LINDE IVIMEY | PRECIOUS LITTLE | 2022 by MARTIN BROWNE CONTEMPORARY

LINDE IVIMEY PRECIOUS LITTLE

LINDE IVIMEY

PRECIOUS LITTLE 18 August - 10 September 2022

MARTIN BROWNE CONTEMPORARY 15 HAMPDEN STREET PADDINGTON NSW 2021 TEL: 02 9331 7997 FAX: 02 9331 7050 info@martinbrownecontemporary.com www.martinbrownecontemporary.com GALLERY HOURS:TUESDAY TUESDAY -- SATURDAY SUNDAY 10:30AM - 6PM GALLERY HOURS: 10:30AM - 6PM

SUNDAY & MONDAY BY APPOINTMENT

LIST OF WORKS 1.

DAKOTA, 2022, steel, acrylic resin, dyed cotton, black spinel, human hair, snake skin, mink fur, bird and tortoise bones, citrine, 34 x 15 x 10.5 cm

DALLAS, 2022, steel, acrylic resin, dyed cotton, black spinel, human hair, snake skin, mink, bird and snake bones, peridot, 34.5 x 15 x 12.5 cm

RYDER, 2022, steel, acrylic resin, dyed cotton, rabbit fur, black spinel, bird bones, 13 x 13 x 25 cm

STORMY, 2022, steel, acrylic resin, dyed cotton and silk, black spinel, bird bones, garnet, 24 x 28 x 15 cm

CHASE, 2022, steel, acrylic resin, dyed cotton, black spinel, mink fur, bird bones, 34 x 11.5 x 20 cm

DELUX, 2022, steel, acrylic resin, dyed cotton, black spinel, mink fur, bird bones, 24 x 9.5 x 18 cm

GAMBELL, 2022, steel, acrylic resin, dyed cotton and satin, black pearls, mink fur, leather, bird and snake bones, 75.5 x 47 x 124 cm

HANES, 2022, steel, acrylic resin, dyed cotton and silk, black spinel, mink fur, leather, bird and snake bones, 34 x 31.5 x 21 cm

SITKA 2022, steel, acrylic resin, dyed cotton and silk, garnets, mink fur, leather, bird and snake bones, 30 x 15.5 x 10 cm

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CHERRIE, 2022, steel, acrylic resin, dyed cotton, rabbit fur, red spinel, bird bones, 25 x 21 x 15 cm

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GINGER, 2022, steel, acrylic resin, dyed cotton, rabbit fur, red spinel, bird bones, 27 x 21 x 11.5 cm

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TRINITY, 2022, steel, acrylic resin, dyed cotton, rabbit fur, red spinel, bird bones, 23 x 19 x 9.5 cm

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MOXY, 2022, steel, acrylic resin, dyed cotton, rabbit fur, black spinel, bird bones, 23 x 10 x 23 cm

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WRANGELL, 2022, steel, acrylic resin, dyed cotton and silk, black spinel, pink pearl, mink fur, leather, bird and snake bones, 30.5 x 23 x 16 cm

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NARSSUK, 2021, steel, acrylic resin, dyed cotton, black spinel, bird bones, peacock feathers, 36.5 x 19 x 21 cm

COMPILER: James Edwards PHOTOGRAPHER: Jenni Carter PORTRAIT: Angus Mordant COLOUR SEPARATIONS: Spitting Image, Sydney COVER IMAGE: SITKA 2022, steel, acrylic resin, dyed cotton and silk, garnets, mink fur, leather, bird and snake bones, 30 x 15.5 x 10 cm

