Patrick Hall, Geoff Dyer, Todd Jenkins and Sam Field
12 September – 15 September 2019
Carriageworks, Sydney
BOOTH A02
For Sydney Contemporary 2019, Despard Gallery is proud to present four artists, specifically curated to represent the diversity and strength of contemporary art within Tasmania. This includes painters Geoff Dyer, Todd Jenkins and Sam Field, alongside multi-disciplinary feature artist, Patrick Hall.
Patrick Hall is presenting a major sculptural installation composed of multiple artworks based on the nursery rhyme ‘…if they should accidentally fall’. Individual works captures figures constructed from recycled materials, LED lights and spirit bottles. Through overlaid text and subtle audio recordings that relay curious narratives, Hall creates a place of intimate confession to explore the passing of time and the slow erosion of belief.
“If They Should Accidentally Fall seeks to create a secular, sacred space where fragile vessels spill secrets, longings and desires. It is a place where confessions are made and shared, where voices seep and search for solace. A place where we can bear witness to our own human frailty” – Patrick Hall, 2019
#1 PATRICK HALL A Gut Full of Longing 2018-19 spirit bottle, LED lighting, electrical cable, glass, plywood, 120 x 60 w x 11 cm SOLD
#5 PATRICK HALL Little Hammers, 2018-19, spirit bottle, recycled guitar strings, piano keys, LED lighting, glass, plywood, 120 h x 60 w x 11d cm $26,750.00
#3 PATRICK HALL Mad as Hell 2018-19 spirit bottle, LED lighting, electrical cable, glass, plywood 120 x 60 x 11 cm SOLD
#7 PATRICK HALL The Bare Witness 2019 spirit bottles, LED lighting, 16mm film, magnifying lenses, threaded rod and hardware, glass, plywood 120 x 60 x 11 cm $26,750.00
#5 PATRICK HALL The Eye of the Needle, 2019, spirit bottles, LED lighting, collected lace, glass, plywood, 120 x 60 x 11 cm SOLD
#6 PATRICK HALL The Longing 2019 spirit bottle, LED lighting, collected wood, glass, plywood 120 x 60 x 11 cm SOLD
#9 PATRICK HALL The Right of Arms 2019 spirit bottle, LED lighting, mixed media, glass, plywood 120 x 60 x 11 cm $26,750.00
#8 PATRICK HALL The Ruler 2019 spirit bottle, LED lighting, collected measuring tools, glass, plywood 120 x 60 x 10 cm SOLD
#9 PATRICK HALL The Torch Song 2019 spirit bottle, LED lighting, collected feathers, glass, plywood 120 x 60 x 11 cm
Patrick Hall #10 - #17 If They Should Accidentally Fall – Sound Shelves 2019 $14,750.00 and middle
The Torch Song 2019 $29,750.00, far left: he Right of Arms 2019 $29,750.00
#10 PATRICK HALL If They Should Accidentally Fall - Sounds Shelf 2019 collected spirit bottles, sequenced LED lighting, mp3 players, speakers, speaker cable, stainless steel, plywood, 120 x 120 x 15 cm $9,950.00
Patrick Hall #10 - #17 If They Should Accidentally Fall – Sound Shelves
2019
collected spirit bottles, sequenced LED lighting, mp3 players, speakers, speaker cable, stainless steel, plywood
120 x 120 x 15 cm
signed verso
$14,750.00
Patrick Hall Sound Shelves and at back in the middle The Eye of the Needle and The Longing 2019
To accompany Patrick’s installation at Sydney Contemporary, Despard Gallery has produced an online exhibition accompaniment. The guide is divided, into two sections, video narratives an audio accompaniment. Videos captures installation snippets and are accompanied by Patrick reading from his distinctive narrative text, which are etched into individual works. The audio component offers the listener a rare insight into individual artworks, with Patrick in his own words, providing personal reflections and background into concept development. To listen, scan or click QR code below.
Geoff Dyer is arguably Tasmania’s best-known contemporary painter and is presenting a series of his characteristic large-scale landscapes. Through his expressive use of paint, Dyer captures the complexity and raw beauty that underpins the Tasmanian environment.
