Artist Print Edition
Wona Bae and Charlie Lawler
March 2021
West Entrance 02
Edition of 35
Artist print edition titled West Entrance 02 showing a site-specific intervention created at the Art Gallery of New South Wales (AGNSW). Harnessing the healing properties of charcoal to detoxify, energise, repair and revive the space around it.
The ephemeral installation West Entrance 02 was created by the artists on Saturday 20 March, 2021. At six meters in diameter and made entirely from charcoal, it sat in harmony with the grand entrance stairs on the western perimeter of the AGNSW. Installed for only a few hours, this work was witnessed by those who chanced a visited to the Gallery that day. The artists captured this moment and present it as a photographic print, the artwork hung alongside ‘Regenerator’ as part of The National 2021: New Australia Art.
Charcoal has the unique ability to absorb impurities from the air around it. In Bae’s native South Korea it’s used domestically for this purpose. To revive the charcoal people commonly place it in direct sunlight believing this releases toxins stored within. In a serendipitous moment “We discovered a side effect of this process was the charcoal creates sound” not unlike the sound ice makes as it expands. To the delight of the audience on installation day the artwork chimed in symphony with the sunlight as the sound of charcoal expanding in the heat rang out.
Limited edition, hand-signed and numbered
Giclée, archival pigment print on Canson Edition Etching Rag 310gsm
$230 AUD (unframed)
Edition of 35
Paper size: 420 x 594 mm.
Border: 40mm (top & sides) 44mm (bottom)
FREE standard shipping worldwide on orders placed by 5 December 2021
Edition of 35
Paper size: 420 x 594 mm.
Border: 40mm (top & sides) 44mm (bottom)
FREE standard shipping worldwide on orders placed by 5 December 2021
*Please note prices are in $AUD.
Please allow 2-4 weeks delivery time.
Returns Policy: As these are printed on demand, these limited-edition prints cannot be returned or exchanged.
Pictured
Top Left: Print edition.
Middle Left: Exhibition view at the Art Gallery of New South Wales, 2021
Middle Right: Team photo, post install, March 2021
Bottom: In situ print edition