm x 94cm, edition of 6" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/6d903305f76649cf1ed331cdd09d0fd698c1f3fce89858875016caa6c4e0e02b/Hedge01.WEB.jpg" /> <img width="3402" height="2708" width_o="3402" height_o="2708" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/26c0b969334195b200dc61e19478623eb8eb7061f78ef5054239590f1fa43ffa/Hedge2.WEB.jpg" data-mid="195501014" border="0" alt="Hedge No.2, archival inkjet print, 100cm x 94cm, edition of 6" data-caption="Hedge No.2, archival inkjet print, 100cm x 94cm, edition of 6" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/26c0b969334195b200dc61e19478623eb8eb7061f78ef5054239590f1fa43ffa/Hedge2.WEB.jpg" /> <img width="3402" height="2708" width_o="3402" height_o="2708" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/574dc9f5d29eb548c437e3ee985d9e0fb622d2cabd1e70ebb299bde94b909d97/BusStop.WEB.jpg" data-mid="195501093" border="0" alt="Bus stop, archival inkjet print, 100cm x 94cm, edition of 6" data-caption="Bus stop, archival inkjet print, 100cm x 94cm, edition of 6" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/574dc9f5d29eb548c437e3ee985d9e0fb622d2cabd1e70ebb299bde94b909d97/BusStop.WEB.jpg" /> <img width="3402" height="2708" width_o="3402" height_o="2708" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/aecfdb570bd7c8597e1050e6dea421098353ad6fe6ac48a0328db116fbc94e4e/WhichBank.WEB.jpg" data-mid="195501101" border="0" alt="Which bank?, archival inkjet print, 100cm x 94cm, edition of 6" data-caption="Which bank?, archival inkjet print, 100cm x 94cm, edition of 6" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/aecfdb570bd7c8597e1050e6dea421098353ad6fe6ac48a0328db116fbc94e4e/WhichBank.WEB.jpg" /> <img width="3402" height="2708" width_o="3402" height_o="2708" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/30b7613c2d82131e8512d6ebebee756fae9f07cf424f0a0a3374e216f8ce82c7/Thepursuitofexcellence.WEB.jpg" data-mid="195501168" border="0" alt="The pursuit of excellence, archival inkjet print, 100cm x 94cm, edition of 6" data-caption="The pursuit of excellence, archival inkjet print, 100cm x 94cm, edition of 6" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/30b7613c2d82131e8512d6ebebee756fae9f07cf424f0a0a3374e216f8ce82c7/Thepursuitofexcellence.WEB.jpg" /> <img width="3402" height="2708" width_o="3402" height_o="2708" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/41c496a789faab117b28c727e19742b207aa82966bea7f937a477954eedd455a/CommunityofOne.WEB.jpg" data-mid="195501188" border="0" alt="Community of one, archival inkjet print, 100cm x 94cm, edition of 6" data-caption="Community of one, archival inkjet print, 100cm x 94cm, edition of 6" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/41c496a789faab117b28c727e19742b207aa82966bea7f937a477954eedd455a/CommunityofOne.WEB.jpg" /> <img width="3402" height="2708" width_o="3402" height_o="2708" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/26de4348d5bd1a9537825150123944d3e1eda4a45a6d79e3454602cf7ba76b99/PublicBuildings.WEB.jpg" data-mid="195501196" border="0" alt="Public buildings, archival inkjet print, 100cm x 94cm, edition of 6" data-caption="Public buildings, archival inkjet print, 100cm x 94cm, edition of 6" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/26de4348d5bd1a9537825150123944d3e1eda4a45a6d79e3454602cf7ba76b99/PublicBuildings.WEB.jpg" /> <img width="3402" height="2708" width_o="3402" height_o="2708" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/d4d2e2a1263d51d8105e3dce5ac5af1dec332428fc939d634c42509d31f0c748/International63.WEB.jpg" data-mid="195501205" border="0" alt="International 63, archival inkjet print, 100cm x 94cm, edition of 6" data-caption="International 63, archival inkjet print, 100cm x 94cm, edition of 6" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/d4d2e2a1263d51d8105e3dce5ac5af1dec332428fc939d634c42509d31f0c748/International63.WEB.jpg" /> <img width="5669" height="2029" width_o="5669" height_o="2029" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/837519dbab4cad279f34c31d55e94e1347221733bddffae3b61265abe3ec5166/Maydena1.WEB.SML.jpg" data-mid="195501234" border="0" alt="Maydena No.1, archival inkjet print, 