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Gol Gol Layer Colour Observation 6

Natalie O'Connor January 20, 2020

The Gol Gol Layer Colour Observations investigate the changes of behaviour over time of each red coloured artists’ pigment as a response to the oldest red layer at Mungo, Willandra Lakes Region, Australia. This two part installation of wet vessels, along with 24 sheets of paper were submerged for over 2000 hours. The 24 sheets of of paper evidence the effects of each red pigment in watercolour from the time based installation, Gol Gol Layer Colour Observation 5 in 2018/ 2019. Reflecting the typical arrangement on an artist’s palette, they are classified into three groups; Warm Reds, Cool Reds, and Earth Reds.

This observation was first installed as a finalist work as part of the Art On Paper Award 2019 at Hazelhurst Regional Gallery & Art Centre. For the duration of the exhibition, observations of the behaviours of each pigment were documented.

Gol Gol Layer Colour Observation 6. Image: Observation of Permanent Alizarin Crimson- Pigment Red 206 at 2000 hours 21/11/19

Disgusting mould has grown completely over the lid and the top of the solution. Colour is intense and appears very saturated before extracting the paper from the test tube. It was difficult to extract and despite the heavy smell of bushfires in Sydney currently the odour from this sample was pungent. A congealed blob of fungus growth had grown on the paper- the colour was dense and heavily saturated even as it was drying.

In contemporary art, research, red, experimental art, watercolour, paint, colour Tags red, research, observe, colour, color, pigment, watercolour, watercolor, experimental art, painting, paint, winsor & newton
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Gol Gol layer colour observation 5 - lakebed exhibition, concordia gallery.

Gol Gol layer colour observation 5 - lakebed exhibition, concordia gallery.

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Natalie O'Connor February 28, 2019

Gol Gol layer colour observation 5 at 1000 hours.

I documented the settling of pigment in each of the 25 vessels of colour. Distinct differences were noted and the pigments attachment to the paper surface as the action of evaporation occurred left extraordinary marks that left a visual imprint of the character of each red pigment.

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In contemporary art, paint, research, experimental art, red Tags lakebed, lake mungo, artist residency, gol gol layer colour observations, red research, red, landscape, contemporary art, australian landscape, plein air, australia
 

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I acknowledge and pay my respects to the Elders, past, present, and future and all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander First Nations Peoples in Australia, on the places where I live, work and research. I recognise and respect their cultural heritage, beliefs and relationship with the land, which continue to be important to the Aboriginal people living today. I give my profound thanks to the Elders of the Three Traditional Tribal Groups (3TTG), the communities of Mungo and the Willandra Lakes Region World Heritage Area.

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View fullsize Just added a little bit of warmth with Cadmium free red.
So nice to see the play of Alizarin Crimson and its unusual staining alongside the softness and subtlety of this warm red.
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View fullsize I’ve been travelling to Mungo for ten years now and I’ve lost count of the trips out here.
This is a forever place to me.
I’m reminded of so much about how we live our lives when I’m here because you can’t help to consid
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