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ARTISTS / TRACEY CLEMENT

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The target is an almost irresistible graphic image; all those concentric rings create a mesmerising visual vortex, drawing the eye dead centre, sucking you in. No wonder the target is a perennial favourite of both pop artists and marketing gurus.
The target is also an iconic symbol of manmade violence. The targets in Tracey Clement's Paper Trail are part of her ongoing project which explores the toxic legacy of the Enlightenment: the dangerous notion that it is both possible and desirable to dominate nature.
Using a razor blade, outlines of vines and vermin are 'drawn' onto readymade targets, then allowed to spiral out. Breaching the picture plane and occupying 3D space, these organic forms embody nature's vitality and patient omnipotence.

 

Tracey Clement is a writer in addition to being an artist. She is the Art Page Editor for the Sydney Morning Herald's weekly Metro section and contributes regularly to several Australian art and design magazines. Clement has an Associate Diploma in Jewellery Design, a Bachelors Degree in Art History/Theory and a Masters of Visual Arts in Sculpture.

Exhibitions

Paper Trail (27.11.2008 to 20.12.2008)

Works