100cm x 94cm, edition of 6" data-caption="Maydena No.1, archival inkjet print, 100cm x 94cm, edition of 6" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/837519dbab4cad279f34c31d55e94e1347221733bddffae3b61265abe3ec5166/Maydena1.WEB.SML.jpg" /> <img width="3402" height="2708" width_o="3402" height_o="2708" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/8ec59ed0d5f32f67ca8f18c1f462e9fa22edbc03b566caa19cf52de45cd1694e/Maydena2.WEB.jpg" data-mid="195501252" border="0" alt="Maydena No.2, archival inkjet print, 100cm x 94cm, edition of 6" data-caption="Maydena No.2, archival inkjet print, 100cm x 94cm, edition of 6" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/8ec59ed0d5f32f67ca8f18c1f462e9fa22edbc03b566caa19cf52de45cd1694e/Maydena2.WEB.jpg" /> <img width="3402" height="2708" width_o="3402" height_o="2708" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/c855f8a9f9aaa2f8c3f0fc7e0735663712a4da55e7a884287635bc9608f0ece1/Maydena3.WEB.jpg" data-mid="195501254" border="0" alt="Maydena No.3, archival inkjet print, 100cm x 94cm, edition of 6" data-caption="Maydena No.3, archival inkjet print, 100cm x 94cm, edition of 6" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/c855f8a9f9aaa2f8c3f0fc7e0735663712a4da55e7a884287635bc9608f0ece1/Maydena3.WEB.jpg" /> <img width="3402" height="2708" width_o="3402" height_o="2708" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/fee13f0fe4cdaa9106cf99e96d37a76587ae9ccbb29078f802d38ec3357d96cc/CaptainFells.WEB.jpg" data-mid="195501271" border="0" alt="Captain Fells Historic River Cruises, archival inkjet print, 100cm x 94cm, edition of 6" data-caption="Captain Fells Historic River Cruises, archival inkjet print, 100cm x 94cm, edition of 6" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/fee13f0fe4cdaa9106cf99e96d37a76587ae9ccbb29078f802d38ec3357d96cc/CaptainFells.WEB.jpg" /> <img width="3402" height="2708" width_o="3402" height_o="2708" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/968bf9a8b8780d474b2245716dafd21296e1c311b88a10b82a218848bebfed7d/OutbyNovember.WEB.jpg" data-mid="195501315" border="0" alt="Out by November, archival inkjet print, 100cm x 94cm, edition of 6" data-caption="Out by November, archival inkjet print, 100cm x 94cm, edition of 6" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/968bf9a8b8780d474b2245716dafd21296e1c311b88a10b82a218848bebfed7d/OutbyNovember.WEB.jpg" /> <img width="3402" height="2708" width_o="3402" height_o="2708" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/9c8fcc2f953b2c3db38f52baa116427a98ede386fc50a88736d5afcd33d3b3c9/SubStation.WEB.jpg" data-mid="195501316" border="0" alt="Sub-station, archival inkjet print, 100cm x 94cm, edition of 6" data-caption="Sub-station, archival inkjet print, 100cm x 94cm, edition of 6" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/9c8fcc2f953b2c3db38f52baa116427a98ede386fc50a88736d5afcd33d3b3c9/SubStation.WEB.jpg" /> <img width="3402" height="2709" width_o="3402" height_o="2709" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/bb897827a6a064be76707c398de08d7c307f09f7723cd56feb3154802a570e00/SportsCentre.WEB.jpg" data-mid="195501317" border="0" alt="Sports centre, archival inkjet print, 100cm x 94cm, edition of 6" data-caption="Sports centre, archival inkjet print, 100cm x 94cm, edition of 6" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/bb897827a6a064be76707c398de08d7c307f09f7723cd56feb3154802a570e00/SportsCentre.WEB.jpg" /> https://simoncuthbert.com.au/Where-s-Alice Tue, 24 Oct 2023 03:34:10 +0000 Simon Cuthbert https://simoncuthbert.com.au/Where-s-Alice Where’s Alice?2018 Gallery Smith Project Space exhibition, Melbourne, 2019 As another St Patricks Day passes in an alcohol soaked blur of plastic green Paddy Craic, this exported expression of Irish-ness, with its embedded sentiments of partition, militancy, and the IRA, deeply offends those in Ireland. In the midst of continuing talk of hard borders and trouble continuing to fester with bombs and fatal shootings recently in Derry and a Catholic Church in ethical and moral collapse, the task of dismantling the reality of Irish-ness and its endless Pug Malone and Bridie O’Reilly diasporic