Form and Function
Susan Gourley and Cosima Scales
6 - 7 November 2020
Form and Function considers everyday objects through sculpture and painting. To make her ‘tools for regeneration’, Susan Gourley joins the handles of discarded garden tools with meticulous replicas of native Australian plants that she makes using found materials. While Cosima Scales’ paintings are frank depictions of utilitarian and domestic objects. Displayed together the works invite close observation of both subject and form—how a piece of cardboard mimics the creamy underside of a banksia leaf, or the way a lick of paint describes string unwinding from the spool.
Susan Gourley Tools for Regeneration (Series II) 2019-20 salvaged garden implement, discarded wire, paper, cardboard, plus natural twine, and adhesive, 17 x 36 x 19cm.
Cosima Scales Two cheeses 2020 oil on aluminium, 21 x 17.5cm
Susan Gourley Tools for Regeneration (Series II) 2019-20 salvaged garden implement, discarded wire, paper, cardboard, plus natural twine, and adhesive, 32 x 22 x 13cm.
Left: Cosima Scales Sewing kit 2020 oil on aluminium, 21 x 17.5cm
Right: Cosima Scales Brush and pencils on gingham 2020 oil on aluminium, 21 x 17.5cm
Left: Cosima Scales Secateurs 2020 oil on aluminium, 21 x 27cm Right: Susan Gourley Tools for Regeneration (Series II) 2019-20 salvaged garden implement, discarded wire, paper, cardboard, plus natural twine, and adhesive, 71 x 19 x 15cm
Cosima Scales Two eggplants 2020 oil on aluminium, 27 x 21cm
Left: Susan Gourley Tools for Regeneration (Series II) 2019-20 salvaged garden implement, discarded wire, paper, cardboard, plus natural twine, and adhesive, 69 x 20 x 9cm Right: Susan Gourley Tools for Regeneration (Series II) 2019-20 salvaged garden implement, discarded wire, paper, cardboard, plus natural twine, and adhesive, 45 x 22 x 9cm
Cosima Scales Salmon 2020 oil on aluminium, 21 x 27cm