Artist as Archivist
Woollahra Galleries
Artist as Archivist brings together the work of Olivia Arnold, Lisa Carrett and Millie Mitchell in an exploration of identity, kin, and home as embedded within the archive. Through diverse mediums encompassing painting, drawing, and bookmaking, and bound by the ethos of slow making, the artists scrutinise the import of heirlooms, documents, and photographs that chronicle individual and familial narratives.
In conjunction with the exhibition, the Gallery’s Reading Room showcases a curated selection of books exploring artists' interactions with archives, themes of home, displacement, and women's histories.
Lisa Carrett, The impermanence of place II, 2024, mixed media on canvas, 44 x 153cm
Lisa Carrett, Installation Image, Woollahra Galleries, 2024
Small Town Kids, acrylic and oil on canvas, 97 x 137cm
Cropped Image (Left) Lisa Carrett, The Impermanence of place I, 2024, Mixed Media on canvas, 52 X 136 cm
Right: The Reading Room Intervention, Woollahra Galleries, 2024
Artist Sketchbook, Mixed media, Sketchbook, 21x21cm, 2024