https://alexandramitchell.net alexandramitchell Sun, 27 Aug 2023 06:11:41 +0000 https://alexandramitchell.net en https://alexandramitchell.net/Working-with-flowers-in-progress Sun, 27 Aug 2023 06:11:41 +0000 alexandramitchell https://alexandramitchell.net/Working-with-flowers-in-progress <img width="662" height="839" width_o="662" height_o="839" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/ca2c13291206f77158f514f5121dfcdac41b58bc35cbfb4a5dca37453ce1a7a9/IMG_6735.jpg" data-mid="188990883" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/662/i/ca2c13291206f77158f514f5121dfcdac41b58bc35cbfb4a5dca37453ce1a7a9/IMG_6735.jpg" /> Outlining, 2023, acrylic on board, 41 x 51 cm https://alexandramitchell.net/The-Seedling-Project Thu, 10 Oct 2019 08:40:30 +0000 alexandramitchell https://alexandramitchell.net/The-Seedling-Project The Seedling Project, 2019, native flowering plants, drawings on card, dimensions variable, exhibited at Critical Animals, This Is Not Art Festival, The Lock Up, Newcastle 2019 <img width="2816" height="2112" width_o="2816" height_o="2112" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/24cf33f682b8a9ef321a03406443832cfef3671e65eabc542085b909e83ee02f/IMG_0991.JPG" data-mid="81395122" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/24cf33f682b8a9ef321a03406443832cfef3671e65eabc542085b909e83ee02f/IMG_0991.JPG" /> The Seedling Project is a site specific installation by artist Alexandra Mitchell of native flowering plant seedlings particular to the Hunter Region. The installation formation attempts to mirror the shadows made by the roof above the Exercise Yard at The Lock Up. <img width="2816" height="2112" width_o="2816" height_o="2112" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/ad95335592431e7de043ee22a4416e0c680274bacb1cc09910b429d29354175f/IMG_0905.JPG" data-mid="81395117" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/ad95335592431e7de043ee22a4416e0c680274bacb1cc09910b429d29354175f/IMG_0905.JPG" /> Chris Stark, Chief Executive of the Committee on Climate Change (United Kingdom) states that ‘there’s a great deal of interest in technologies that might remove carbon dioxide…but the first thing to say is that we already have these technologies and they’re called trees.’ This quote is threaded through the installation as a reminder that these seedlings will one day grow into plants or trees that will reduce carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. <img width="2816" height="2112" width_o="2816" height_o="2112" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/5c2eb4fcf876a474609044b3db46a2e1446c6b577ca53d83b7a9ae3f08bd1219/IMG_0971.JPG" data-mid="81395119" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/5c2eb4fcf876a474609044b3db46a2e1446c6b577ca53d83b7a9ae3f08bd1219/IMG_0971.JPG" /> Audience members were invited to take a seedling or two home with them at the end of the installation. <img width="2816" height="2112" width_o="2816" height_o="2112" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/caeb3b7885638790fc50ece3ffb4a88540c95e266ef054f37098bc2d93ad40be/IMG_0979.JPG" data-mid="81395120" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/caeb3b7885638790fc50ece3ffb4a88540c95e266ef054f37098bc2d93ad40be/IMG_0979.JPG" /> As the seedlings grow into plants The Seedling Project will continue after Critical Animals 2019 and into the future. <img width="2816" height="2112" width_o="2816" height_o="2112" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/a26a7409ff1cd8ff660454da8192b3596db41a715031ab84a9c818aa5547f5aa/IMG_0982.JPG" data-mid="81395121" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/a26a7409ff1cd8ff660454da8192b3596db41a715031ab84a9c818aa5547f5aa/IMG_0982.JPG" /> <img width="2816" height="2112" width_o="2816" height_o="2112" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/223d943be71bf154f1ea3df0a65bff0679fd9984844a6a355830541cae17c4f8/IMG_0992.JPG" data-mid="81395123" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/223d943be71bf154f1ea3df0a65bff0679fd9984844a6a355830541cae17c4f8/IMG_0992.JPG" /> https://alexandramitchell.net/Rose-chandelier Wed, 29 Aug 2018 13:37:49 +0000 alexandramitchell https://alexandramitchell.net/Rose-chandelier The rose chandelier, 2019, rose petals and lavender, exhibited in ‘In Out Nature’ curated by Sarah Rose, Broadhurst Gallery, Hazelhurst Gallery, Gymea, 2019 <img