by Gary Deirmendjian

Sydney Arta life, 2004-07 Interloop Lloyd Rees Memory is Creation Without End Mermer Waiskeder (Stories of the Moving Tide) Table of Love Tank Stream Fountain Wishing Well Fountain

This work is by multidisciplinary artist Gary Deirmendjian who creative output encompasses sculpture, photography, video, installation and site-sensitive intervention.

A 25 tonne stone, quarried as a single block now stands upright in three distinct segments, openly carrying the scars of the work’s making.

The base segment is aligned with the grid of the work’s physical context, while the upper segments have together been massively twisted out of alignment across a horizontal machined cut. The upper portion is separated from the middle by a natural break and held apart by stone rubble.

The work in the whole reads as an upright figure with head and torso twisted above the hips, found standing next to a rail line in the midst of a highly planned urban setting.

The horizontal notches, incidental to quarrying, may now suggest a time line along the figure’s height … an entire lifetime perhaps.

A monumental shift has taken place across the decisive lower cut.

The grinding twist of the upper two segments – still aligned, away from the alignments of the base conditions is clear to perceive.

If this rational twist may allude to one having questioned the attitudinal givens of a rooted and mediated early life, the angled natural break and respective gap may then begin to suggest a strive towards greater perspective and understanding in time to come.

Source: a life, gary deirmendjian, artist1
a life, 2004-07, by Gary Deirmendjian, The Goods Line, Sydney's Urban Walkway NSW
a life, 2004-07, by Gary Deirmendjian, The Goods Line, Sydney’s Urban Walkway NSW

This sculptural work, a life, 2004-07 by artist Gary Deirmendjian is located on The Goods Line, the Sydney’s Urban Walkway in New South Wales. The walks starts from Sydney Central Station to Darling Harbour, following the route of an historic railway line.

a life, 2004-07, by Gary Deirmendjian, The Goods Line, Sydney's Urban Walkway NSW
a life, 2004-07, by Gary Deirmendjian, The Goods Line, Sydney’s Urban Walkway NSW
a life, 2004-07, by Gary Deirmendjian, The Goods Line, Sydney's Urban Walkway NSW
a life, 2004-07, by Gary Deirmendjian, The Goods Line, Sydney’s Urban Walkway NSW
a life, 2004-07, by Gary Deirmendjian, The Goods Line, Sydney's Urban Walkway NSW
a life, 2004-07, by Gary Deirmendjian, The Goods Line, Sydney’s Urban Walkway NSW

Footnote & References

  1. a life, gary deirmendjian, https://www.garo.com.au/pages/a_life.html
  2. gary deirmendjian, artist, https://www.garo.com.au/

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