Anthology hovered somewhere between a storage shed, a reconstruction of an artist’s studio and a mini retrospective. It was made in response to a historic malthouse building and a small museum room adjacent to the gallery where scenes from the building’s former function were reconstructed.
The works featured in Anthology related to Dunhill and O’Brien’s preoccupation with naturally formed rocks, stones and boulders.
In Western culture stones and rocks often have negative associations. But there are many other cultures where rocks are venerated and used as a focus for contemplation or pilgrimage. Dunhill and O’Brien have a longstanding interest in the Japanese tradition of Suiseki translated as the Art of Stone Appreciation, here something apparently lowly and ubiquitous is treasured and given great status.
Dunhill and O’Brien have long pondered over how they can best appreciate stones.
Image 1: View of shed like structure including a viewing hole
Image 2: View inside the hole of Grasp the Sparrow’s Tail
Image 3: View showing the corridor walkway created by the installation
below the main carousel
Image 4: View from the gallery entrance into the ‘back’ of the installation showing: Stone Appreciation 2; Examples in Sculpture; Balanced Rock: Stack; Grasp the Sparrow’s Tail and Erratic (still)