Toxic Gains
Eco Disposal (2000) Ltd
March 29 - April 20 2000
Following on from her previous outing under the anonymous moniker
Eco Disposals (2000) Ltd at the Otira project early last year,
Christchurch artist Pauline Rhodes continues her exploration of
the nature/culture dichotomy in this impressive and sprawling
installation. Throughout her career Rhodes has maintained an interest
in the changing processes of implosions of matter and materials,
finding multiple, symbiotic and ambiguous relationships within
seemingly random juxtapositions.
In assuming the title Eco Disposals (2000) Ltd, the artist simulates
the bland facade of a corporation or industry, a sterile exterior
belying the rhizomatic chaos of Rhodes' organic layerings within
the gallery. The work suggests a concern with the earth's entropic
processes, particularly in regard to toxic gains, the disposal
of waste, and the resulting contamination and degeneration of
the environment.
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