PRECIOUS LITTLE 2022 The last little while has afforded us all opportunities that come with isolation…to dream of happier times and places. During my time to dream, I became the grateful recipient of Aunty Meg’s mink jacket. Throughout my life I have somehow acquired a couple of friends’ fur coats and mink stoles, the first when I was just fifteen – a neighbour called Mrs McDonald passed away and her daughter passed it on to me. These gifts are largely due to the changes that have occurred in our thinking about the fashion fur trade – my friends who have had these incredible pieces bestowed upon them by their elderly aunts and mothers have been unable to keep, like or wear these garments, and they have come to me very generously with comments such as “I thought you’d like this” or “you’ll know what to do with it”. Seventy years ago Aunty Meg’s jacket was the height of fashion for Sydney ladies, though never really quite right for our climate. I think Mrs McDonald’s mink stole was equally as chic and may have been slightly more wearable. In the absence of a destination, I embarked upon a journey through time in my studio with these long cared for garments. Removing the stitches revealed secret layers of linings, running tacks, beautiful ruched silk trims, hand written measurements, strange insignias and decorative pockets. In some cases a hundred years of treasured heirloom was being unpicked and re-valued. More recent garments lack the durability, fine craftsmanship and frankly, the muse. Back in the days of real travel, I spent some months in Alaska where fur garments move in a vastly different realm of service. The furrier holds skills that are greatly valued and often passed down within a family. I learned a little about fur cutting and sewing from them, and it has been my delight to dream back to a time when trappers risked everything mid-winter for the furriers, and in turn for the fur garments to be tanned and produced into life-saving protective garb. Alaskan fur takes the Wild West to the far north and into Russian culture. I spent my time in the seaports and noticed that women’s work has undergone some of the changes over time too. Fishing, hunting, childbearing, ceremony and dance are all precious aspects of life, but the dance has changed a little these days. Precious Little is an exhibition of work that required me to sit still and draw on old materials, skills and memories. I owe my thanks to my mother Maureen for the experience I had as a child, slipping quietly into her wardrobe nestling into her mink stole, feeling at once its ice cool satin, then warm soft fur. Thanks also to Miss Davis, for welcoming me in her residence in Alaska; to Mike Matney in Wrangell Trading Post for sharing his knowledge; to Aunty Meg & Mrs McDonald for being stylish generous women; and to Aunty Anne, for encouraging this spark in me.

DAKOTA, 2022, steel, acrylic resin, dyed cotton, black spinel, human hair, snake skin, mink fur, bird and tortoise bones, citrine 34 x 15 x 10.5 cm (Detail above)

DALLAS, 2022, steel, acrylic resin, dyed cotton, black spinel, human hair, snake skin, mink, bird and snake bones, peridot 34.5 x 15 x 12.5 cm

RYDER, 2022, steel, acrylic resin, dyed cotton, rabbit fur, black spinel, bird bones 13 x 13 x 25 cm

STORMY, 2022, steel, acrylic resin, dyed cotton and silk, black spinel, bird bones, garnet 24 x 28 x 15 cm

CHASE, 2022, steel, acrylic resin, dyed cotton, black spinel, mink fur, bird bones 34 x 11.5 x 20 cm

DELUX, 2022, steel, acrylic resin, dyed cotton, black spinel, mink fur, bird bones 24 x 9.5 x 18 cm

GAMBELL, 2022, steel, acrylic resin, dyed cotton and satin, black pearls, mink fur, leather, bird and snake bones 75.5 x 47 x 124 cm

HANES, 2022, steel, acrylic resin, dyed cotton and silk, black spinel, mink fur, leather, bird and snake bones 34 x 31.5 x 21 cm

SITKA 2022, steel, acrylic resin, dyed cotton and silk, garnets, mink fur, leather, bird and snake bones 30 x 15.5 x 10 cm

CHERRIE, 2022, steel, acrylic resin, dyed cotton, rabbit fur, red spinel, bird bones 25 x 21 x 15 cm

GINGER, 2022, steel, acrylic resin, dyed cotton, rabbit fur, red spinel, bird bones 27 x 21 x 11.5 cm

TRINITY, 2022, steel, acrylic resin, dyed cotton, rabbit fur, red spinel, bird bones 23 x 19 x 9.5 cm

MOXY, 2022, steel, acrylic resin, dyed cotton, rabbit fur, black spinel, bird bones 23 x 10 x 23 cm

WRANGELL, 2022, steel, acrylic resin, dyed cotton and silk, black spinel, pink pearl, mink fur, leather, bird and snake bones 30.5 x 23 x 16 cm (Detail above)

NARSSUK, 2021, steel, acrylic resin, dyed cotton, black spinel, bird bones, peacock feathers 36.5 x 19 x 21 cm (Detail above)

SOLO EXHIBITIONS 2022 2021 2019 2018 2017 2015 2014 2014 2013 2012

2009 2008 2007 2006 2006 2003

Precious Little, Martin Browne Contemporary, Sydney HOTA OPENING, Home Of The Arts, Gold Coast, QLD Dearest, Martin Browne Contemporary, Sydney Bonafides, Jan Murphy Gallery, Brisbane Women to Winter, Martin Browne Contemporary, Sydney Conversations With A Caterpillar, Jan Murphy Gallery, Brisbane The Shape Of Things, Martin Browne Contemporary, Sydney Cross My Heart, Jan Murphy Gallery, Brisbane Brave to the Bone, Martin Browne Contemporary, Sydney Bone Idol, Michael Reid, Berlin Survey Exhibition, IF PAIN PERSISTS, Cairns Regional Gallery Survey Exhibition, IF PAIN PERSISTS, University of Queensland Gallery, Brisbane Leave no Bone Unturned, Gould Galleries, Melbourne Set In Bone, Martin Browne Fine Art, Sydney Take Two, Jan Murphy Gallery, Brisbane Berlin & London, Michael Reid Martin Browne Fine Art, Sydney Private Viewing, Darlinghurst Studio, Sydney New Works, Martin Browne Fine Art, Sydney Only the Memory, Gould Galleries, Melbourne Old Souls ~ New Work, Martin Browne Fine Art, Sydney Close to the Bone, Heide Museum of Modern Art, Melbourne

