Siri Hayes: Landcapes

Presented by Monash University Museum of Art

Dates Wednesday 14 May - Thursday 19 June
Opening 5pm Tuesday 13 May

Siri Hayes, Cat's cradle 2004 Type C photograph Monash University Collection, purchased 2005 Siri Hayes: Landscapes features a new body of work developed during a week-long residency at Monash University’s Gippsland Centre for Art and Design in April 2008, as well as a selection of existing photographs taken at Merri Creek in inner-suburban Melbourne and Wilson’s Promontory and Phillip Island on the Victorian coast. Moving from the city to the rural hinterland and the coast, Hayes reflects on contemporary and historical engagements with the land and its representations, observing our insignificance within its expanse as keenly as our urge to manipulate, inhabit and delight in it.

Curated by Dr Kyla McFarlane

Media Contact
For further information or image requests please contact:
Danny Lacy, Program Administrator, 
Monash University Museum of Art
03 9905 1618 or danny.lacy@adm.monash.edu.au

Image caption:
Siri Hayes, Plein air explorers 2008, Type C photograph
Courtesy of the artist and Gallerysmith, Melbourne