- ID Ref #
- 19689
- Prize Category
- Emerging Artist
- Preferred Artist Name for publication (this name will be used on all the collateral)
- Jane Burton Taylor
- Your social media handles
- jane_burtontaylor
- Artist / Gallery Website
- https://www.janeburtontaylor.com.au
- Artwork Title
- Colonial Waistcoat
- Entry Type
- All other media
- URL link of the entry
- Password or any other important information about viewing the file
- Detailed Instructions for the setup of your instillation / sculpture
- The work is an installation. There are two attached wires of fishing line from which it can be hung. It is designed to be walked around, to float in the gallery space.
- Medium
- Paper bark, native wildflowers (including Flannel Flower, Cedar Wattle, Lomandra, Spider Grevillea), calico and Merino wool felt.
- Dimensions
- 85cm x 85cm
- Depth
- 4
- Weight
- 3
- Price
- $$1800
- Delivery
- Courier
- Collection
- In Person
- Gallery Representation
- No
- Name of Gallery
- Artwork Image One
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- Artist Statement
- Colonial Waistcoat is a re-imagined object from the Mitchell Library: a waistcoat which belonged to Captain Cook and was embroidered by his wife. It is replicated in local plants: stitched paperbark with buttonholes decorated with wildflowers from the Eastern Suburbs Banksia Shrub, the plant community that dominated pre-colonial Sydney. It is ‘an Australian object’ addressing the question of how to reconcile our two histories. By reimagining the pattern of this colonial object in native plants, the work is a both personal act of reparation, and an invitation to collectively imagine a colonisation that respectfully embraced indigenous culture and ecology.
- Payment Status
- Created At
- February 10, 2026
- Updated At
