‘A thinking wild’ curated by Emily Cormack at The Renshaws, Brisbane, until 21 November.

‘A thinking wild’ curated by Emily Cormack at The Renshaws, Brisbane, until 21 November.

18 Oct – 21 Nov 2024

ANN SHELTON
ISADORA VAUGHAN
SRIWHANA SPONG

The artists in this exhibition highlight nature’s persistent chemistry, opening to the wisdom in its endless cycles, its floating seed spores and ever flowing sap and blood. A thinking wild taps into the processes of disassemblage and decomposition, isolating moments of effervescence and activity, showing the productive forces of entropy. It occupies the moments where apples rot into bejewelled eyes, grasses are no longer weeds and sap or flowers transmute into remedies.

Each of the artists in this exhibition reveal the persistent links between the sensing, alchemical body and our inextricable connection with nature. Whether it be through Ann Shelton’s photographs that illustrate the lost knowledge of medieval female healers; Sriwhana Spong’s film and sculptures marry the anatomical with the botanical in an exploration of ancient mysticism; or Isadora Vaughan’s sculptures that free plants from their taxonomical traps, drawing on their agency within a vibrant and interconnected ecology. Each of these artists discuss the wisdom and rebellion of nature and celebrate its innate knowledge defying the organising forces of urban civility.

Ann Shelton is represented by Two Rooms Gallery, Auckland, Aotearoa, NZ.

Isadora Vaughan is represented by Station Gallery, Melbourne & Sydney.

Sriwhana Spong is represented by Michael Lett Gallery, Auckland, Aotearoa, NZ.