Visionaries

SOPHI SUTTOR
Sophi Suttor’s work examines the loss of habitat and its replacement by the generic
she is looking at specimens through the filter of the work of Rohan Ellis. Producing
fragments of the generic as a demonstration of how easily we lose the detail and
cultural stamp of our personal landscape
Works are childlike and toy like to highlight how easily we are seduced by pretty
things. Using lots of generic flowers and toy like items to highlight how readily
we accept the generic. This acceptance erodes national identity and leads to
devaluation of all things native to Australia this process is aided and abetted by
globalisation.
Sophi is of Aboriginal descent. Her work explores identity. She observes the effect
of radiation. Focusing on the testing of bombs on Woomera. There is horror from
setting off the bombs and the aboriginal casualties at the time and the high rates
of cancer in local populations now. These works are under the title Marie Curies
Garden. The events are so bad the images are presented in child like form making
them easier to digest.
Suttor is a classically trained artist from the National Art School East Sydney. Her
work is held in private collections in New Zealand, Japan and the United Kingdom.
Sophi Suttor, Tree, 2019, white earthenware,
clear glaze, red ubderglaze. Photo: Craft ACT.
$110 each