The Garden

Past Exhibition
28 July - 15 September 2018
A wooden pole hangs on a white wall, another wooden pole site upright in the middle of the room
A wooden pole hangs on a white wall, another wooden pole site upright in the middle of the room

Traverse literature and sculpture in The Garden, a new immersive exhibition by Julia McInerney, 2017 winner of SALA Festival's major contemporary art award.

When

28 July to 15 September 2018

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Building on McInerney's celebrated previous works, the exhibition expands on her interest in translation between text and material forms, as well as the symbolic significance of the apple. The Garden comprises new photographic works, hand-carved Applewood sculptures, and a large-scale floor installation of hand-cast concrete tiles, all ordered and contained in a monochromatic vista.

Through her ongoing interest in studies of literature and reading, McInerney approaches Walter Benjamin’s idea of ‘reading oneself backwards’ in The Garden. How can our recollection of past events inform our present and future experiences?

The Garden is one of two ACE Open South Australian Artist Commissions for 2018, alongside Gerry Wedd’s SONGS FOR A ROOM.

About the artist
Julia McInerney (born 1989, Adelaide) lives and works in Melbourne, Victoria. Recent exhibitions include Archipelago, Greenaway Art Gallery; Guirguis New Art Prize 2017, Post Office Gallery Ballarat; 2016 TarraWarra Biennial: Endless Circulation, TarraWarra Museum of Art; CACSA Contemporary 2015, Greenaway Art Gallery; Eden Eden Eden, MOP Projects; and Daughters of Chaos, Deleuze Studies International Conference, Konstfack University College of Arts and Crafts. Julia was the recipient of the 2017 SALA Contemporary Art Prize, the 2015 Ruth Tuck Scholarship for Visual Arts and the 2015 Adelaide Critics Circle Emerging Artist Award. Julia is represented by GAGPROJECTS | Greenaway Art Gallery, Adelaide/Berlin.

Feature Image: Julia McInerney, The Garden (2018), exhibition view. Courtesy the artist and GAGPROJECTS | Greenaway Art Gallery, Adelaide/Berlin. Photo: Sam Roberts Photography.

  • A white room with concrete floors displays three small artworks on the walls in the distance, in the foreground there is a wooden pole
  • A wooden pole hangs on a white wall, another wooden pole site upright in the middle of the room
  • A close up image of a wooden pole, the swirling details on the wood in focus.
  • A wooden pole site upright in the middle of a white room with concrete floors.
  • A close up of concrete tiled floors.
  • A close up section of a white room with concrete, tiled floors
A white room with concrete floors displays three small artworks on the walls in the distance, in the foreground there is a wooden pole
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Julia McInerney, The Garden (2018), exhibition view. Courtesy the artist and GAGPROJECTS | Greenaway Art Gallery, Adelaide/Berlin. Photo: Sam Roberts Photography.

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ACErlu tampinthi, ngadlu Kaurna yartangka inparrinthi. Kaurna miyurna yaitya yarta-mathanya Wama Tarntanyaku. Parnaku yailtya, parnaku tapa purruna, parnaku yarta ngadlurlu tampinthi. Yalaka Kaurna miyurna itu yailtya, tapa purruna, yarta kuma puru martinthi, puru warri-apinthi, puru tangka martulayinthi. Ngadlurlu tampinthi purkana pukinangku, yalaka.

ACE respectfully acknowledges the Kaurna people are the traditional custodians of the Adelaide Plains. We recognise and respect their cultural heritage, beliefs and relationship with the land. We acknowledge that they are of continuing importance to the Kaurna people living today. We acknowledge Elders past and present.