Seth Searle

Honours

My work investigates the relationship between identity and performativity. Working with images of cropped limbs, I consider the dominance of the hand; of its connection to and escape from the body. Working with motifs of fabrics, foods and various containers, I examine the value we place on the vessel. Within these works gesture is staged as a repetitive performance unfolding on a stage set, attempting to articulate a feeling of theatrical uncertainty in the performance of self and to ask the question: What parts of this performance are visible?

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Seth Searle, *Skirt, Patented Grapes, Vessels*, oil on canvas, 2020. Documentation by Jonathon Griggs. — Seth Searle, Skirt, Patented Grapes, Vessels, oil on canvas, 2020. Documentation by Jonathon Griggs.

Seth Searle, *Tiles & Trifle Bowl*, oil on canvas, 2020. Documentation by Jonathon Griggs. — Seth Searle, Tiles & Trifle Bowl, oil on canvas, 2020. Documentation by Jonathon Griggs.

Seth Searle, *Grace Watching While I Pour Her Water*, oil on canvas, 2020. Documentation by Jonathon Griggs. — Seth Searle, Grace Watching While I Pour Her Water, oil on canvas, 2020. Documentation by Jonathon Griggs.

Seth Searle, *Leyla in November*, oil on canvas, 2020. Documentation by Jonathon Griggs. — Seth Searle, Leyla in November, oil on canvas, 2020. Documentation by Jonathon Griggs.

Seth Searle, *Plaid Cloth, Fruit and Nanna's Glassware*, oil on canvas, 2020. Documentation by Jonathon Griggs. — Seth Searle, Plaid Cloth, Fruit and Nanna's Glassware, oil on canvas, 2020. Documentation by Jonathon Griggs.

Seth Searle, installation view, 2020. Documentation by Christo Crocker, Eliza Dyball and Aaron Rees.

Seth Searle, installation view, 2020. Documentation by Christo Crocker, Eliza Dyball and Aaron Rees.

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