SALLY SIMPSON: Master of Philosophy | Sculpture

Sally Simpson has made ‘artefacts’ and ‘specimens’ in response to two sites undergoing change. Her artworks are recordings of the interaction between humans and the land at a particular point in history. The Berry Series is a requiem to 21 years spent living there, observing the transformation of rain forest and cattle farms into hobby farm subdivisions and weekenders for wealthy Sydney-siders. For this series she uses cattle bones as  the primary material, for their dynamic sculptural qualities and metaphoric value.
In contrast The Lake Mokoan Series utilizes both man-made and natural materials collected on site at the lake. Lake Mokoan is a man-made lake in the process of being converted by local council into the Winton Wetlands. The materials employed, including discarded irrigation pipe, lace and fish bones, reflect the fragility of this environment in flux.