Carolyn Cardinet: Visual Art Blog

These portraits in a sense interrogate our social landscapes of consumption I have been traveling for a month long everyday  from Bethesda - Friendship Height metro station to Rhode Island stop and then take the bus down to 34th St off Rhode Island avenue twice a day. During these trips I had the occasion to see all kind of characters coming in and out of the bus and being the minority aboard the bus in this area. These rides gave me the opportunity to try something I had wanted to try for a while.  Making portraits out of single-use plastic waste.  So this artist residency at the Red Dirt Studio as well as the plastics found on the streets around the studio was the perfect time and allowed me to do this side project. Like sketches for further enquiry these portraits were done as preliminary drawing studies for further enquiries when I am back home.

It is a privilege to have been selected as a finalist for the Cooks River Small Sculpture Prize Sydney The exhibition is open for viewing at Art Est. Art School & Gallery until 14 November 2017 My work was selected to be presented in two other venues in this touring exhibition  in NSW during the month of December 2017

We are coming to the end of our  Pop-Up Exhibition  LAS AMIGAS   75 Harding St Coburg Sat 27 June  11-5pm   75 Harding St Coburg Las Amigas   Carolyn-Babette-Marian  Poly weaved sculpture Thank you to all that made our opening you created a fantastic buzz  on the night! Thank you also to all individuals who visited our show the last couple of weeks 'We love your support' till next time!

Wonderful to be part of this Festival  with WORA again this year  I was privileged to be asked to put up my new work with an exhibition with 4 talented artists from Castlemaine. The Mill will be an exhibition space opposite the glorious Botanical Gardens. Plastic Waterways - installation at night  Surprised this morning to have the light streaming onto my work light and shadow adding a new dimension to this installation with a quick portrait just before we de-install  The work Plastic Waterways was a map of Victoria's waterways engraved and of the coast cut-out a project made and inspired from possum cloaks which were painted with aerial maps of the local tribe.  Creating awareness in plastic consumerism and plastic pollution is something I am passionate about in my art practice. Through my art practice, I have a visual language to contribute to the dialogue which is starting but only just starting to happen around the world. T...

Westgarth Theatre Always nice to hear that passerby thought the works on display was  or reminded them of my artwork This installation was put together for the special event for the occasion of the projection of the French Film Festival documentary Tomorrow (Demain) a must see and a positive outlook on what people already have put to action around the globe... There is an inkling of hope on the horizon but we all need to do our bit. However small or large your contribution is, your gesture is going towards a positive impact on our future for this planet.   Choosing your best shots is always a difficult decision in the making or not! This was another great opportunity to put my work up in one of the still standing old  Melbourne icon venues