Georgia Saxelby: Lullaby is the US debut solo exhibition of Lullaby, a two-channel video installation by Australian-born US-based artist, Georgia Saxelby. Through performance and video-installation, Saxelby approaches the architectural symbols of democracy dotting the landscape of the National Mall in Washington, DC in order to explore the intersections of ritual, gender, and architecture. Through this singular immersive video-work, Saxelby implores viewers to consider and perhaps envision a world in which women are not only equal, but thriving. Georgia Saxelby: Lullaby is the final exhibition at the Embassy of Australia before it is slated for demolition in the fall of 2019, invoking considerations of history, place, country, power, and government.
Georgia Saxelby: Lullaby is curated by Sandy Guttman. The exhibition was on view from July 10, 2019 - October 18, 2019.
Exhibition catalogue essay written by Sandy Guttman.
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image 1) two floor-to-ceiling screens with projected video in a darkened gallery. On the left screen are three women in orange attire against a while stone wall. On the right screen is a woman in orange attire leans against a fluted column, rubbing her hand in the ridges. Two gallery visitors look at the video installation.
image 2) two screens project a mirrored image of three women, doubled to six women, in matching orange attire in motion with their arms outstretched. They stand on white stone steps. The silhouette of two gallery visitors are in the bottom left and right of the image.
image 3) two floor-to-ceiling screens with projected video in a darkened gallery. On the left screen are two women in orange attire against a white fluted column, with their arms outstretched in a ritualistic motion. On the right screen is a blue sky peered through a circular white stone oculus.
image 4) A darkened gallery, seen partly from behind the projection screen. Dozens of people fill the gallery watching the video installation, their faces glowing from the reflected light of the screen.
image 5) The artist Georgia Saxelby standing in front of an introductory text on a while wall and a still photograph from the video work “Lullaby”. The photograph depicts three women in orange attire, mirrored to double six women, laying down on the architecture of the Lincoln Monument. Georgia wears a patterned blue and green floor-length dress, and stands with her arms crossed, looking at the photographer.
image 6) A darkened gallery with two floor-to-ceiling screens with projected video. On both the left and right screen is a mirrored image of five women, duplicated to ten women, standing on white stone steps. The women wear orange attire and move in various motions of a choreographed ritual.]
Exhibition photography courtesy of Jenny Magee.
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