IN THE GALLERY: In The Dead House
Installation view
In the dead house, 2021, installation view at AGSA
Hand blown glass bush bananas, vintage mortuary trolley and table
Dimensions for trolley 65cm wide 174cm long and 85cm high. 30 pieces blown glass, dimensions variable
In the dead house, 2021 (detail)
Hand blown glass bush bananas, vintage mortuary trolley and table
Dimensions for trolley 65cm wide 174cm long and 85cm high. 30 pieces blown glass, dimensions variable
In the dead house, 2021 (detail)
Hand blown glass bush bananas, vintage mortuary trolley and table
Dimensions for trolley 65cm wide 174cm long and 85cm high. 30 pieces blown glass, dimensions variable
In the dead house, 2021 (detail)
Hand blown glass bush bananas, vintage mortuary trolley and table
Dimensions for trolley 65cm wide 174cm long and 85cm high. 30 pieces blown glass, dimensions variable
Family Portrait, 2008
17 Found alcoholic bottles, twine and wood
Dimensions variable
Family Portrait, 2008
17 Found alcoholic bottles, twine and wood
Dimensions variable
Barwell and Beverly - Andamooka Opal Fields, 2019
Water based ink screen print on vintage tent, hand blown glass
250x172cm
Barwell and Beverly - Andamooka Opal Fields, 2019 (detail)
Water based ink screen print on vintage tent, hand blown glass
250x172cm
Barwell and Beverly - Andamooka Opal Fields, 2019 (detail)
Water based ink screen print on vintage tent, hand blown glass
250x172cm
Not Willing to Suffocate, 2012
Blown glass and painted steel
3 works, 65x15x20cm each
Not Willing to Suffocate, 2012
Blown glass and painted steel
3 works, 65x15x20cm each
Not Willing to Suffocate, 2012
Blown glass and painted steel
3 works, 65x15x20cm each
Nucleus 6-10, 2020 instal view
Hand blown glass bush plums
Nucleus 6, 7 & 8, 2021
Hand blown glass bush plums
3 pieces, approx. 25 x 30 x 25cm each
Nucleus 9 & 10, 2021
Hand blown glass bush plums
2 pieces, approx. 25 x 30 x 25cm each
installation view
installation view
Yhonnie Scarce
4 - 30 May 2021
To coincide with Scarce’s major survey show at ACCA and following on from her recent exhibition at TarraWarra Museum of Art, we are pleased to present Yhonnie Scarce’s forthcoming exhibition, In the dead house, at THIS IS NO FANTASY.
One of Scarce’s earliest works, Family Portrait, 2008 speaks to the introduction of alcohol to her ancestors, whilst In the dead house, 2020 explores the dark history of one of South Australia’s early coroners. The survey features some of Scarce’s most significant works spanning 15 years, some never seen before in Melbourne, and offers audiences an opportunity to see how her practice addresses the legacies of colonisation on her people including genocide, racism, environmental degradation and intergenerational trauma.
“Glass shows no mercy. To make objects that involve using your breath is physically empowering; to build large scale forms from something that is delicate. I see glass as a very powerful medium to express ideas and represent stories.” – Yhonnie Scarce
Documentation by Janelle Low