Projects
Dancing To The Sound Of My Grandfather’s Bones (2020)
Multi-channel video installation See Videos Here
Supported by ArtsWA and Minderoo Foundation
“…Sprigg’s latest conversation with himself, and the world, around these themes (What does it mean to be a man, stoic, heroic, frail, and strong? What do we inherit from our families, boys from their fathers? How does their environment shape people?). It is informed by recent research into epigenetics, a hypothesis that traumatic experiences can alter human biology and behaviour. It shows how we are mutable. How we as individuals change and respond to our environment, how we become ourselves. The people of Leonora he documents give us entrée to their stories, revealing the blueprint of their lives. Sprigg records them, interposed with images of the landscapes they inhabit, to offer insight through juxtaposition and reflection. It is a guided introduction to the people of Leonora. We learn about them, from them, about this place and their lives and how they intertwine through Sprigg’s eyes and his empathy.”
- Ted Snell (AM CitWA)
Agnus Dei (after Zurbaran) (2018)
Wood, paper receipt + text messages
“The artist very cleverly engages his audience by requiring them to send a text. He then responds with a beautifully shot video of a ram that is poignant, elegant and moving.”
- Judge’s comments: Hedland Art Awards
Allotment (2018-)
Unmarked Aluminium Cans with various contents - cola, beer, tea, juice, sarsaparilla, lemonade, pasito…
Participants must drink in silence but not alone.
Chicken (2019)
Oil on Canvas
107cm x 178cm
Aimee Dodds in Art Almanac writes -
“Roderick Sprigg’s paintings of vehicular accidents Beautiful as the Chance Meeting Between a Landcruiser and a Train and Chicken walk the line between sincerity and irony, examining masculinity, risk-taking youth and disaster. Sprigg’s title may be ironic but his work is beautiful; much like an actual car crash, it is hard to look away, and one is mesmerised by a combination of macabre interest, guilt, attraction and disgust.”
