Reconciling Differences
When Damien Wright, 48, talks about his work he peels back layers of meaning. The huge slab that his offsider Noah is power sanding on the morning I visit his Melbourne studio is a case in point.
This 200kg piece of redgum, that for years lay on the ground sheltering a colony of fat skinks, would soon form a centrepiece for , an exhibition mounted by Wangaratta Art Gallery which would draw together ‘art, science and cultural landscapes’. This could almost be a metaphor for Damien’s everyday work where everything he makes seems to
