Philippa O'Brien
Contact: Telephone: 0402 033 064 Email: pobrien@iinet.net.au Location: Perth, Western Australia.
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Latest News: Group Exhibition "The End of History" at Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery
May 18 - August 17 2024.
Photographs by Robert Frith
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Recent News - ABC Radio National Saturday Extra interview: Geraldine Doogue spoke to Philippa about her recent book "No Stone Without a Name".
Listen here - https://www.abc.net.au/listen/programs/saturdayextra/a-visual-history-of-possession-and-dispossession/102891112
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Book recently published and available now (stockists below).
"No Stone Without A Name: A visual history of possession and dispossession in Australia's west" by Philippa O'Brien.
link: Artshub Book Review (January 2023)
"It's a must-read for history nerds, art lovers and dismantlers of context-dependent facsimilies of truth..." Nanci Nott
No Stone Without a Name: A visual history of possession and dispossession in Australia's west
by Philippa O'Brien
Publisher: Ellenbrook Cultural Foundation
ISBN: 9780645598506
Format: paperback
Pages: 456pp
Release Date: November 2022
Recommended Retail: $99 plus shipping
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New Work-February 2024
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Latest work: Radiance sculpture 2024
RADIANCE
A mandorla: an ellipse, an almond shape that surrounds a transcendant image,
the sacred geometry sheltering the seed, the world within.
A sculpture at the entrance to the MS residential building and a landmark object in its environment.
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Previous commissions:
Hesperas - Ellenbrook
Hesperus, Ellenbrook, 25m x 10m, stainless steel, 2013.
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Verticordia and Sea Urchin -Ellenbrook
Copyright: Philippa O'Brien 2024