The Cranny
Francesca Mataraga
stripes and banners
Friday 2 – Saturday 17 September
Artist Talk: Saturday 17 September from 3pm
‘stripes and banners’ presents documentation and artefacts from a series of painting and sculpture projects from 2012 onward.
These works differ in scale, scope and delivery quite broadly but are all based on a set of stripe motifs sourced from a series of fabric patterns. Each work was created for or adapted to a specific site or location and explores different ways of using the stripe motif. Some works are large-scale site-specific paintings or murals, other works are sculptural using domestic architecture – specifically the fence as a visual and physical mode of delivery. Further works have evolved into large-scale banners, literally becoming spatial paintings. All the works function as expanded or spatial paintings, situating the stripe motif in the landscape or in relation to existing architecture where the work in-situ is just as important as it’s photographic image.
Francesca Mataraga, ‘photographic documentation of banner for Sculpture by the Sea 2014 (Tamarama)’. Image courtesy the artist.
Photographic image: 88 x 30cm. Banner: digital print on perforated vinyl, 23m x 1.8m.
List of Works
Objects/Artefacts
large banner
digital print on perforated vinyl, W23m x H1.8m, 2014/6.
floor fragment
acrylic on wood, dimensions variable, 2014/5.
small sculpture
acrylic on wood, W60cm x H15cm, 2014.
modular wall painting
mixed media on panels, dimensions variable, 2012.
Photographs
Left to right:
site-specific painting
QueenSt Studios/Frasers, 2012
Digital print on paper, 40 x 30cm, 2016.
Image courtesy the artist.
site-specific painting
ArticulateUpstairs, 2013
Digital print on paper, 40 x 30cm, 2016.
Image courtesy the artist.
a to b (fence fragment)
Sculpture by the Sea Cottesloe 2014.
Digital print on paper, 50 x 23cm, 2016.
Photographer Clyde Yee.
fence fragment
Sawmiller’s Sculpture Prize
Digital print on paper, 50 x 23cm, 2014.
Image courtesy the artist.
fence fragment (hypothetical installation)
Digital print on paper, 50 x 23cm, 2016.
Photographer Sue Blackburn.
banner
Sculpture at Scenic World, 2015.
Digital print on paper 30 x 40cm, 2016.
Photographer Justin Morrissey.
banner (Tamarama)
Sculpture by the Sea Bondi, 2014.
Digital print on paper, 88 x 30cm, 2015.
Image courtesy the artist.
banner (Bondi)
Sculpture by the Sea Bondi, 2014.
Digital print on paper, 88 x 30cm, 2016.
Image courtesy the artist.
AirSpace Projects 2014-2017 