Mates for life (White Ibis, Australia)

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Artist: Sam Gowing

Title: Mates for life (White Ibis, Australia) 

Year: 2024

Materials: Aluminum, rivets, welding, paint

Dimensions: 250cm x 50cm x 600cm

With its predominantly white plumage, a bare, black head, a long down-curved bill, and black legs, Threskiornis molucca is no bird of paradise, but Sam has always had a soft spot for these prehistoric-looking creatures. Known as the ‘Sacred Ibis’, the derogatory name of ‘Bin Chicken’ disturbs her. She wants us to look again at this monogamous bird, one the Egyptians saw as the god of the moon, the master of knowledge and patron of scribes, and rather than seeing it as a pest, to see it as a loyal and sincere friend, illuminating our wasteful ways. 

These are to be sold as a pair, as Ibis are monogamous and mate for life.

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After graduating in fine art in the eighties (Sydney) Sam Gowing participated in various group shows, exhibiting painting and sculptural works, and art installations exploring the fragility of self. Her keen interest in the environment, and love of the ocean and native wildlife, recently turned this focus outwards to the susceptibility of fellow creatures on this planet. She believes in the power of art within the environment, that it can be a subconscious influencer of our feelings about place, nature and sustainability. She replicates natural forms and creatures, often at a different scale or in an incongruous colour. 

​Sam has another work on display at this years BNSW - Heading Home
We wish to acknowledge and pay respect to the Arakwal people of the Bundjalung Nation,
the traditional custodians of the land​ on which we meet and work.​​
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