John Wolseley

Bird on a Wire

After ten years painting the furthest reaches of what was once the supercontinent Gondwana—from the far south of South America to the islands of the Indonesian Archipelago, John Wolseley has returned to the centre of it all—inland Australia. Following a line of fire he has been burning himself back into the Mallee sandhills and Box Ironbark forests of N.W. Victoria.

Exhibition Dates: 29 September – 22 October 2005
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1. The harmonic patterns of Mallee birdsong - Finch Eagle and Bush Curlew, 2004
carbonised wood, watercolour on paper, and music stands
installation, overall approx. 200 x 350 x 150 cm, eight parts (i) 143 x 348 cm; (ii) 37 x 72 cm; (iii) 57 x 76.5 cm; (iv) 30.5 x 54.4 cm; (v) 35 x 84.5 cm; (vi) 31 x 49 cm; (vii) 46 x 67 cm; (viii) 41 x 66.5 cm (paper)

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3. Burnt traces - Banksia, Broombush and Grevillea, 2004-05
watercolour, pencil and carbonised wood on paper
153 x 264 cm (paper), 179 x 287 cm (framed)

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7. When the wind stopped, 2004-05
watercolour and carbonised wood on paper
87 x 196 cm (paper), 109.7 x 218 cm (framed)

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5. The poet's fence I, 2004-05
watercolour and carbonised wood on paper
123 x 300 cm (paper), 148.6 x 326.2 cm (framed)

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2. Beyond Mission Beach - Fire and the Cassowary, 2002-04
carbonised wood and watercolour on paper
2 parts: 151.5 x 245 x 7.5; 151.5 x 211.5 x 7.5 cm

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4. A History of Parrots, Drifting maps and Warming seas, 2005
watercolour, charcoal and coloured pencils on paper
66.5 x 346 cm (paper), 92 x 372 cm (framed)

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6. Masked Owl: Alpine Night, 2003-04
carbonised wood, watercolour and coloured pencils on paper
two parts, overall 71.5 x 361 cm (paper), 76.4 x 367 cm (framed)

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10. Mallee Fence 3 - Fire and Ash Sand and Salt, 2004-05
watercolour and carbonised wood on paper
56 x 228 cm (paper), 77.7 x 248 cm (framed)

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12. Mallee Fence 1 - Callitris and Casuarina, 2004-05
watercolour pencil and carbonised wood on paper
56.5 x 151.5 cm (paper), 74.5 x 169 cm (framed)

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14-25. Birdsongs of Central Australia, 2005
carbonised wood, watercolour and pencil on paper 12 in separate frames
56.5 x 76 cm (paper), 66.5 x 85.4 cm (framed)

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11. And the fresh Earth beams forth ten thousand springs of life, (Blake), 2003
carbonised wood and watercolour on paper
123 x 71 cm (paper), 146 x 89 cm (framed)

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