SHARON WEST

WINDOW ROOM

Exhibition dates : 14 - 26 July 2026
Opening reception : Wed 15 July 2026, 6:00 - 8:30pm

Sharon West's art works playfully reimagine Australian histories through varied mediums including dioramas and paper mache construction. Sustainable materials are employed with paper mache urn bases made from vintage dressmaking tissue. Colourful ink and decorative elements are then applied featuring figures from Australian history including William Buckley and artist Elizabeth Gould, as well as Australian bush folklore legendary subjects such as Bunyips, Drop Bears and Kangarooster. Wall dioramas are constructed using found objects with a painted backdrop referencing museum tableaus and virtines in style.

Mythology and magical realism are also a concern placing European myth into an Indigenous landscape. Colonial explorers are rendered usually within absurdist situations involving dangerous and oversized Antipodean creatures.