Marley Dawson

Public Furniture

What is compelling about Dawson’s work is the paradox, in a slick, hi-def, 3D-printed world, of presence-in-reduction: he simultaneously pushes sculpture forward while keeping it rooted in the workshop. It is not about hiding the seams, but reveling in them.

—Dougal Phillips

Exhibition Dates: 15 November – 8 December 2018
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Broad between Arch and Race / fan blanket, 2018
cotton/rayon digital tapestry, maple stretcher, stainless steel frame
102 x 152 x 4 cm

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FTB, FTP / fan blanket, 2018
cotton/rayon digital tapestry, maple stretcher, stainless steel frame
102 x 152 x 4 cm

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Center city (sign) / fan blanket, 2018
cotton/rayon digital tapestry, maple stretcher, stainless steel frame
102 x 152 x 4 cm

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F-Tomb (crowd) / fan blanket, 2018
cotton/rayon digital tapestry, maple stretcher, stainless steel frame
102 x 152 x 4 cm

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Center city (car) / fan blanket, 2018
cotton/rayon digital tapestry, maple stretcher, stainless steel frame
102 x 152 x 4 cm

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Derrick / fan blanket, 2018
cotton/rayon digital tapestry, maple stretcher, stainless steel frame
152 x 102 x 4 cm

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Crisco Cans, 2018
cat no. 5
brass, silver solder
20 x 15 x 15 cm; unique multiple of 5

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Public furniture - Frankford Av (light/ladder), 2018
brass, silver solder and light bulb
303 x 70 x 120 cm

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Public furniture - Frankford Av (light/ladder), 2018
brass, silver solder and light bulb
303 x 70 x 120 cm

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Public furniture - Broad and Arch (light/ladder), 2018
brass, silver solder
303 x 68 x 30 cm

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Public furniture - Center City (light/ladder), 2018
brass, silver solder
90 x 325 x 38 cm

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Public furniture - Center City (light/ladder), 2018
brass, silver solder
90 x 325 x 38 cm

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If you park in my spot I'll break your fucking windows., 2018
brass, silver solder
dimensions variable

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Marley Dawson Public Furniture
Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, 2018

Group Show, State of Play
Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, 2017

Group Show, Future Eaters
Monash University Museum of Art, Melbourne, 2017

Marley Dawson Construction (Barangaroo 2016)
Barangaroo Sculpture Walk, Sydney, 2016

Marley Dawson Palethorp
Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, 2016

Group Show, Statistics and Dynamics
Hemphill, Washington DC, 2014

Group Show, Dawson, Griggs, Moore
Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, 2013

Marley Dawson
Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, 2013

Group Show, SEXES
Performance Space, Sydney, 2012

Marley Dawson HEAVY INDUSTRY / LIGHT COMMERCIAL
Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, 2011

Group Show, Purlieu
Awesome Arts Festival, Perth, 2010

Group Show
Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, 2009-10

Marley Dawson Box of Birds
Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, 2009

Marley Dawson Trick Shop
Locksmith Project Space, Sydney, 2009

Marley Dawson Shed
Chalk Horse, Sydney, 2008

Group Show, OBLIVION PAVILION
Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, 2008

Group Show, ECR
Parramatta City Raceway, Sydney, 2008

Group Show, She's not Structural
Sydney College of the Arts, Sydney, 2007