variants is harder to do. I was raised in a proud Irish Catholic family in a predominantly Catholic city (in which the descendants of the Irish were, for all their numbers, not at the top of the pile). I was taught in Catholic schools in classrooms, filled mostly with Irish Catholic children: there were the O’Deas, the O’Sheas, the Gallaghers, the McGuckins, the McCawleys and the McNaes to name just a few. The Irish nuns, brothers and priests delivered classes and sermons in a lilting Irish brogue. There is no mistaking this heritage. Our home was adorned with posters for the Irish Republic and that day of martyrs in Easter 1916; my father was a formidable criminal advocate in the Irish oratory tradition; and any gathering would most often descend into Irish singalongs. You know the type, Oh Danny Boy, with alcohol flowing freely. And with the call that comes for those whose imaginary homelands lay abroad, I returned for the first time to Ireland too see what sense I could make of it all. The resulting work is drawn from Northern Ireland, the Republic of Ireland and the Isle of Man in the Irish Sea and also London and Paris. The work participates in a number of architectural genres but it is the fabled rabbit hole which provides a compelling logic which structures this series. The rabbit hole, at once provides entry to a dark underworld and a place, perhaps, of wonderment, curiosity and bemusement. This particular rabbit hole, a onetime target of the IRA, provides the entry to other works in the series which conjure wafer thin sincerity, menacing obscenity, optical redundancy and diasporic departure. Alice is nowhere to be found. The trauma that may be found inscribed in many of the sites which form the subject of these photographs creates a map of geo-psycho-violent-energy that we seem only too willing to extend with alarming ferocity. Events of recent days in our pacific neighbour New Zealand, in a city already deeply riven by serial catastrophic events, are evidence enough that hatred, division and intolerance are pulling our world apart, with no sign of it letting up. If it’s not the priests performing acts of indecency upon innocent children, its sick individuals all too willing to post their horror online on corporate snuff platforms and leaders fomenting further hate and division to secure some electoral edge. Enough of the vanilla excuses, the deniers and the apologists. Alice must be found for humanity’s sake. <img width="3429" height="2863" width_o="3429" height_o="2863" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/b4e701a03afb703a3eb4fd89fa21ab7f086ea39377cb3bd0a18c2f6898b60863/Downtherabbithole1.jpg" data-mid="195504208" border="0" alt="Down the rabbit hole 1 (Victoria Station, London), archival inkjet print, 100cm x 125cm, edition of 6" data-caption="Down the rabbit hole 1 (Victoria Station, London), archival inkjet print, 100cm x 125cm, edition of 6" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/b4e701a03afb703a3eb4fd89fa21ab7f086ea39377cb3bd0a18c2f6898b60863/Downtherabbithole1.jpg" /> <img width="3429" height="2858" width_o="3429" height_o="2858" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/1294ad0cef15e00e7ccd45cd9025fe8c6409d5e87ff72c067d3e3fce969080dc/Andthenight1.jpg" data-mid="195504270" border="0" alt="And the night 1 (11th Night bonfire preparations, Belfast, Northern Ireland), archival inkjet print, 100cm x 125cm, edition of 6" data-caption="And the night 1 (11th Night bonfire preparations, Belfast, Northern Ireland), archival inkjet print, 100cm x 125cm, edition of 6" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/1294ad0cef15e00e7ccd45cd9025fe8c6409d5e87ff72c067d3e3fce969080dc/Andthenight1.jpg" /> <img width="2835" height="2255" width_o="2835" height_o="2255" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/fe1ac3d7abc96ff8bf263a3848bbd733a754347895a5373907dac2017ce98261/Miracle.SML.jpg" data-mid="195504283" border="0" alt="Miracle (Construction hoarding 10th Arrondissment, Paris), archival inkjet print, 100cm x 125cm, edition of 6" data-caption="Miracle (Construction hoarding 10th Arrondissment, Paris), archival inkjet print, 100cm