SPRINGFIELD.- Co-presented by Carrick Hill and the Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide-based artist Bridget Currie’s solo exhibition each one a world is now open at Carrick Hill, offering visitors a multifaceted experience at the treasured venue.

Currie’s poetic and allusive works respond to Carrick Hill’s house and garden in a range of media – from an immersive wall-papered room, printmaking, and recordings, to sound recordings embedded in sculpture.

Developed over two years with the support of an Arts SA Fellowship, and during a residency at Carrick Hill in early 2024, the exhibition explores Currie’s interest bringing the invisible, internal aspects of experience into the external physical world. Taking as their departure the physical reality and metaphorical potential of grass, Currie’s works bring together and extend many of the themes that have preoccupied her over the past decade.

Bridget Currie: each one a world is curated by AGSA’s Curator of Prints, Drawings and Photographs Maria Zagala and presented as part of the 2024 Nature Festival.
The exhibition includes a printed and on-line publication with an essay by London-based writer Jennifer Higgie, and a rich offering of programs – from a sunrise walk with the artist, to tactile tours with Currie’s sculpture, or ‘borrowing’ a specially created picnic blanket for sitting in the garden.

Born on Karta (Kangaroo Island), and trained at the South Australian School of Art, Currie was awarded the Samstag Scholarship in 2011 and studied at Kungliga Konsthögskolan in Sweden. Currie’s residencies in Bilbao in Spain, Japan, and Vilnius, Lithuania, have informed her practice, which is international in its outlook yet oriented to her local environment.

Currie’s exhibition is part of an ongoing series of exhibitions at Carrick Hill by South Australian-based contemporary artists who have created work as part of a residency at Carrick Hill, developing new work in response to its gardens, historic house and its collections.

The Hon Andrea Michaels MP, Minister for Arts said: "Just as the Hayward’s appreciated and supported local artists during their lives, Carrick Hill and the State Government remain committed to supporting creativity in South Australia.

Bridget has created an amazing breadth of work for this exhibition, and it is wonderful to see the ongoing collaboration between Carrick Hill and the Art Gallery of South Australia, who have shared their expertise in working with contemporary artists."

Susan McCormack, Director, Carrick Hill said: "We are delighted at Carrick Hill to continue the artist residencies, which have inspired some exceptional new work, from Catherine Truman's exploration of human intervention in nature and responding to artworks in the collection, to the dynamic creations of The FUSE Glass Artist Residency, in collaboration with the JamFactory.

Bridget Currie has continued this thrilling tradition. The residency has allowed her to deeply engage with the site’s multi-layered history and its rich, complex environment and the resulting artwork offers fresh and fascinating new perspectives on Carrick Hill."

Emma Fey, Acting Director, AGSA said "We are delighted to partner with Carrick Hill on this nuanced display of Bridget Currie’s rich, multidisciplinary practice. This project highlights AGSA’s commitment to supporting the work of living artists and expanding opportunities for South Australian artists."

Situated amongst and throughout Carrick Hill’s house and gardens, Bridget Currie: each one a world has been curated by Maria Zagala, Curator of Prints, Drawings and Photographs at the Art Gallery of South Australia, who brings her deep understanding of Currie’s practice to this remarkable exhibition and publication.

Bridget Currie said: "This exhibition has been several years in the making and is ambitious in scope, with pieces in the gallery, house and garden that range from prints to furniture to sculptural sound works. It brings together my thoughts on our interconnectedness, grass, embodied presence and states of mind. It has been a great pleasure to spend time at Carrick Hill, absorbing this luscious and many layered place. I hope that each one a world provides a sensual, immersive and intriguing experience, and I am excited to welcome visitors into this exhibition."