TOLD. RETOLD. UNTOLD, 2024

Solo exhibition at Canberra Glassworks , March 2024

“She has since been preoccupied with tools, industrial objects and the body “as a socio-political artefact”. This new exhibition taps into all of that but with Canberra’s oldest building as a hyper-local starting point. And one that blends transparent delicacy and breathtaking technique with an enticing overlay of grit, dirty hands and workaday objects-not to mention bodily objects such as casts of her own wisdom teeth.”

— Sally Pryor, 'Glass and Grit:Rosalind Lemoh's Glassworks transformation', Canberra Times

Within this site-specific exhibition by artist Rosalind Lemoh, the narrative of the Kingston Power House unfolds, not just as an exploration of architectural history but as a profound reflection on broader societal themes.

Drawing inspiration from iconic Western art movements such as Still-Life, Arte Povera, gestural abstraction, and Minimalism, she envisions alternative histories, contemplating how they might have been depicted with the inclusion of diverse voices. Through the deliberate choice of materials, balancing solid and liquid, soft and hard, light and shadow, she aims to insert unheard voices, particularly those of women, into historical discussions. Lemoh considers how to convey a sense of experience and embodiment from a female perspective in an industrial environment.

TOLD. RETOLD. UNTOLD is curious and questioning. It is both a call and response, a command and a rebuttal that asks us to consider the things hidden or unsaid and where our narratives of history and self might originate.

Link to full catalogue essay by Aimee Frodsham.

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