Bridget Lafferty’s Redfern-inspired ceramics celebrate the familiar and the fantastic. Sid Sledge’s mixed media works evoke suburban and coastal settings – “Making My Way Down Campbell Parade” and “Corner of Redfern and Pitt Streets” are stunning, whimsical compositions in ink, acrylic and ballpoint pen. Gaylene Smith’s “Teapot with Yellow Flowers” continues an exploration she clearly enjoys – memories of childhood, family, play.
Curator and RAG founder Jo Tracy said: “The works were made in response to the idea of home – what does the word ‘home’ make you feel or think about? I was really happy with how each of the artists responded, from their own perspectives, in their own styles, and the way it all came together which, serendipitously, made for a beautiful whole.”
Tracy’s delightful “Ming Man” sculptures were created in reference to historical décor, decorations and markers of domesticity. “It’s not about having expensive things,” she explained, “but having beautiful and distinctive objects in our living spaces, in our homes. The objects we choose are a reflection of ourselves.”
