Lucky Sod

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16 Mar – 25 Mar 2006

Caroline Johnston

Lucky Sod saw local artist Caroline Johnston play with ideas relating to the contrived organisation of nature and how this is manifested in home gardens.

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Her floor work installation combined a real tree trunk and root system with more synthetic materials and gardening implements. Lucky Sod's investigation of the uncanny and the suburban day-to-day relationship many New Zealanders have with nature had the feeling of being both menacing and alluring.

 

 

Caroline Johnston, Lucky Sod, 2006. Image courtesy of Jessica Reid.

Caroline Johnston, Lucky Sod, 2006. Image courtesy of Jessica Reid.

Caroline Johnston, Lucky Sod, 2006. Image courtesy of Jessica Read.

Caroline Johnston, Lucky Sod, 2006. Image courtesy of Jessica Read.

Caroline Johnston, Lucky Sod, 2006. Image courtesy of Jessica Read.

Caroline Johnston, Lucky Sod, 2006. Image courtesy of Jessica Read.

Caroline Johnston, Lucky Sod, 2006. Image courtesy of Jessica Reid.

Caroline Johnston, Lucky Sod, 2006. Image courtesy of Jessica Reid.

About the artist

Caroline Johnston is a BFA graduate from Massey University, Wellington. She has recently had her work included in such exhibitions as How to be a friend: New Wellington Artists at the Hirschfeld gallery, Wellington, and Models for a new community, Canary Gallery, Auckland.