Lot 63

Jan Manton Gallery, Sydney
Private collection, Melbourne, acquired from the above in 2019

Robyn Stacey, Dark Wonder, Stills Gallery, Sydney, 8 October - 5 November 2016 (another example)

The sculpture 'Eternity' was the final artwork created by Martin Sharp (1942-2013) and is captured here in a unique photograph by Sydney-based artist Robyn Stacey. Taken in Sharp's Bellevue Hill home, Wirrian, the image employs Stacey's distinct camera obscura technique. Stacey's practice, explored in her series 'Dark Wonder,' revives the centuries-old method of camera obscura by blacking out a room's windows, allowing a single pinhole of light to project an inverted, reversed view of the outside world onto the walls within. This view, seen from Sharp's home, adds a haunting presence to his final work.