Hold that position.

{A cat with inky and irregular spots. (Please click to see a little larger.)}

You viewed the menagerie in the green grass yesterday and today I have assembled them for you once more. This time they are at Platform and somewhere along the line the colour vanished (I opted for B&W due to unforgiving fluorescent light above). The animals, all twenty-one, are in their new home until the cabinet doors are reopened on the 29th and they are released, free to roam once more.

{As they appear behind glass.}

We installed the animals over the weekend in a single cabinet in a subway built especially in 1956 for the Melbourne Olympic Games. Beneath two of Louise’s large and beautiful watercolour drawings they sit, all white with inky hand-drawn fur and bristles. When out and about it is always advisable to have something to read about your person; our wooden animals have a selection of zines to keep them amused.

A single copy of each zine created to date, save the very first one, Is there kunst in the house - how to get by on 4€ a day (made in collaboration with Gaby Bila-Günther, in 2002, this zine still holds dear and thinking of it now I am reminded of a fleeting, madcap visit to Budapest… an adventure where good friendships were made, and a few crumbled as well), as we only have one remaining between us. A copy of Three in the Kitchen, made in collaboration with Shari, rests beneath a bear’s paw, if memory serves, and a new zine, soon to be released, by Louise, Before it’s too late, makes its debut near to a turtle, the smallest animal in the group.

{Can you see a copy of Before it's too late? A line of familiar lights perhaps?}

So happy to be able to share this with you all and to hear that you enjoyed the photos in the previous post. Enjoy the evening ahead.

Comments

[sally j]

Hi there G. Good luck with your exhibition. I wish I could come but don't think I'll be able to.

[shari]

oh my goodness. how exciting! louise's watercolor paintings are so striking and those animals make my heart sing. how i wish i could see this up close and personal. hugs.

[julie]

Oh my Gosh, the animals look fantistic all gathered together!! I love the tortoise especially and the ant eater (??) And of course my fave picture from below is loiuse wrapped around the tree!
Wish i could come..xxx

[cally]

Phew, been trying to comment all day but kept getting a blank page, but I had to persist to say I LOVE LOVE LOVE your animals on the white, fantastic!

So glad you commented on cc cause I'm terrible at keeping up with blogs just now and tend to be mostly visiting ones that pop up in my own blog - it's always a joy to see what you two are making. x

[lisa s]

how perfect.
i wish i could see it in person....

[francesca]

beautiful beautiful animals!

[comfies]

wonderful, wonderful, wonderful!!!!!

[gracia]

Chuffed, as always, and delighted too, to be able to share this experience with you all. Thanks you for the good wishes and interest, Sally J, Shari, Julie, Cally, Lisa S, Francesca and Comfies.

I wish you could all see it in person, and Louise or I shall endeavor to take a few more photos before the show draws to a close… perhaps even of the opening and zine festival (though this isn’t very likely, in truth).

Oh, and, Julie, the anteater was actually intending to be an aardvark… their silhouettes are quite similar. The anteater has smaller ears (according to my trusty pictorial guide to mammals), whilst the aardvark has those distinctive and long, tubular-shaped ears. The aardvark has poor sight and hunts largely by smell… luckily for him, we made two. The two aardvarks can be seen in the cabinet, running along the back wall, behind a tiny spotted leopard.

Thanks again,
g xo

[Tiffany]

So love the menagerie, esp. with Louise's iceberg backdrop - they were meant to go together!

[Veronica TM]

what a wonderful display! i would really love to see it in person and then take the subway {i haven't done that in ages!}.

[maditi]

such a beautiful installation. they look esp. beautiful in b&w :)

[andrea (scout)]

am wishing right now that i could hop on a plane bound westward, disembark in the sunshine directly onto a certain subway platform, and spend some quality time with a set of beautiful inky creatures (and their magnificent creators). this thought will get me through the day i think. :)

[cruststation]

Oh yes, I forgot to mention how wonderful your photos were put together. I love your use of B&W (great with the zines).

[Brydie]

Can't wait to check it out, Grache! I will unfortunately not be able to make the Saturday opening, but will definitely take a peak.
Well done! xx

[amisha]

so much goodness. secrets of the photocopier sounds like it will be great fun! xox

[bugheart]

these are
FANtastic!
i spy
a platypus.
i heart the turtle.
so
brilliant!
xo

[Edwina]

I was in Melbourne last week for work and bumped into your exhibition by accident. I read your blog reg. so it was a wonderful surprise. Love ya work!

[Sophie]

Louise and your work looks fabulous.

[Marieke]

Ah, gracia these animals are SUPER. I wish I could see them in person! xxx