- ID Ref #
- 18813
- Prize Category
- Professional Artist
- Preferred Artist Name for publication (this name will be used on all the collateral)
- Sara Maher
- Your social media handles
- info@bettgallery.com.au
- Artist / Gallery Website
- Gallery: https://www.bettgallery.com.au/artists/105-sara-maher/overview/ Artist: http://www.out-of-field.net/
- Artwork Title
- Solar Apocalypse: A Matrilineal Trace
- 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
- Lighting and Placement: The work is framed behind Artglass (anti-reflective). Even so, the glass will mirror direct external light sources. please prioritize a placement sheltered from the direct light of doors or windows. This large-scale piece is best revealed by a soft, even glow from two or more overlapping LED beams. Handling: Due to the fragility and scale of the work, it requires careful handling by two people at all times to prevent frame torque or glass breakage.
- Medium
- Archival pigment print on cotton rag. (Inverted photographic record of a vanished state: ephemeral painting and solar anthotype of matrilineal embroidery on large sheet of paper). Edition: 1 of 1 + 1 AP. Framing: Flush mounted, close framed in hand-stained timber; non-reflective art glass. Credits: Photography by Peter Whyte; Print by Simon Olding (Full Gamut).
- Dimensions
- 133cm x 94cm
- Depth
- 8
- Weight
- 16
- Price
- $$7500
- Delivery
- Courier
- Collection
- Courier
- Gallery Representation
- Yes
- Name of Gallery
- Bett Gallery
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- Artist Statement
- In the eerie silence of a nipaluna/Hobart heatwave, ephemeral ink permeated a human-scaled sheet of paper. As the moisture evaporated, an atmosphere of welling orange-heat ghosted into view. Seeking an ancestral frequency, I released my great-great-grandmother’s embroidery into the paper’s gravity—a timeworn script waiting for the sky to read it. Weeks passed; solar radiation bleached the fugitive hue, sparing only the embroidery’s shadow. A light-phantom of my ancestor’s handwork emerged from the paper's thinning atmosphere. Through photographic inversion, the waning page pulled into a permanent, dark-cyanic swell—the matrilineal trace, once fleeting, now held in a hushed, magnetic tension.
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- Created At
- February 10, 2026
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