width="2100" height="1401" width_o="2100" height_o="1401" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/a13d56184325fea6c51d74b764be712690184fdf2f66a94e8dbb61ba7e87630c/_DSC8072-Edit---Elise-Catterall-photog.jpg" data-mid="81399064" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/a13d56184325fea6c51d74b764be712690184fdf2f66a94e8dbb61ba7e87630c/_DSC8072-Edit---Elise-Catterall-photog.jpg" /><img width="3543" height="2375" width_o="3543" height_o="2375" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/b2b9ebb8203b91abb417350509daf7b2040d2d1dcba753175e3ecddb18281292/190503_Broadhurst_008.jpg" data-mid="81399065" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/b2b9ebb8203b91abb417350509daf7b2040d2d1dcba753175e3ecddb18281292/190503_Broadhurst_008.jpg" /><img width="3543" height="2354" width_o="3543" height_o="2354" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/173d22085c5ad80970ae921f970343bd31b0058cfdd6a4685bc0df47eee820b3/190503_Broadhurst_014.jpg" data-mid="81399068" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/173d22085c5ad80970ae921f970343bd31b0058cfdd6a4685bc0df47eee820b3/190503_Broadhurst_014.jpg" /><img width="3543" height="2300" width_o="3543" height_o="2300" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/deb17adfa62071c931533bfd47b8072110456f29cc438bccc647b902c50c96d5/190503_Broadhurst_010.jpg" data-mid="81399066" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/deb17adfa62071c931533bfd47b8072110456f29cc438bccc647b902c50c96d5/190503_Broadhurst_010.jpg" /> https://alexandramitchell.net/The-Figure-is-Present Wed, 29 Aug 2018 13:05:53 +0000 alexandramitchell https://alexandramitchell.net/The-Figure-is-Present <img width="1272" height="1897" width_o="1272" height_o="1897" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/bb44ceed220677afcf7b9b029c9c150525403e5a2b3905d43fa264be153c8f13/The-Figure-is-Present-Promo-Image----Babcia-Danka-in-the-kitchen----Jessie-Odwazny.jpg" data-mid="81395141" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/bb44ceed220677afcf7b9b029c9c150525403e5a2b3905d43fa264be153c8f13/The-Figure-is-Present-Promo-Image----Babcia-Danka-in-the-kitchen----Jessie-Odwazny.jpg" /> The Figure is Present, Farr Side Gallery, Marrickville, 23rd - 26th August 2018 Curator - Alexandra Mitchell Artists - Jodi Clark, Yvette Kiddle, Jessie Odwazny, Xiongnan Park, Christina Plotnikoff and Chrystal Rimmer Photographer - Jessie Odwazny (https://www.jessieodwazny.com/) Feature Image: Jessie Odwazny, Babcia Danka w/ Kuchni, 2018 Photographs of the Exhibition <img width="5000" height="3333" width_o="5000" height_o="3333" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/ca08b3e82efcbaf2ff76acb9607ccfcf791979fcdb3d78a592e9844ea176b65f/DSC01052_o.JPG" data-mid="81395124" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/ca08b3e82efcbaf2ff76acb9607ccfcf791979fcdb3d78a592e9844ea176b65f/DSC01052_o.JPG" /> From left - Chrystal Rimmer, Freedom, Fathom, Hunger, Rage, 2017, Chrystal Rimmer, Father, Father, 2017, Jodi Clark, I Know You Are But What Am I?, 2018 <img width="5000" height="3333" width_o="5000" height_o="3333" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/8325c99975e607695488e9b1574ff35f61997ace1720495c0a82d59e06f4769e/DSC01061_o.JPG" data-mid="81395125" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/8325c99975e607695488e9b1574ff35f61997ace1720495c0a82d59e06f4769e/DSC01061_o.JPG" /> From left to right - Jessie Odwazny, Babcia i Ciocia Basia, Koniec Lata, Babcia Teresa, Danuta &amp; Babcia Danka w Kuchni, 2018, Christina Plotnikoff, Instagram Post 05.02.17 and After Melissa Gamache, 2018 <img width="5000" height="3333" width_o="5000" height_o="3333" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/669c38560fd5f976841c98414b84d5ffb9092910fceaa7a228cb15c468de40a2/DSC01064_o.JPG" data-mid="81395126" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/669c38560fd5f976841c98414b84d5ffb9092910fceaa7a228cb15c468de40a2/DSC01064_o.JPG" /> From left to right - Yvette Kiddle (three paintings), Christina Plotnikoff (pastel on paper) <img width="5000" height="3333" width_o="5000" height_o="3333" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/3971e235a9ea772abb83fc856ba46fce7382b864bb8501c39b371e25ee067345/DSC01067_o.JPG" data-mid="81395127" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/3971e235a9ea772abb83fc856ba46fce7382b864bb8501c39b371e25ee067345/DSC01067_o.JPG" />From