Peter Dailey’s new work is inspired by plant forms and the interaction of humans with the natural world.
Peter’s exhibition includes two large-scale paintings, a series of painted studies, a set of charcoal drawings and six major sculptural forms. The sculptures consist of large perspex test tubes that are mounted onto stainless steel tables and encase bizarre hybrid plant forms. Their laboratory appearance makes the viewer question man’s intervention with nature, such as genetic modification and cloning.
Peter speculates about, “the notion of an internal structure to the nature of all things and whether we can fully understand such a concept through scientific processes alone. Where does such scientific inquiry leave an intuitive or instinctive approach to the exploration of these notions, and how far can humans manipulate nature without a degree of randomness reasserting itself?”
His images are derived from organic forms, such as plant structures, both as a literal representation of nature and as a metaphor for the nature of all things. The formal characteristics of the artworks create an ambiguity of scale, as in micro or macro, and allude to the dichotomy between the organic and the inorganic or built. They are intended as scientific ciphers for us to question how we use our knowledge to interpret the land and how much we are able to understand the landscape through a scientific process alone.
the great piece of earth
- oil on board
- 82 x 234cm
- 2006
- $7,700 sold
homage to durer
- oil on board
- 82 x 234cm
- 2006
- $7,700 sold
cotyledon I
- stainless steel, perspex, mixed media
- 190 x 35 x 35cm
- 2006
- $5,500
cotyledon II
- stainless steel, perspex, mixed media
- 190 x 35 x 35cm
- 2006
- $5,500
cotyledon IV
- stainless steel, perspex, mixed media
- 190 x 35 x 35cm
- 2006
- $5,500
cotyledon V
- stainless steel, perspex, mixed media
- 190 x 35 x 35cm
- 2006
- $5,500
cotyledon VI
- stainless steel, perspex, mixed media
- 190 x 35 x 35cm
- 2006
- $5,500
cotyledon VII
- stainless steel, perspex, mixed media
- 190 x 35 x 35cm
- 2006
- $5,500
progeny I
- acrylic on board
- 45 x 15cm
- 2007
- $600 sold
to chamber of commerce + industry
progeny II
- acrylic on board
- 45 x 15cm
- 2007
- $600 sold
to chamber of commerce + industry
progeny III
- acrylic on board
- 45 x 15cm
- 2007
- $600 sold
to chamber of commerce + industry
progeny IV
- acrylic on board
- 45 x 15cm
- 2007
- $600 sold
to chamber of commerce + industry
progeny V
- acrylic on board
- 45 x 15cm
- 2007
- $600 sold
to chamber of commerce + industry
progeny VI
- acrylic on board
- 45 x 15cm
- 2007
- $600 sold
to chamber of commerce + industry
progenitor series I
- charcoal on paper
- 76 x 56cm
- 2006
- $550 SOLD
progenitor series II
- charcoal on paper
- 76 x 56cm
- 2006
- $550 sold
progenitor series III
- charcoal on paper
- 76 x 56cm
- 2006
- $550 sold
progenitor series IV
- charcoal on paper
- 76 x 56cm
- 2006
- $550 sold
progenitor series V
- charcoal on paper
- 76 x 56cm
- 2006
- $550
progenitor series VII
- charcoal on paper
- 76 x 56cm
- 2006
- $550 SOLD
progenitor series VIII
- charcoal on paper
- 76 x 56cm
- 2007
- $550
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