In Conversation with Chris Dolman

Chris Dolman describes his exhibition This won't last as a response to questions that he has pondered lately;

Can a ruin ever be complete, or is its essence always in the process of becoming? Do ideas shape the world more through their clarity or their ambiguity? Is a ruin a mask, or a memory unravelling?

To hear Dolman ponder these questions further in-person, come along to our In Conversation, at which Chris will chat to Sydney College of the Arts student, Lily Tsuruko Tucker, about This won't last within the exhibition space.

Food and drink provided. Free, all welcome.

Learn more about the exhibition and related public programs here.

Chris Dolman

Chris Dolman is a cross disciplinary artist and teacher living and working on Gadigal land. Using traditional techniques with ad-hoc methodologies, Dolman explores contradictions within himself and the world around him, examining existential themes of loss and impermanence, expectation and failure. Dolman has been the recipient of numerous awards, including the 2019 Fauvette Loureiro Memorial Artists Traveling Scholarship. He has undertaken recidencies, including at Bundanon Trust and Artspace Sydney, and, internationally, at the Cité Internationale des Arts in Paris and Frans Masereel Centrum in Belgium.

Lily Tsuruko Tucker
Lily Tsuruko Tucker (b. 2004) is an artist living and working on Gadigal land. As a third-year student at SCA, their practice draws upon the themes of spectatorship, personal superstitions, and commitment, translating the particular images from their mind into sculptural form. Their devotion to the labour of carving premises the affective relationships built between Tucker and their works, cradling each piece fondly with great hesitance to let them live alone. Experimenting in wood, rosin, and metal, Tucker uses their suite of enigmas to mediate intimate dialogues between the microscopic and the universal. 

VENUE ACCESS

Wheelchair access - there are two lifts available: one on City Rd and one on Maze Crescent.

Accessible and all-gender bathrooms are located about 90 metres from Verge. They are equipped with a handrail. A baby-change table is available.
Guide Dogs and support animals are welcome at Verge.

For detailed access information to the venue, please visit the Access page on Verge's website.

ACCESSIBILITY

If you have accessibility requirements that you would like to notify us of, please email vergeassistant@usu.edu.au.

Image: Chris Dolman, This won’t last, 2025. Image courtesy of the artist.