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