Holding Strong
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A$30,000.00
A$30,000.00
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Artist: Nickolla Clark & Rebekah Seriah Webster
Title: Holding Strong
Year: 2024
Materials: Gympie Messmate (salvaged from Lismore Botanical gardens)
Arakwal artist Nickolla Clark, woodworker Rebekah Seriah-Webster and director of BNSW Samantha Moss have been collaborating on this project since 2021. Collaborating on sculpture has the ability to talk about land and our connection to culture. Through story telling, skill sharing and understanding materials and site, we explored the interwoven connections to art nature and community. These sculptures have the ability to inform people about these lands and our connection to culture. Holding Strong references the shape of the leaves of the Banksia Serrata, emblematic of the local area which hold significance to the Arakwal peoples. Through the exploration of mark making, burnishing and the textural qualities of wood and fire which have interwoven stories about art nature community.
Please note that prices listed do not include shipping. Artworks may be collected in person - you will be contacted by BNSW once you have made your purchase to arrange pick up. If you require shipping, please contact us to arrange a quote.
Title: Holding Strong
Year: 2024
Materials: Gympie Messmate (salvaged from Lismore Botanical gardens)
Arakwal artist Nickolla Clark, woodworker Rebekah Seriah-Webster and director of BNSW Samantha Moss have been collaborating on this project since 2021. Collaborating on sculpture has the ability to talk about land and our connection to culture. Through story telling, skill sharing and understanding materials and site, we explored the interwoven connections to art nature and community. These sculptures have the ability to inform people about these lands and our connection to culture. Holding Strong references the shape of the leaves of the Banksia Serrata, emblematic of the local area which hold significance to the Arakwal peoples. Through the exploration of mark making, burnishing and the textural qualities of wood and fire which have interwoven stories about art nature community.
Please note that prices listed do not include shipping. Artworks may be collected in person - you will be contacted by BNSW once you have made your purchase to arrange pick up. If you require shipping, please contact us to arrange a quote.
Nickolla Clark, Arakwal woman of the Bundjalung nation
"I live here in the beautiful Byron Shire. Learning the culture from my Nan, Elder Dulcie Nicholls, I began painting at thirteen after she showed and taught me all things about country and what it has for us.
My artwork - which predominantly involves painting and recently, screen-printing/ lino printing depicts ancestral country, journeys and connections with fine rows of dots and lines marking out the locations of sand, sea, bush country, rivers, flood plains, waterholes and ceremonial sites, alongside totems, animals and sacred sites. It is an important part of my life and identity and an expressive means for me to share the knowledge and dreamtime of my people.
As a fair skin aboriginal woman, I have a strong contributing role in sharing culture and practicing lore in my community. Aboriginal Art has been the means of storytelling for my people for thousands of years, the longest living culture in the world. I am grateful for the opportunity to express the same stories and contribute to the continuation of culture.."
Rebekah Seriah Webster
Rebekah Seriah Webster is an artist working from her base in Lismore NSW, and has been a practising artist since 2005. Rebekah works predominantly in sculpture and installation.
She employs observation, assessment and mechanical tools to build and form her sculptural installations. Her work features collections of salvaged- found objects/ materials and integrates the repetitions and relationships between forms through placement, reconstruction and altering surfaces by scoring, bruising and burning, thus recontextualising the objects status and worth.
"I live here in the beautiful Byron Shire. Learning the culture from my Nan, Elder Dulcie Nicholls, I began painting at thirteen after she showed and taught me all things about country and what it has for us.
My artwork - which predominantly involves painting and recently, screen-printing/ lino printing depicts ancestral country, journeys and connections with fine rows of dots and lines marking out the locations of sand, sea, bush country, rivers, flood plains, waterholes and ceremonial sites, alongside totems, animals and sacred sites. It is an important part of my life and identity and an expressive means for me to share the knowledge and dreamtime of my people.
As a fair skin aboriginal woman, I have a strong contributing role in sharing culture and practicing lore in my community. Aboriginal Art has been the means of storytelling for my people for thousands of years, the longest living culture in the world. I am grateful for the opportunity to express the same stories and contribute to the continuation of culture.."
Rebekah Seriah Webster
Rebekah Seriah Webster is an artist working from her base in Lismore NSW, and has been a practising artist since 2005. Rebekah works predominantly in sculpture and installation.
She employs observation, assessment and mechanical tools to build and form her sculptural installations. Her work features collections of salvaged- found objects/ materials and integrates the repetitions and relationships between forms through placement, reconstruction and altering surfaces by scoring, bruising and burning, thus recontextualising the objects status and worth.