left to right: Yvette Kiddle (three paintings) <img width="5000" height="3524" width_o="5000" height_o="3524" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/08266b4ea13d2603d39eda91b17e5c184113060fc5588216ed04c0d1afbe8733/DSC01149_o.jpg" data-mid="81395130" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/08266b4ea13d2603d39eda91b17e5c184113060fc5588216ed04c0d1afbe8733/DSC01149_o.jpg" /> From left to right: Xiognan Park (four drawings), Jodi Clark (drawing), Yvette Kiddle (three watercolours) https://alexandramitchell.net/Dangar-Island-flower-study Wed, 29 Aug 2018 13:13:45 +0000 alexandramitchell https://alexandramitchell.net/Dangar-Island-flower-study <img width="1000" height="1000" width_o="1000" height_o="1000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/fb23f4732661d5d4c72dcd5ad2a4e991dfe54c1a5f6e08a639450f72bec9c25c/was-printed-pictures-mitchell-alexandra.jpg" data-mid="81395142" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/fb23f4732661d5d4c72dcd5ad2a4e991dfe54c1a5f6e08a639450f72bec9c25c/was-printed-pictures-mitchell-alexandra.jpg" /> Dangar Island flower study, 2017, etching Exhibited in the WAS printed Exhibition, The Corner Gallery, Stanmore, 2017 https://alexandramitchell.net/Casting-Shadows-2 Sat, 30 Sep 2017 09:51:00 +0000 alexandramitchell https://alexandramitchell.net/Casting-Shadows-2 <img width="3968" height="2976" width_o="3968" height_o="2976" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/ca1f20afebe8d4d0234031532bf7704cf028236b68433a1e959a26be2e6345fc/IMG_20170618_142109_1.jpg" data-mid="81395143" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/ca1f20afebe8d4d0234031532bf7704cf028236b68433a1e959a26be2e6345fc/IMG_20170618_142109_1.jpg" /><img width="3968" height="2976" width_o="3968" height_o="2976" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/68471cbbf8283a4478a2118a0bd33903d5d72d127a9ca2284e56d358524b03e8/IMG_20170618_142149.jpg" data-mid="81395144" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/68471cbbf8283a4478a2118a0bd33903d5d72d127a9ca2284e56d358524b03e8/IMG_20170618_142149.jpg" /> Installation documentation of Casting Shadows #2, 2017, brass sheets, perspex stands, bark, branches, piano keys, pine cones, wood segments, stones and piano pedal, dimensions variable, at Solidarity, Articulate project space, Leichhardt, Saturday 27th May - Sunday 18th June. Links to exhibition information: http://articulate497.blogspot.com/2017/05/solidarity-exhibition-explanation.html http://articulate497.blogspot.com/2017/05/solidarity-artists-studios.html http://articulate497.blogspot.com/2017/06/solidarity-afternoon-or-performances.html http://articulate497.blogspot.com/2017/06/final-solidarity-weekend-coming-up.html https://alexandramitchell.net/Casting-Shadows Sat, 30 Sep 2017 09:40:31 +0000 alexandramitchell https://alexandramitchell.net/Casting-Shadows <img width="5000" height="3333" width_o="5000" height_o="3333" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/571c3422f1b2a71a1f6f344c7571f19c9a8c1971efa0ed95dbdb331c4b9bec8f/AlexMitchell_107_2-5693-1_o.jpg" data-mid="81395146" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/571c3422f1b2a71a1f6f344c7571f19c9a8c1971efa0ed95dbdb331c4b9bec8f/AlexMitchell_107_2-5693-1_o.jpg" /><img width="5000" height="3337" width_o="5000" height_o="3337" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/5e1c0da8f1e4e836edf1d04bc279565dcb6c952b33ce09583b2df96dcc4df0bd/AlexMitchell_107_2-5696-1_o.jpg" data-mid="81395147" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/5e1c0da8f1e4e836edf1d04bc279565dcb6c952b33ce09583b2df96dcc4df0bd/AlexMitchell_107_2-5696-1_o.jpg" /> Installation documentation of Casting Shadows, 2017, brass sheets, perspex stands, bark, branches, piano keys, pine cones, wood segments, stones and piano pedal, dimensions variable, exhibited as part of Conversing with the Natural World 27 April 2017 – 7 May 2017 at 107 Projects, Redfern. Link to exhibition explanation: http://107.org.au/event/conversing-natural-world/ https://alexandramitchell.net/An-offering Mon, 23 Nov 2015 01:37:02 +0000 alexandramitchell https://alexandramitchell.net/An-offering <img width="2500" height="1668" width_o="2500" height_o="1668" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/89cc08fe6863b1aae98f2c649fbff8ab58f32c82d58ace107eeb36f57e55491f/Annual_Alex-7323.jpg" data-mid="81395148" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/89cc08fe6863b1aae98f2c649fbff8ab58f32c82d58ace107eeb36f57e55491f/Annual_Alex-7323.jpg" /><img