LOCAL residents were given the opportunity to hear from the latest SAM Drawing Wall artist, Steven Rhall recently, where he revealed the meaning behind his artwork titled ‘AT THIS SITE.’
His work, which depicts the words AT THIS SITE in white on a white backdrop making it almost invisible, is a unique drawing wall installation acting as a signpost that reflects on Australia’s history and the absence of Aboriginal voice.
Rhall said, “With my works, I often respond to the context of permissions. A lot of permissions are very much about a theme and a place. This one was very much open ended…it’s about this site. AT THIS SITE is not too much unlike asking ‘why are you reading this,’ it is quite open.
“There are many things to consider such as how am I going to respond to this?
“This site is open, has a café and members of the public using the space, so this was one of the first ideas I had in terms of a potential to do a much more performative work with this space.”
