SHARON HUGHES
TRANSPLANTED
When people experience life outside the culture of their birth, issues of identity and interaction with the environment come to the fore. This work explores my growing connections to my adopted country, as an Irish-born woman living in regional Victoria. Since immigrating to Australia the disjunctive experience of living outside the culture of my birth has caused me to reflect on my identity and feelings of belonging, and inspired me to explore these in my practice. Being out of place—transplanted—has made me sensitive to change in the environment, from the growth of plants, to the spread of ideas. In this work I use my Australian-born son and myself with native and introduced plant species to embody ideas of the native and the transplanted.
Eucalyptus caesia - Silver Princess (native)
Origin - Western Australia
Brassica napus - Rapeseed (introduced)
Origin - Europe
Hakea laurina - Pincushion Hakea (native)
Origin - Western Australia
Crataegus monogyna - Hawthorn (introduced)
Origin - Europe, Asia, the United States, Canada
Banksia integrifolia - Coast Banksia (native)
Origin - Eastern Australia
Arbutus unedo - Irish Strawberry Tree (introduced)
Origin - Southern and Northern Europe
Hakea sericea - Needlebush (native)
Origin - Eastern Australia
Viburnum tinus - Laurustinus (introduced)
Origin - Northern Africa, Southern Europe, Western Asia
Acacia aestivalis - Wattle (native)
Origin -Western Australia
Ulex europaeus - Gorse (introduced)
Origin - Central and Western Europe
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