Archives: Performance, Installation Art and Sculpture

Essay by Luke Foster “Start by doing what’s necessary; then do what’s possible; and suddenly you are doing the impossible.” Francis of Assisi My first solo show in years is opening at Kirra Hill on Friday 4-6m the 27th of May. It is inspired by my dear mother Maria Foster or as I more affectionately […]

Materials: artist books, unframed drawings, bicycle, framed drawings, trestle tables, two video projectors and DVD players, photographs, DVDS. The exhibition Zeitgeist featured drawings made in a studio residency in March 2018 at the Big Ci studio residency at Bilpin in the Blue Mountains. There was a book of drawings titled The Big Ci Studio Residency […]

Think Re Think 2014-2015 Kirra Hill Gallery Materials: framed drawings, bicycle, books of drawings, converse sneakers, wide screen TV, video projector, book of essays The Think Rethink title referred to me constantly re-evaluating my beliefs, morals and understanding of the world.   It was my first proper solo exhibition ever and was at Kirra Hill. There […]

The Ocean Room 1995 Manning Regional Gallery, Particle Gallery and Sculpture by the Sea Bondi Materials: plywood, 34cm television, VHS video player with auto play function and a half hour video of a plaster board model building being washed over on the oceanside of Whale Beach Dimensions: 2.7m by 0.6m by 0.6m The Ocean Room […]

Cross Room 1995 Particle Gallery Sydney Materials: plywood, plaster board and calico plus pillow stuffing The Cross Room is a sculpture of a model room in the shape of a crucifix and expresses the idea that the crucifix is not just a symbol but a place in which people reside and live by. Also on […]

Thank you Exhibition with the Korean Artist Hansol Lim Holly Gallery 2017 Materials: screen printed T-shirts, DVDs, video projectors, television, DVD players, trestle tables, unframed drawings, paintings on canvas and milk crates.   Thank You was an exhibition by Hansol Lim and me at Holly Gallery in Miami Queensland. Hansol came out to Australia from South […]

Self as Cocoon 1994   College of Fine Arts exhibition space  Materials: carpet underlay, chicken wire, wood and black pigment Approx : 1.8m by 0.4m by 0.4m Self as Cocoon is very influenced by the fat and felt installations and sculptures of German artist Joseph Beuys. It also has a cavity in the chest area of […]

Stone Circle 1993 Site Specific Installation at Bilgola Beach in Sydney Materials: stones and ochre clay and ultramarine pigment Dimensions variable Stone circle is perhaps reminiscent of the interventions in nature by the artist Richard Long. It is also inspired by the spiritual stone and pigment sculptures and installations of Indian born British artist Anish […]

Seismograph 1995 Particle Gallery Sydney Materials: plasterboard, clay, grease and plywood Seismograph was a group exhibition with Fernando Pino and both of us made dwellings reflecting psychological space. The title Seismograph refers to a study of underground bunkers.

Kimchi and Curry Rocks Meets my New York Diary 2017 Kirra Hill Gallery Materials: framed drawings, bicycle, books of drawings, glass vitrine cabinet wide screen TV, video projectors This exhibition was inspired by my travel to Korea, India and New York City. There were books of drawings about Jack Kerouac Meets JD Salinger about the […]

Return to Sender 1999 National touring exhibition starting at Performance Space Materials: latex, pine wood, chicken wire, news paper, calico, 32cm television, VHS video player with auto play function, 30 minute digital video, and velcro Dimensions: 1.8 m by 0.7m This work was made in response to the theme of the package for a national […]

Gratitude Kirra Hill Gallery 2019 Materials: screen printed t-shirts, artist books, widescreen television, canoe, two trestle tables, DVD players, video projectors, DVDS, framed drawings The title Gratitude comes from letter correspondence with the famous clown doctor Patch Adams and his simple philosophy of love where gratitude plays a large part. In 2019 I made a […]

Mount Hallasan 2003 Site Specific Installation on Je Ju Island South Korea  Materials: bicycle and framed watercolour paintings. Dimensions variable This site specific installation was set up on JeJu Island in South Korea in 2003 when I was working as an English teacher there. I wasn’t very good as a teacher but I made a […]

Cocoon Performances 1994 College of Fine Arts exhibition space  Materials: glass cabinets, carpet underlay ultramarine pigment, scissors, and miscellaneous objects Dimensions variable These two performances were influenced by the Fluxus art movement of the 1960s particularly Joseph Beuys and Yoko Ono. One of Yoko’s performances was called Cut Piece where she stood on the stage […]

The Chthonian Element in Nature Drawings and Photographic Documentation as Catharsis  A Essay About the Artwork Made During My Two Most Recent Studio Residencies At the Big Ci in 2020 and 2021 In October 2020 and March 2021 I undertook studio residencies at the Big Ci in Bilpin in the Blue Mountains on the edge […]