NICOLE WELCH - WILDEORNES LAND 2017
Wildēornes Land #1 - Capertee Valley, 2017 Nicole Welch
Nicole Welch pigment print, face-mounted 80 x 142cm edition of 6 Wildēornes Land Wildēornes (Old English): a land inhabited only by wild animals. The Wildēorness Land series reflects the inherent loss and uncertainty we face for the natural environment, through the installation of an 1880’s mourning shawl and projections of historical illustrations in the World Heritage Blue Mountains National Parks. Combining installation, photography, moving image, sound and drawing upon archival records to explore the landscape through a historical, cultural and ecological lens, Welch aims to reveal the symbiotic relationship humans have with the natural world, and the fragility and strength of both. Welch spent several weeks at BigCi artist residency near Wollemi National Park where she researched and created this work on location. Provenance: MAY SPACE Sydney, 2017 Adelaide Perry Gallery, NSW, 29 April to 24 May 2019 (Finalist) Grace Cossington Smith Art Award 2018, Grace Cossington Smith Gallery, NSW, 3 to 24 November 2018 Wildēornes Land, Blue Mountains Cultural Centre, NSW, 1 April to 7 May 2017
Wildēornes Land #2 - Capertee Valley, 2017 Nicole Welch
Nicole Welch pigment print, face-mounted 80 x 142cm edition of 6 Provenance: Adelaide Perry Gallery, NSW, 29 April to 24 May 2019 (Finalist) Grace Cossington Smith Art Award 2018, Grace Cossington Smith Gallery, NSW, 3 to 24 November 2018 MAY SPACE Sydney, 2017 Wildēornes Land, Blue Mountains Cultural Centre, NSW, 1 April to 7 May 2017
Wildēornes Land #3 - Grose Valley, 2017 Nicole Welch
Nicole Welch “In Wildēornes Land #3 something has shifted. Nature is no longer secure. With climate change the big scary wilderness has lost its power. Welch occupies the same position as Casper David Friedrich’s confident wanderer, immaculate in 18th century gentleman suit, surveying the mighty realm. Welch by contrast, in mourning garb, offers herself, naked and sacrificial, to a world on the brink of being lost.” Dr Ann Finegan Wildēornes Land Catalogue essay pigment print, face-mounted 80 x 142cm edition of 6 Provenance: (Finalist) Grace Cossington Smith art award 2018, Grace Cossington Smith Gallery, 3 to 24 November 2018 MAY SPACE Sydney, 2017 Wildēornes Land, Blue Mountains Cultural Centre, 1 April to 7 May 2017.
Wildēornes Land #4 - Grose Valley, 2017 Nicole Welch
Nicole Welch pigment print, face-mounted 80 x 142cm edition of 6 Provenance: MAY SPACE Sydney, 2017 Wildēornes Land, Blue Mountains Cultural Centre, 1 April to 7 May 2017.
Wildēornes Land #5 – Wollemi, 2017 Nicole Welch
pigment print on premium photo paper, face-mounted 80 x 142cm edition of 6 Provenance: MAY SPACE Sydney, 2017 Wildēornes Land, Blue Mountains Cultural Centre, 1 April to 7 May 2017.
Wildēornes Land #6 – Wollemi, 2017
pigment print, face-mounted 80 x 142cm edition of 6 Provenance: MAY SPACE Sydney, 2017 Wildēornes Land, Blue Mountains Cultural Centre, 1 April to 7 May 2017.
Wildēornes Land #7 – Wollemi, 2017
pigment print, face-mounted 80 x 142cm edition of 6 Provenance: MAY SPACE Sydney, 2017 Wildēornes Land, Blue Mountains Cultural Centre, 1 April to 7 May 2017.
Tondo #5, Projection - Swift Parrots from 'The Birds of Australia: in seven volumes', John & Elizabeth Gould, 1848, giclée print, face-mounted, 60cm diameter, edition of 6
pigment print, face-mounted 60cm diameter edition of 6 Provenance: MAY SPACE Sydney, 2017 Wildēornes Land, Blue Mountains Cultural Centre, 1 April to 7 May 2017.
Tondo #4, Projection - Regent Honeyeater from 'The Birds of Australia: in seven volumes', John Gould, 1848, 2016 Nicole Welch
Nicole Welch pigment print, face-mounted 60cm diameter edition of 6 Provenance: Adelaide Perry Gallery, 29 April to 24 May 2019. MAY SPACE Sydney, 2017 Wildēornes Land, Blue Mountains Cultural Centre, 1 April to 7 May 2017.
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Blue Mountains Cultural Centre 2017
Wildēornes Land Installation Nicole Welch
Blue Mountains Cultural Centre 2017 Nicole Welch
Wildēornes Land installtion Nicole Welch
Blue Mountains Cultural Centre 2017 Nicole Welch
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Blue Mountains Cultural Centre 2017
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Blue Mountains Cultural Centre 2017
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Blue Mountains Cultural Centre 2017
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Blue Mountains Cultural Centre 2017
Wildēornes Land locations 2017 Nicole Welch
Nicole Welch Collecting sound recordings at Mt Lagoon, Blue Mountains for the Wildēornes Land series. Photoshoot at Ganguddy Swamp, Wollemi National Park