x 125cm, edition of 6" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/fe1ac3d7abc96ff8bf263a3848bbd733a754347895a5373907dac2017ce98261/Miracle.SML.jpg" /> <img width="3402" height="2717" width_o="3402" height_o="2717" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/34b6aa03df970e68c6f4d6fabc92a93ac2d84815726056c6b710e95868782479/CameraObscura.jpg" data-mid="195504299" border="0" alt="Camera obscura (Douglas, Isle of Man, Irish Sea), archival inkjet print, 100cm x 125cm, edition of 6" data-caption="Camera obscura (Douglas, Isle of Man, Irish Sea), archival inkjet print, 100cm x 125cm, edition of 6" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/34b6aa03df970e68c6f4d6fabc92a93ac2d84815726056c6b710e95868782479/CameraObscura.jpg" /> <img width="3402" height="2708" width_o="3402" height_o="2708" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/387552a24edb17ab4899f8d297dbd2f51da18320274d29d461f54d980886699b/Terminus.jpg" data-mid="195504327" border="0" alt="Terminus (Sea Terminal, Douglas, Isle of Man, Irish Sea), archival inkjet print, 100cm x 125cm, edition of 6" data-caption="Terminus (Sea Terminal, Douglas, Isle of Man, Irish Sea), archival inkjet print, 100cm x 125cm, edition of 6" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/387552a24edb17ab4899f8d297dbd2f51da18320274d29d461f54d980886699b/Terminus.jpg" /> <img width="3543" height="2835" width_o="3543" height_o="2835" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/2ad683167a04b816d5ded9de6282bed57a4dceba92591c7ced8a1ef288534c0b/Multilevelcarpark.jpg" data-mid="195504459" border="0" alt="Multilevel Carpark (Douglas, Isle of Man, Irish Sea), archival inkjet print, 100cm x 125cm, edition of 6" data-caption="Multilevel Carpark (Douglas, Isle of Man, Irish Sea), archival inkjet print, 100cm x 125cm, edition of 6" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/2ad683167a04b816d5ded9de6282bed57a4dceba92591c7ced8a1ef288534c0b/Multilevelcarpark.jpg" /> <img width="3543" height="2860" width_o="3543" height_o="2860" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/2cad3df31a73227b88e18a230b209718570d4b34eb90d2e50d26ace441494ad2/Downtherabbithole2.jpg" data-mid="195504483" border="0" alt="Down the rabbit hole 2 (Acton Town Station, London), archival inkjet print, 100cm x 125cm, edition of 6" data-caption="Down the rabbit hole 2 (Acton Town Station, London), archival inkjet print, 100cm x 125cm, edition of 6" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/2cad3df31a73227b88e18a230b209718570d4b34eb90d2e50d26ace441494ad2/Downtherabbithole2.jpg" /> <img width="3402" height="2712" width_o="3402" height_o="2712" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/5097498df3d3ed4774c265f7f39bbb6193f5e5088c23b2967789bde959c05f41/Lostintranslation.jpg" data-mid="195504494" border="0" alt="Lost in translation (Iceland Supermarket, Dublin, Republic of Ireland), archival inkjet print, 100cm x 125cm, edition of 6" data-caption="Lost in translation (Iceland Supermarket, Dublin, Republic of Ireland), archival inkjet print, 100cm x 125cm, edition of 6" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/5097498df3d3ed4774c265f7f39bbb6193f5e5088c23b2967789bde959c05f41/Lostintranslation.jpg" /> <img width="3402" height="2721" width_o="3402" height_o="2721" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/00c5ca4605d78e6b43cec4f607617a18e27bf357f47791a8d871594ff8c61228/Andthenight2.jpg" data-mid="195504525" border="0" alt="And the night 2 (11th Night pyre preperations, Belfast, Northern Ireland), archival inkjet print, 100cm x 125cm, edition of 6" data-caption="And the night 2 (11th Night pyre preperations, Belfast, Northern Ireland), archival inkjet print, 100cm x 125cm, edition of 6" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/00c5ca4605d78e6b43cec4f607617a18e27bf357f47791a8d871594ff8c61228/Andthenight2.jpg" /> <img width="3543" height="2835" width_o="3543" height_o="2835" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/df577ebc55322bf7092ca4882f1e89813a76d6a0a6980d5567f553a4c1c78666/PedestrianEntrance.jpg" data-mid="195504550" border="0" alt="Pedestrian entrance (Divided communities in Belfast, Northern