Katherine Hattam 'The Kitchen Chair' animals

Katherine Hattam 'The Kitchen Chair' animalsA deeply personal motif in Hattams practice, the chair becomes a site of reflection and identity. In this small editioned blue woodblock print, domestic space is rendered poetic where memory and the self converge. 'The Kitchen Chair Blue' embodies Hattams distinctive language of symbols, transforming everyday objects into meditations on family, time and consciousness. One of Australias most collected contemporary artists, Hattams works are represented

Melbourne where he was the subject of a major retrospective from 2003 - 2004

engaged cut-outs again to approach sculpture

the landscape offers complexity

It is populated with scenes from his life in London before returning to Australia that year

gazing down toward the heart that rests alone at its base

who despite their beastliness

As a monotype

'Flight Over the Simpson Desert 2' 2018

it exists as a unique image

'Unfinished Paintings' 1991

but not straightforwardly so: despite the doctor’s advice and her limited vision

Cast in pale blues and cream