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018

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Interconnected, New England Regional Art Museum, Armidale, 2012 NSW SAVOUR, Bundaberg Regional Gallery, QLD 2011 TERRA AUSTRALIS, Galerie Ernst Hilger, Vienna, Austria 2010 PENUMBRA, Olsen Gruin, New York, USA LOVE, Tweed Regional Gallery 2009 So Fine, National Portrait Gallery, Canberra Romancing the Skull, Ballarat Regional Gallery, VIC Melbourme & Sydney Contemporary Art Fairs, NSW & VIC Auckland Art Fair, New Zealand RIGG Design Award, Scott Weston, National Gallery Of Victoria 2008 The Gift-Australian Migration, Museum of Australian Democracy, Canberra Dog Days, Jan Murphy Gallery, Brisbane Apologies To Road Kill, GYRACC, Katherine, Northern Territory 2007 Ceremonial, Craft Victoria, Melbourne 1883, Melbourne Victoria HIDDEN, Rookwood Cemetery I Prefer Life, Weserburg Museum of Modern Art, Bremen Germany We Are Here, Glen Eira City Council Gallery, Melbourne, VIC. 2006 Auckland Art Fair, Martin Browne Fine Art, Auckland, New Zealand Discerning Judgment, Supreme Court Library Queensland, 2005 Brisbane Sydney Contemporary Art Fair, Martin Browne Contemporary, 2004 Carriage Works Sculpture@Bathers Beach, Kidogo House, Fremantle, WA Auckland Art Fair, Martin Browne Fine Art, Auckland, New Zealand

Walking with Alice, South Australian School of Art, Adelaide Multiply, Hastings City Art Gallery, Hawkes Bay New Zealand ‘Murr ma’, Michael Reid, Berlin Auckland Art Fair, Martin Browne Fine Art, Auckland, New Zealand Melbourne Art Fair 2010, Martin Browne Fine Art Greenway Art Gallery, Adelaide University of Queensland National Artists’ Self-Portrait Prize, UQ Art Museum Auckland Art Fair 2009, Martin Browne Fine Art, Auckland, New Zealand Women in the Bible, The Jewish Museum, Melbourne Autumn Catalogue, Martin Browne Fine Art, Sydney Melbourne Art Fair 2008, Martin Browne Fine Art Bal Taschit, The Jewish Museum, Melbourne Winter Catalogue, Martin Browne Fine Art, Sydney Autumn Catalogue, Martin Browne Fine Art, Sydney Blood Lines, Hawkesbury Regional Gallery, Touring Nationally Culture Trackers, 24 Hour Art Centre, Darwin Auckland Art Fair 2007, Martin Browne Fine Art, Auckland, New Zealand Summer Exhibition, Martin Browne Fine Art, Sydney Strange Cargo: Contemporary Art As A State Of Encounter, Newcastle Region Gallery (Touring Exhibition) Martin Browne Fine Art, Auckland Art Fair, Auckland, New Zealand Natural Selection, Linden Gallery, St Kilda, Melbourne New Haven for Birds Australia, Uber Gallery, St Kilda, Melbourne Melbourne Art Fair, Melbourne, Gould Galleries Heavenly Creatures, Heide Museum of Modern Art, Melbourne

COLLECTIONS National Gallery of Australia National Gallery of Victoria UQAM Holmes à Court Collection Hugo Collection Keating Collection Liz & Lloyd Horn Collection Newcastle City Art Gallery Waneroo City Council Western Australian School of Art, Design & Media Newcastle Art Gallery

Reydan Weisse Collection The Mordant Family Collection The Lowenstein Collection The Blanchett - Upton Family Collection Throsby Collection The Wennam Family Collection Penelope Seidler Collection Throsby private Collection Private Collections (Australian & International) Martin Green Collection Rockhampton Museum of Art HOTA – Home of the Arts, Gold Coast

AWARDS & PRIZES Creative Design Award, City of Perth & Challenge Bank Gomboc Sculpture Award, Perth Design Award, AIDS Council of WA Friends of Dorothy Award for Sculpture, Perth Outstanding Achievement, Channel 10 Young Achievers Award Inaugural State Energy Commission of WA & Fremantle City Art Award