Robbie Rowlands is a Melbourne based artist whose work explores notions of stability and vulnerability through the manipulation of objects and environments. His repetitious and precise cuts and the resulting distortions reflect the inescapable passing of time that affects everything around us. Rowlands’ works have been described as “spotlighting the history, humanity and function” of his subjects. His manipulated objects and spaces blur the boundaries between our fabricated world and the natural world.
The Bristol Building installtion by Robbie was created by cutting and reconfiguring the carpet sections. These are held in place with the aid a hidden support structure. The work challenges our notion of gravity, positioning the carpet as something more than a surface, rising up plantlike as if nutured through time.