Geoff Dyer | Sydney Contemporary 19
Geoff Dyer and Sam Field | Sydney Contemporary 19
Geoff Dyer | Sydney Contemporary 19
#13 GEOFF DYER Cockle Creek 2019 Oil on linen 183 x 60cm SOLD
#16 Geoff Dyer Cockle Creek 2019 Oil on linen 183 x 60cm SOLD
#19 Geoff Dyer Frome Dam 2019 Oil on linen 122 x 183cm SOLD
#2 GEOFF DYER Tasmanian Summer II 2019 Oil on linen 122 x 183cm SOLD
#21 GEOFF DYER Ocean Beach VI 2019 Oil on linen 152 x 183cm SOLD
#3 Geoff Dyer Tasmanian Summer III 2019 Oil on linen 122 x 183cm SOLD
#4 GEOFF DYER Tasmanian Summer IV 2019 Oil on linen 122 x 183cm SOLD
#5 Geoff Dyer Easter 2019 Oil on linen 122 x 152cm NFS
#7 Geoff Dyer Dolphin Sands (February) 2019 Oil on linen 152 x 183cm $26,750
#15 GEOFF DYER King River II 2019 Oil on linen 91.5 x 183cm SOLD
Todd Jenkins uses subtle veils of paint to interpret the iconic wilderness regions within Tasmania, exploring concepts of atmosphere, transition and place. Jenkins work focuses on the typographical features of Tasmania’s unique highland regions, including tarns and the rare deciduous native tree, Nothofagus.
Todd Jenkins | Sydney Contemporary 19
Todd Jenkins | Sydney Contemporary 19
#1 Todd Jenkins Deciduous 2019 Oil linen 183 X 168cm SOLD
TODD JENKINS Endemic, 2019, Oil on linen, 183 x 152 cm SOLD
TODD JENKINS Disappearing Tarn 2018 oil on linen 112 x 137 cm $9,750.00
TODD JENKINS Morning Tarn, 2019, Oil on claybord, 40 x 30cm (framed) SOLD
#5 Todd Jenkins Sun Dew 2019 Oil on claybord 40 x 30cm $3,500.00 (framed)
#6Todd Jenkins Autumn Tarn 2019 Oil on claybord 40 x 30cm $3,500.00 (framed)
#7 Todd Jenkins Lake Pedder #24 2015 oil on linen 40 x 30 cm $3,500 (framed)
Sam Field’s has created a suite of large-scale vibrant paintings that critiques the characters and historical narratives from Australian folk law. Described as ‘colonial postcards from a post-apocalyptic Australian landscape’, Field’s paintings adopt a youthful and sometimes cynical take on human fallibility in recorded Australian history.
Click here to read about the ideas behind artworks by Sam Field.
Sam Field | Sydney Contemporary 19
Sam Field | Sydney Contemporary 19
#1 SAM FIELD 2019
Black Snake moan oil on canvas 183 x 152 cm $8,750.00
#2 SAM FIELD 2019
Gatekeeper oil on canvas 183 x 152 cm
$8,750.00
#4 SAM FIELD Salt Warehouse 2019 oil on panel 122 x 102 cm (framed) SOLD
#5 SAM FIELD The entombment of Rosario Cimone, 2019, oil on board 132 x 122 cm (framed) SOLD
SAM FIELD The Wembley Ware Stockman oil on board 132 x 122 cm $5,250.00
#7 SAM FIELD Turkish Delight oil on panel 122 x 110 cm SOLD
#8 SAM FIELD Cowboy oil on panel 40 x 35 cm SOLD
#9 SAM FIELD Gymea Lilly in Yellow Pot 2019 oil board 46 x 40 cm SOLD
#10 SAM FIELD Sadness Grows Like Weeds Upon Her Thighs and Knees 2018 120 x 100cm oil on board SOLD
#3 SAM FIELD Pear Tree Canyon 2019 acrylic and oil and oil stick on canvas 183 x 152 cm $7,500.00
Artist Talks and NEXT
Patrick Hall will be conducting two artist talks on our booth, Saturday and Sunday, time to be confirmed. Patrick will be discussing first-hand the ideas behind his work, with the opportunity for a question and answer session. Patrick will also be a speaker on the Tasmanian Creatives Panel, presented by Arts Tasmania as part of Talk Contemporary, Saturday 14 September 4-5pm. Patrick will be discussing how the changing artistic landscape of Tasmania is influencing his practice, alongside artists Fiona Hall and Julie Gough, as well as Michael Bugelli (gallerist), Analiese Gregory (Head Chef and owner of Franklin), moderated by Jarrod Rawlins (curator MONA).
Young emerging photographer Micheila Petersfield will also be represented at Sydney Contemporary NEXT, with her signature work ‘Bang Bang’. This is a new dynamic platform for a curated selection of fifty emerging artists, which will be located at Sydney Contemporary, Bay 21.
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This project was assisted through Arts Tasmania by the Minister for the Arts.
