1986 – Curtin Springs Mount Connor – Cent Aust
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Curtin Springs 1986 “I went out there and worked for a couple of months. Nerrida Baker came out and stayed with me for a couple of weeks. We used to camp with minimal stuff and stay there until we ran … Read More

1984 – Los Angeles Airport Olympics exhibition
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Los Angeles Airport, 1984 “This was during the Los Angeles Olympics. It was an orientation thing with the centre little house and mirrors. The trough of mercury represents water. It came back and sold at Watters Gallery”    

1984 – Lead Pyramid
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Lead Pyramid 1984 Martin Place “There was a scribe attached so people could graffiti it. We encouraged graffiti rather than outdoor public art being sacred. We commissioned local poetry. There was political comment about the sacking of Whitlam and about … Read More

1983 – Paddington Studio home
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Paddington Studio, 1983 “It was an old tobacco factory. I shared it with my girlfriend Sally Corbet.”  

1982 – Austausch – Exchange – Berlin
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Austausch/Exchange, Kunstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin, 1982 “For the inside exhibit of the Berlin Wall, I did half the canvas, then shipped the canvas to another artist to complete. This one was completed by Steve Torpine. He was living in Berlin at … Read More

1981 – Solar Lines
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Solar Lines, Toronto, 1981 “The sandbags marked out every hour where the light from the mirror hit. The mirror at the top reflected light down to the bottom. There was a sandbag seat down there in the bunker, next to … Read More

1980 – Gentlemans Halt
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Gentleman’s Halt, Film, 1980 “Best film I ever made. It’s the history of mankind in ten minutes.”  

1980 – Baja Calif Mexico
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Baja Calif, Mexico “This is Bonita Ely, mother of my daughter. We were traveling together to Toronto. We went through remote desert. She is doing a rock piece. She collected the rocks from way down below. She is still a … Read More

1980 – Avago Gallery
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Avago Gallery, 1980 “I started this biggest little gallery in the Southern Hemishere . Emerging artists could try one man shows. We were making art fun, making fun of art.”  

1978 – Oxide Street (Dingo Fence)
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Oxide St (Dingo Fence) – I was impressed with architect Pablo Soleri. His plan view reminds me of the Dingo Fence. He also went out and built things with students. He would bulldozer up sand and sculpt it, then pour … Read More

1976 – Sculpture of the Top End 1977
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Sculptures at the Top End, 1976 “They were a condensation of my whole philosophy and approach to art, my inspiration. It was my attempt to give the essence of my work. Just making objects never really interested me. Paul Pholeros … Read More

1976 – Bunker – AGNSW 1976 Biennale
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Bunker – Second Artbit Installation, AGNSW Biennale, 1976 “We made a sandbag humpy under the stairwell of the gallery. I lived there with two dogs. I made artwork together with visitors and the visitors would take it away. It was … Read More

Watters Gallery – 1975
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Watters Gallery 1975 “Morphological Structures” – Tall Sticks, Araganu Lead Covered Rocks, Rock Stacks, Rocks in Eggs, Lead Pyramid, Rock Teapots “This was the first show I had in Australia. The NGA bought some lead covered rocks”                     “Message Sticks” “We … Read More

1975 – 1980 Balmain
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“This is me making the big kinetic sculpture in the Balmain house. The one that went to the Sculpture Triennale. It was on a pivot and had huge plywood sails. The house was too small. It was an unsatisfactory place … Read More

Christo Wrapping Little Bay – 1969
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Christo “Wrapping the Coast, he wanted man power and couldn’t get any. None of the artists      would help him. John Kaldor came to me to ask me for assistance..I took all my students out there. My students elected to … Read More

1967 – 68 Ghana
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Ghana 1967- 68 “I did a similar thing with Ghana students with timber off-cuts from a mill. Students were asked to make a sculpture or model of the larger one we made outside. It was an opportunity for them to … Read More

1966 – Berkley Kinetic – in Mildura 1973
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Kinetic Piece, Berkley University, 1966 “This was a big orange moving sculpture on a pivot in the grounds outside Berkley University. I did a derivative of the sculpture for the Triennale at Mildura.” “Kinetic Piece”, Mildura Biennial, 1973 “Big sails … Read More

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