Sara Maher, Open Listening, 2021 ink on paper, framed 107 x 111cm (paper size) 115 x 120cm (frame size)
Congratulations to Sara Maher winner of Tidal.22, one of Tasmania’s most prestigious prizes for her artwork "Open Listening (Lunawanna-alonnah/Bruny Island)".
Speaking on behalf of the judges’ Ashley Bird, Head Curator QVMAG, said: "What makes it a worthy winner, of tidal.22 is its power. The work draws you into an emotional and liminal space – a location of the mind as well as the surface of something calm and wild in equal measure. The work is also relevant and sensitive to current Tasmanian experience, speaking to non-indigenous people’s re-calibration of personal relationship to this place. The artist is successful in viscerally capturing a sense of the ever-changing, tidal sea – responding strongly to the set theme.”
Sara will be exhibiting new work at Bett Gallery in March 2023.
Speaking on behalf of the judges’ Ashley Bird, Head Curator QVMAG, said: "What makes it a worthy winner, of tidal.22 is its power. The work draws you into an emotional and liminal space – a location of the mind as well as the surface of something calm and wild in equal measure. The work is also relevant and sensitive to current Tasmanian experience, speaking to non-indigenous people’s re-calibration of personal relationship to this place. The artist is successful in viscerally capturing a sense of the ever-changing, tidal sea – responding strongly to the set theme.”
Sara will be exhibiting new work at Bett Gallery in March 2023.
December 14, 2022
