THE OUTDOORS TYPE

Jacqueline Bradley

Friday 15th July 2011 - Saturday 20th August 2011

CCAS Gorman, MAINSpace

The Australian landscape is full of paradox: colonised land and wild bush; droughts and flooding rains; serenity and danger. During a residency at Bundanon, Jacqueline Bradley started making sculptural objects that respond to these paradoxes and explore her own relationship with the land in a humorous and light-hearted way. Just like The Lemonheads' song 'Outdoors Type' that the exhibition title alludes to, Bradley thinks an outdoors type is a great thing to be, but is under no illusions about her comfort or prowess in the wild. (Annika Harding, 2011)

Image: Jacqueline Bradley, Picnic Dress, 2010, Fabric, cotton, card, metal and wood.