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Crossing the Rubicon
Sanderson Contemporary 2024
Excerpt from the exhibition catalogue
This series of work was initially inspired by the torrential flooding at the start of 2023 in Aotearoa, which the artist experienced personally whilst at the start of an artists residency on Waiheke Island. The natural event provoked deep reflection on the consequences of rising sea levels for coastal communities and Pacific islands. As well as this, war waged throughout the world in 2023 and 2024 has made Gillespie contemplate the uncertainty the future holds for so many.
‘I envisioned a procession led by children who would be compelled to guide us through the impending, murky waters facing humanity. These figures embody a mythic, narrative perspective on an epoch of transition.’