Individual Residencies
2022 | Sally Traxler-Lavengood
My project while at The Museum of Loss and Renewal was a part of the process of grieving the loss of my grandmother. She was a collector of beautiful objects. Her passion was thrifted jewellery that she wore in bulk with absolutely no restraint and gave away on the spot to anyone who she thought might enjoy them.
My residency came at the end of a trip around Belgium where my grandmother spent her childhood. Using pieces of her jewellery lent to me by family members as reference, the paintings produced during this time centred around detailed depictions of these objects. It was a deeply personal project but produced work that allow even more people to see and enjoy my grandmother’s beautiful items, collected over her lifetime.