Australian award winning artist, Robyn Yeoman recipient of the 2018 Bundanon Prize in the William Fletcher Foundation and three time finalist in the Dobell Prize will be presenting her first solo exhibition, Industry from 2-14 October at Sydney’s ARO Gallery on William St in Darlinghurst.

INDUSTRY is an exhibition of artworks using mixed media on canvas and paper. The exhibition contains around 50 works drawing on the artist’s long history with rural Australia and a sustained interest in the tools of industry.

The earlier works are most particularly focused on the interiors of sheds and vintage machinery. The artist’s fascination with farm life and the qualities required by Australians living on the land gives rise to a special kind of ingenuity; it is this survivorship which is celebrated in these works. The exhibition also spans the second phase of the artist’s exploration of tools, machinery and equipment with works created from Cockatoo Island with larger scale industrial subjects.

“My objective has been to communicate an objective depiction of Australia’s rural and metropolitan industrial identity. I explored my subject without reference to artistic trends to achieve an agnostic truth of what I feel is one of the most wonderful aspects of our cultural identity, our ability to adapt, create and flourish. Tools are simply instruments of the creativity and ingenuity of the people using them, but within them is so much trapped potential, long after they come into the shed, they still hold so much potential” says Ms Yeoman.

Robyn Yeoman most recently was exhibited at The Brooklyn Museum in New York as a part of the David Bowie Is collection.
Members of the public and media are invited to attend the exhibition and further interviews and exhibition inventory price list are available on request.

ABOUT THE EXHIBITION
Artist's statement
My fascination for the past 25 years has been painting and drawing sheds and vintage machinery. As a farmer's daughter, the farm shed in particular intrigues me. I am interested in portraying this domain of the cash-strapped farmer as a place of innovation, adaption and invention which is worthy, in my opinion, of artistic representation as a still life interior. My chosen pieces are often unidentifiable to the viewer. From these small scale enterprises, my interest extends to places of industry like Cockatoo Island and its now dormant machinery. The beauty in these industrial subjects continues to provide me with inspiration in my art practice. My exhibition 'Industry' is the culmination of this inspiration.

INDUSTRY from Robyn Yeoman [Facebook] shows at ARO Gallery [Facebook] 51 William St, Darlinghurst NSW 2010,  October 2-14 with  Opening Night October 2nd 6pm – 10pm