width="2500" height="1668" width_o="2500" height_o="1668" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/9dfd2ffc21f5d6e9b1e518270b063a00fa1c71a9a0961d91ff603b8a954bfa74/Annual_Alex-7324.jpg" data-mid="81395149" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/9dfd2ffc21f5d6e9b1e518270b063a00fa1c71a9a0961d91ff603b8a954bfa74/Annual_Alex-7324.jpg" /><img width="2500" height="1668" width_o="2500" height_o="1668" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/c5201f605a3c9cfe031cb943dc830dbd6b7e553985bfbdee13841cc30c054ef8/Annual_Alex-7325.jpg" data-mid="81395150" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/c5201f605a3c9cfe031cb943dc830dbd6b7e553985bfbdee13841cc30c054ef8/Annual_Alex-7325.jpg" /><img width="2816" height="2112" width_o="2816" height_o="2112" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/9483f785381535e6e551a74694bf9e85aab42d98bf5f7e40214d08dab90551b9/IMG_5422.JPG" data-mid="81395151" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/9483f785381535e6e551a74694bf9e85aab42d98bf5f7e40214d08dab90551b9/IMG_5422.JPG" /><img width="2816" height="2112" width_o="2816" height_o="2112" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/be89dd1098bcad5d7b30fd24bb0de56af87c3b36162d53c10bebc04d794a902e/IMG_5425.JPG" data-mid="81395152" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/be89dd1098bcad5d7b30fd24bb0de56af87c3b36162d53c10bebc04d794a902e/IMG_5425.JPG" /> An offering, 2015, dried camellia, jacaranda and gardenia flowers, installation documentation, UNSW Art &amp; Design Annual, UNSW Galleries, Paddington This work was also exhibited as part of Articulate project space's exhibition Articulate Turns 6, 2016 and Wellington St Projects' exhibition Memorial, 2016. Links to exhibition information: http://annual2015.artdesign.unsw.edu.au/asset/alexandra-mitchell/20547 http://articulate497.blogspot.com/2016/12/articulate-turns-six-opened-last-night.html https://wellingtonstprojects.com/exhibitions/ https://alexandramitchell.net/In-decay Mon, 23 Nov 2015 01:28:24 +0000 alexandramitchell https://alexandramitchell.net/In-decay <img width="2816" height="2112" width_o="2816" height_o="2112" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/55cad78430bacfcc4c449c11da0b76c562bcf35ff739cc1a07b52ed605358049/IMG_4649.JPG" data-mid="81395153" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/55cad78430bacfcc4c449c11da0b76c562bcf35ff739cc1a07b52ed605358049/IMG_4649.JPG" /><img width="2816" height="2112" width_o="2816" height_o="2112" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/88f85213e0d37e18e5fb40aec800966b1b47629d312ef2263886e66be59b2b5c/IMG_4652.JPG" data-mid="81395154" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/88f85213e0d37e18e5fb40aec800966b1b47629d312ef2263886e66be59b2b5c/IMG_4652.JPG" /><img width="2816" height="2112" width_o="2816" height_o="2112" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/3c58dd9960a9ddcb9c814af4eb13d38b559a709ce0663dcc1dc9653be07cb111/IMG_4659.JPG" data-mid="81395155" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/3c58dd9960a9ddcb9c814af4eb13d38b559a709ce0663dcc1dc9653be07cb111/IMG_4659.JPG" /> In decay, 2015, camellia flowers, dimensions variable (process documentation) https://alexandramitchell.net/Piano-Aquatic Mon, 23 Nov 2015 01:04:48 +0000 alexandramitchell https://alexandramitchell.net/Piano-Aquatic <img width="2112" height="2816" width_o="2112" height_o="2816" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/812a997891d840352b70b7022a67aec8c8fd5e4618802636b083122120373e04/IMG_2689.JPG" data-mid="81395160" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/812a997891d840352b70b7022a67aec8c8fd5e4618802636b083122120373e04/IMG_2689.JPG" /><img width="2816" height="2112" width_o="2816" height_o="2112" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/df956e9e9e27972064dce0b223506c29a6986e7fab4dd8d69ebfe9848d293c8d/IMG_2691.JPG" data-mid="81395162" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/df956e9e9e27972064dce0b223506c29a6986e7fab4dd8d69ebfe9848d293c8d/IMG_2691.JPG" /> Piano Aquatic, 2014, piano part and wooden fish from childhood mobile, dimensions variable, Annual Exhibition 2014, UNSW Art &amp; Design, Paddington