‘Mud Print’ is currently on exhibition at Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery's National Works on Paper Prize from 5 December 2020 - 21 February 2021
Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery
The shortlisted work explores the textural quality of paperback books, and draws a quiet parallel between leaves in nature and the leaves of a book.
The carved work represents a found leaf pattern a powdered red grime mark on the footpath. The result of a dust storm 500kms away, driven by fierce winds before falling from the sky during a deluge of rain, the aftermath of extreme weather during summer 2020.
Image: Kylie Stillman, Mud Print, 2020
Hand-carved paperback books on timber stand
Courtesy of the Artist and Utopia Art Sydney