AN exhibition by Australian contemporary artist Cameron Robbins called Heliocentric has arrived at the Wangaratta Art Gallery.
It features a new installation Helio Ephemera, commissioned by the Wangaratta Art Gallery, alongside the artist's recent works, which continue his exploration of the dynamic energies provided by the sun, moon, wind, water and the earth's magnetic field.
For many years Robbins has made drawings by producing machines or 'instruments' (as he calls them) that make visible the patterning of the earth's dynamism.
Helio Ephemera is a direct–drive solar–powered drawing instrument, comprised of an outdoor solar panel which operates the motor of the indoor drawing instrument, responding directly to the energies of light and shade.
As the day passes, it slowly inscribes graphite lines onto a finely honed and slowly rotating marble slab.
Curator Ashlee Laing said the Wangaratta Art Gallery was delighted to present this new commission.
"It's a beautiful exhibition that will delight audiences by fusing the notion of artist as inventor and the power and wonder of earth's elemental energies," she said.
Heliocentric also features large and small drawings from similar solar devices in the artist's studio over the long months of lockdowns.
There are also light drawings made within the landscape under the night sky.
See Heliocentric: Recent works by Cameron Robbins at the Wangaratta Art Gallery until October 30.
