Life Boat / Thuyen Cuu Roi (maquette) – 2006

This sculpture is a maquette for a larger work as well as a sculpture in its own right. Both the larger work and the maquette were made in Hue Vietnam during a 6 month artist residency. Life Boat / Thuyen Cuu Roi focusses on the courage and compassion required for journeys of migration and journeys by sea. The skeletal sculpture expresses a poetic interpretation of the lives of Vietnamese people in particular, their relationship to water, both spiritually and as a practical necessity.

Essay: Read the story of the Life Boat’s owner Pham Chi.

Life Boat / Thuyen Cuu Roi: Wood, laquer. 27 x 48 x 83 cm.

Exhibited: 
Finalist for the Phoenix Prize 2007, ANU Gallery Canberra
Exhibited at Casula Powerhouse for Nam Bang! 2009

Photography: Cath Barcan