Ireland), archival inkjet print, 100cm x 125cm, edition of 6" data-caption="Pedestrian entrance (Divided communities in Belfast, Northern Ireland), archival inkjet print, 100cm x 125cm, edition of 6" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/df577ebc55322bf7092ca4882f1e89813a76d6a0a6980d5567f553a4c1c78666/PedestrianEntrance.jpg" /> <img width="2847" height="3543" width_o="2847" height_o="3543" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/9101846a90e2db5279ee1530100197ab60c767fc3aa4f56994edd2503bddf4fa/UnnaturalHistory.jpg" data-mid="195504582" border="0" alt="Unnatural history (British Natural Hisotory Museum, Palaeontology Building reimagined), archival inkjet print, 100cm x 125cm, edition of 6" data-caption="Unnatural history (British Natural Hisotory Museum, Palaeontology Building reimagined), archival inkjet print, 100cm x 125cm, edition of 6" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/9101846a90e2db5279ee1530100197ab60c767fc3aa4f56994edd2503bddf4fa/UnnaturalHistory.jpg" /> <img width="3387" height="2708" width_o="3387" height_o="2708" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/f2019174ddff4205dc43a1bb6c227d9ece627a0375d3f0c2f056df9dd03c32d0/Crown.jpg" data-mid="195504614" border="0" alt="Crown (Queens Jubilee roundabout, Crown Lane, Northern Ireland), archival inkjet print, 100cm x 125cm, edition of 6" data-caption="Crown (Queens Jubilee roundabout, Crown Lane, Northern Ireland), archival inkjet print, 100cm x 125cm, edition of 6" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/f2019174ddff4205dc43a1bb6c227d9ece627a0375d3f0c2f056df9dd03c32d0/Crown.jpg" /> <img width="3402" height="2674" width_o="3402" height_o="2674" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/7581ad2f934ad29755824e432bd99399ca224ca1bb64de9e28d2a0fb6821355e/AfterGoya.jpg" data-mid="195504637" border="0" alt="After Goya (Mural of Goya&rsquo;s &lsquo;3rd of May&rsquo; Bogside, Derry, Northern Ireland), archival inkjet print, 100cm x 125cm, edition of 6" data-caption="After Goya (Mural of Goya’s ‘3rd of May’ Bogside, Derry, Northern Ireland), archival inkjet print, 100cm x 125cm, edition of 6" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/7581ad2f934ad29755824e432bd99399ca224ca1bb64de9e28d2a0fb6821355e/AfterGoya.jpg" /> https://simoncuthbert.com.au/Homepage Tue, 24 Oct 2023 03:25:50 +0000 Simon Cuthbert https://simoncuthbert.com.au/Homepage <img width="3487" height="2750" width_o="3487" height_o="2750" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/860c6397c6e7087ffb513b44a1d7d9530cb8128a3af0bac0137a56553352edaa/Weknowwhatwefeel.jpg" data-mid="195497938" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/860c6397c6e7087ffb513b44a1d7d9530cb8128a3af0bac0137a56553352edaa/Weknowwhatwefeel.jpg" /> https://simoncuthbert.com.au/Information Tue, 24 Oct 2023 03:25:50 +0000 Simon Cuthbert https://simoncuthbert.com.au/Information For over thirty years, Simon Cuthbert has cultivated a vast visual archive, chronicling the human need and desire to create structures which provide shelter, comfort, utility and efficiency. His photographs operate across a spectrum of established photographic genre. Part portrait, indexical document, social commentary, and elegy; he toys with viewers habituated knowledge systems of the built environment.A consistent Cuthbert motif is compositional isolation; enhancing the forensic detail of the camera lens, while elevating architectural studies into the genre of portraiture. Within this slippery pictorial terrain, it is easy to anthropomorphise. Cuthbert’s structures stand resolute, staggering against all odds, where simple survival is in itself heroic. Cuthbert works exclusively with large format colour film photography techniques. With an eye and skill honed by the rigours of museum collections documentation - his day job - Cuthbert provides an important challenge to lofty notions of heritage. In the supposed “non-places” of the suburbs, the roadside layover, or the desperate barren paddocks, we encounter ambitious invention and wilful individuation. Beneath Cuthbert’s exacting approach lies a palpable sympathy for his subject matter. Contact