PETER COOLEY Through the Archipelago
PETER COOLEY Through the Archipelago
Opening: Thursday 2 February 2012 6-8pm Exhibition: 2 - 26 February 2012
© Martin Browne Contemporary © All images copyright the artist This catalogue is copyright. Apart from any fair dealing for the purposes of private study, research, criticism or review as permitted under the Copyright Act, no part may be reproduced by any process without written permission. COMPILERS: Martin Browne and Electra Foley PHOTOGRAPHY: Silversalt Photography COLOUR SEPARATIONS: Spitting Image, Sydney PRINTING: Southern Colour, Sydney Cover Image: Corellas 2, 2011, earthenware, 29 x 31 x 17 cm
LIST OF WORKS Major Mitchell Cockatoo 4, 2011, earthenware, 53 x 27 x 22 cm Palm Cockatoo, 2011, earthenware, 56 x 31 x 47.5 cm Palm Cockatoo and Corella, 2011, earthenware, 65 x 33 x 38 cm Major Mitchell Cockatoo 1, 2011, earthenware, 60 x 34 x 56 cm Major Mitchell Cockatoo 2, 2011, earthenware, 65 x 30 x 63 cm Tree and Ringnecks, 2011, earthenware, 61 x 35 x 34 cm Corellas 1, 2011, earthenware, 50 x 22 x 45 cm Corella, 2011, earthenware, 43 x 30 x 28 cm Lumholtz’s Tree Kangaroo, 2011, earthenware, 48 x 34 x 42 cm Pair of Cockatiels, 2011, earthenware, 26 x 16 x 16 cm Major Mitchell Cockatoo 3, 2011, earthenware, 57 x 34 x 57 cm Galahs, 2011, earthenware, 30 x 32 x 14 cm Maquette for Lumholtz’s Tree Kangaroo, 2011, earthenware, 23 x 26 x 28 cm King Parrot, 2010-11, earthenware, 43 x 19 x 25 cm King Parrots, 2010-11, earthenware, 34 x 26 x 30 cm 4 Corella Cups (Maquettes), 2011, earthenware, 10 x 17 x 17 cm 4 Major Mitchell Cups (Maquettes), 2011, earthenware, 7.5 x 16 x 17 cm Corellas 2, 2011, earthenware, 29 x 31 x 17 cm
Through the Archipelago These new majolica ceramics are a continuation of the parrot theme. The works were LQÀXHQFHG E\ WKH Life, Death and Magic exhibition at the National Gallery of Australia in 2010, which explored the ancestral art of South East Asia. It was interesting to me to see how in many of the artworks in the NGA exhibition, the WKUHH GLPHQVLRQDO DQG WZR GLPHQVLRQDO EHFDPH LQWHUWZLQHG DQG WKH LQÀXHQFHV IURP India and China became localised. Referencing Australian parrots and marsupials, DQG DFNQRZOHGJLQJ WKH LQÀXHQFH RI Life, Death and Magic, this new body of work considers what we have here at ‘the end of the archipelagos’ - Australia. Peter Cooley, January 2012
Major Mitchell Cockatoo 4, 2011 Earthenware 53 x 27 x 22 cm
Palm Cockatoo, 2011 Earthenware 56 x 31 x 47.5 cm
Palm Cockatoo and Corella, 2011 Earthenware 65 x 33 x 38 cm
Major Mitchell Cockatoo 1, 2011 Earthenware 60 x 34 x 56 cm
Major Mitchell Cockatoo 2, 2011 Earthenware 65 x 30 x 63 cm
Tree and Ringnecks, 2011 Earthenware 61 x 35 x 34 cm
Corellas 1, 2011 Earthenware 50 x 22 x 45 cm
Corella, 2011 Earthenware 43 x 30 x 28 cm
Lumholtz’s Tree Kangaroo, 2011 Earthenware 48 x 34 x 42 cm
Pair of Cockatiels, 2011 Earthenware 26 x 16 x 16 cm
Major Mitchell Cockatoo 3, 2011 Earthenware 57 x 34 x 57 cm
Galahs, 2011 Earthenware 30 x 32 x 14 cm
Maquette for Lumholtz’s Tree Kangaroo, 2011 Earthenware 26 x 16 x 18 cm
King Parrot, 2010-11 Earthenware 43 x 19 x 25 cm
King Parrots, 2010-11 Earthenware 34 x 26 x 30 cm
4 Corella Cups (Maquettes), 2011 Earthenware 10 x 17 x 17 cm
4 Major Mitchell Cups (Maquettes), 2011 Earthenware 7.5 x 16 x 17 cm
Corellas 2, 2011 Earthenware 29 x 31 x 17 cm
FORTHCOMING EXHIBITIONS McLean Edwards Adrienne Doig
1 - 25 March 2012
Tim Maguire
29 March - 22 April 2012
3 - 27 May 2012
Alexander McKenzie