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Caroline McQuarrie

CAROLINE MCQUARRIE

How deep into the earth we sink Jhana Millers 15 February–9 March 2024 Wellington
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Press Release

We are pleased to start our year with a solo exhibition of woven works by Carline McQuarrie, How deep into the earth we sink. This exhibition is a response to the time spent at The Gullies Arts Residency in Rangitīkei over winter 2023.

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The land

It is always also about the land.
Of course it is.
Everything comes from there.

It’s there in the piece work of fields,
viewed from the sky.

But even if the weave had been
another pattern entirely,
it would have been there in the wool.
Spun from the long white fleece of sheep
carefully husbanded for hundreds of years.
Sheep bred again for this land.

And even if the yarn had been cotton,
the sheep would be there in the pattern,
in that division of fences.

Before the land was a thing
that could be owned and
fences were used to stake that claim,
they guarded livestock
from predators or wandering.

There’s a trick of pretending
that we’re not also nature.
Separating self from the dense weave
of ecosystems. But we live here too.

A selection of poems from Ish Doney will accompany the exhibition.

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About the Artist

Caroline McQuarrie is a contemporary artist and photographer. Born in 1975, she lives in Te Whanganui-a-Tara, Wellington.

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About the Gallery

Jhana Millers Art Gallery was established in 2018 in Te Whanganui-a-Tara, Wellington to showcase compelling and innovative contemporary art and promote emerging local talents. Housed in the listed Mibar Building, fitted with large windows and a concrete ceiling, the gallery provides space for solo and curated group exhibitions.

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Level 1, Mibar Building
85 Victoria Street
Wellington
New Zealand
Opening Hours
Wednesday–Friday: 11am–5pm
Saturday: 11am–4pm
or by appointment
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Wellington Level 1, Mibar Building, 85 Victoria Street
Jhana Millers contemporary art gallery in Wellington New Zealand
Jhana Millers
Level 1, Mibar Building, 85 Victoria Street, Wellington, New Zealand
0211670896
http://www.jhanamillers.com

Opening hours
Wednesday–Friday: 11am–5pm
Saturday: 11am–4pm
or by appointment
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