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10 August 2004 – 10 September 2004

APPROACHING THE BLOCK

Tin Sheds, Sydney University

Approaching the Block 2004: Resume
Approaching the Block 2004: Quote

Charles Cooper's paintings portray the changes to surface markings on roads at, or approaching, Sydney's inner-city  neighbourhood known as the Block. Yellow and white diamonds overpainted with zig-zags; pedestrian plateaux that appear and disappear in response to changing policy. All the while, weather and usage erode the paint that continually refreshes, or alters, the signs directed at travellers on these streets. Spanning a decade, his canvases and panels also reveal changes in Cooper's approach to representing such markings as symbols of place (space + time) and demographic flux.

MICHAEL HILL

Lawson-Street-1994.-oil-on-linen-122-x-1
Approaching the Block 2004: Selected Work
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