Catherine ODonnell Fibro Majestic 2023

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Catherine O'Donnell: Fibro Majestic' presents a body of work by O'Donnell that considers the historical and social context of fibro and social housing in Western Sydney and across Australia. O'Donnell grew up in a fibro home in Green Valley, Western Sydney, which at the time was the largest public housing estate in Sydney. The shape and form of the fibro house has long since informed her practice as she explores architecture, social history and the notions of home and memory.   

At the centre of the exhibition is O'Donnell's major sculptural installation 'Fibro Majestic', 2022, a 75%-to-scale replica of a fibro house originally created for the artist's survey exhibition 'Beyond the Shadow', an Orange Regional Gallery project in partnership with Grafton Regional Gallery, curated by Lucy Stranger, 2022. Accompanying, is a selection of sculptural works and drawings, which, more intimate in scale, are evocative of the lives lived within these homes.  

'The fibro house, the architecture of my childhood, has a rich history extending back to the mid-1900s, with their roots in international social theory. 'Fibro Majestic'… is an everywhere-everyman example of mid-century developments across Australia. It is synonymous with Australian identity.' 

O'Donnell's works are held in many private and public collections in Australia and New Zealand.

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