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Emilie Syme-Lamont
Nature Sounds, 2026
Acrylic and Oil on canvas
Height 101 cm x Width 122 cm
Artwork is stretched and ready to hang & comes with a certificate of authenticity
Starting Bid: $
'Nature Sounds' considers traces of memory within the domestic interior. The loosely painted space contains various animal objects — things that were once part of an animal, alongside more familiar domestic furnishings. Overlaid across the scene are the stripes of zebras, lingering ghost-like above the space.
The work is interested in the relationship between interior and exterior worlds, and in the ways we bring fragments of the natural world into our homes as a source of comfort, grounding and familiarity. In doing so, however, we separate these things from their original context, turning ‘nature’ into something collected, contained and ultimately objectified.
At the same time, Nature Sounds considers the way objects and spaces can hold memory. They become repositories for traces of people, animals and events — retaining something of what has passed through them, even after the original presence is gone. The zebra stripes hover within the interior as a kind of residue: a memory of something that is both present and absent.
Artist Bio: Emilie Syme-Lamont graduated from The National Art School in Sydney and holds an MFA in Drawing and a BFA in Painting. She has held solo exhibitions at M Contemporary (Sydney), Edwina Corlette Gallery (Brisbane) PINCE projects (Budapest) and Incinerator Gallery (Melbourne). Her body of work includes painting, drawing, ceramics, and more recently, sound, silicone, and bookmaking. Her work is held in private collections in Australia, the USA, and Europe, and in the National Art School Archives in Sydney.
Dimensions:
101 cm x 122 cm