Sparks Might Fly challenges us to confront our patterns of consumption and waste.
JUSTIN TELFER
SPARKS MIGHT FLY
LONE GOAT GALLERY
7 OCTOBER – 4 NOVEMBER 2023
OPENING: 5.30 – 7.30PM FRIDAY 6 OCTOBER
Artist Justin Telfer weaves together natural and manufactured materials; using disused electrical wiring, plastic bags and other salvage; together with natural materials such as Bangalow Palm inflorescence and banana fibre. Telfer creates in abundance, using whatever is at hand or items that would otherwise go to landfill, to create forms which invite us to contemplate the lifespan of materials, biodegradability, and the traces we leave behind.
By weaving these materials together he creates a powerful visual dialogue that resonates with both the aesthetic and the ethical. The medium is the message – Telfer reminds us the waste we create will remain inextricable from our natural world.
Justin Telfer graduated from the Byron School of Art in 2020 and has exhibited in numerous group exhibitions, been selected as a finalist in art prizes, and was awarded first prize in the Whitsundays Art Prize in 2022.
