WHAT A SHADOW FEELS LIKE
Daniel Boyd, Dean Cross, Brent Harris, Nell, Heather B. Swann; curated by Ellinor Pelz
3 September – 8 October 2022

STATION | MELBOURNE

what a shadow feels like brings together the work of five contemporary artists that explore the poetic and the political. The included works intervene with the body’s path to shift perceptions, test psychological states and explore phenomenological observations. In this exhibition, a shadow is used as a metaphor for destabilisation and awareness; clarity and ambiguity; that which is lost and found. Multidisciplinary and immersive in nature, what a shadow feels like is comprised of a fractured vinyl installation and enveloping video projection by Daniel Boyd, dark and sensual inky drawings by Heather B. Swann, along with sculptural performance tools waiting to be activated by a hum and poem, uncanny paintings by Dean Cross, and façade facing neon rain drops by Nell.

Installation Views

Artworks

Nell
made in the light - drip
installation view

Nell
Little Ghost 2020
mixed media, acrylic and metallic paint on canvas
56.9 × 48.9 cm framed

Nell
I KNOW why I StAYED 2020
mixed media, acrylic and metallic paint on canvas
97.9 × 81.9 cm framed

Nell
I KNOW why i LEFT 2020
mixed media, acrylic and metallic paint on canvas
99.0 × 83.4 cm framed

Daniel Boyd
Untitled (S -37.844071, E 144.995611) 2022
vinyl on glas
variable

Daniel Boyd
Untitled (S -37.844071, E 144.995611) 2022
vinyl on glass
variable

Daniel Boyd
quiver 2021
single channel digital video, colour

Dean Cross
Self Portrait as Dorothea Mackellar 2021
Ngunnawal ochre, Rhodamine B, charcoal, drawing ink and 300 gsm Arches watercolour paper on canvas
97.5 × 92.0 cm

Dean Cross
Une Tempête 2012-2022
charcoal, aerosol and photograph on 425gsm Saunders Waterford watercolour paper
83.5 × 122.0 cm

Dean Cross
Untitled (spoon) – from Claws, Keys, Spoons and Teeth 2020
pure pigment print on cotton rag mounted on dibond
54.9 × 42.0 cm

Brent Harris
Garden #1 2005
Garden #1
179.0 × 143.0cm

Heather B. Swann
How the mind works - Vögeln 2021
oil and ink on paper
118.0 × 166.0 cm framed

Heather B. Swann
I will not remember your name 2018
wood, cork, modelling stuff, pigmented shellac, instructions, performance script and set of drawings on paper
installation dimensions variable

Heather B Swann
I will not remember your name 2022
Performance

Heather B Swann
I will not remember your name 2022
performance

Heather B. Swann
Heart of Glass 2017
glass tears, silver, painted bronze
installation dimensions variable