1. The Glorious Decline- Macrocarpa The Glorious Decline - Macrocarpa, 2018 oil on canvas 80 H x 180 W cm Sold

2. The Glorious Decline- Magenta The Glorious Decline - Macrocarpa, 2018 , oil on canvas, 180 H x 180 W cm, sold

3. The Glorious Decline- Green The Glorious Decline - Green, 2018, oil on canvas, 122 cm W x 132 cm H, $5,500

4. 12. The Glorious Decline Rose 12. The Glorious Decline-Rose 2018, oil on canvas, 140cm W x 180 cm H, $7,700

5. The Glorious Decline 1 The Glorious Decline #1, 2018, oil on canvas, 153 H x 120 W cm, $6,600

6. Cairn 1 Cairn #1, 2018, oil on canvas, 100cm x 100cm, $3,800

7. Cairn 2 Cairn #2, 2018, oil on canvas, 100cm x 100cm, $3,800

8. Cairn 3 Cairn #3, 2018, oil on canvas, 100cm x 100cm, $3,800

9. Cairn 4 Cairn #4, 2018, oil on canvas, 100cm x 100cm, $3,800

10. Let it go 1 (boat) Let it go #1 (Boat), 2018, oil on canvas, 50 cm x 50cm, Sold

11. Let it go 2 (love) Let it go #2 (Love), 2018, oil on canvas, 50 cm x 50cm, Sold

12. Let it go 3 (mind) Let it go #3 (Mind), 2018, oil on canvas, 50 cm x 50cm, $Sold

13. 1.Living landscape of Britain 1.Living Landscape of Britain 2018, 40 x 25 cm, oil on linen book cover sourced from the skip bin at the State Library of WA, $175, from the Death of History Book Cover series

14. 2.The Critical Method 2.The Critical Method 2018, 31 x 21cm, oil on linen book cover sourced from the skip bin at the State Library of WA, $175,

15. 3.Historical Essays 3.Historical Essays 2018, 31 x 21 cm, oil on linen book cover sourced from the skip bin at the State Library of WA, $175,

16. 4.The Steep Places 4.The Steep Places 2018, 29 x 21 cm, oil on linen book cover sourced from the skip bin at the State Library of WA, $175,

17. 5.Dictionary of Dates 5.Dictionary of Dates 2018, 35 x 24 cm, oil on linen book cover sourced from the skip bin at the State Library of WA, $175,

18. 6.Truth in Masquerade, Social Theories 6.Truth in Masquerade, Social Theories 2018 , 62 x 22cm, oil on linen book cover sourced from the skip bin at the State Library of WA, $275,

19. 7.The Public Happiness 7.The Public Happiness 2018 , 30 x 22 cm, oil on linen book cover sourced from the skip bin at the State Library of WA, $175,

20. 8.Four Greens 8.Four Greens 2018, 50 x 19 cm, oil on linen book cover sourced from the skip bin at the State Library of WA, $175, from the Death of History Book Cover series

21. 9.The Nations of today, City Invincible 9.The Nations of Today, City Invincible 2018 , 69 x 24cm, oil on linen book cover sourced from the skip bin at the State Library of WA, $275, from the Death of History Book Cover series

22. 10.A Study of History 10.A Study of History 2018, 36 x 23 cm, oil on linen book cover sourced from the skip bin at the State Library of WA, $175,

23. 11.A short history 11.A Short History 2018, 38 x 24cm, oil on linen book cover sourced from the skip bin at the State Library of WA, $175,

The Glorious Decline 2018, new work

The Glorious Decline 2018
An exhibition of new paintings at

opening 26 May 2-4 pm- All welcome
Then open from 26 May - 23 June

GALLERY: Art Collective WA
New street address: Cathedral Square, (next to City of Perth library)
2/565 Hay Street Perth, Western Australia 6000
Gallery phone: 08 9325 7237
art@artcollectivewa.com.au
Opening hours:
11am – 4pm Wednesday to Friday
Saturday 12 – 4pm

The Glorious Decline

Sic transit Gloria mundi- Thus passes the glory of the world.

New paintings by Fremantle based artist, Jo Darbyshire. Jo has an interest in the materiality of painting, and these new works explore the transitory nature of life, of layers of history, the beauty of life lived, faded and grown over.

The book covers in the exhibition were sourced from the skip-bin from the back of the State Library of WA and the series The Death of History reflects her interest in working with old books and makes a comment on the current fashion for State Institutions to quietly dispose of many hard cover books.