Safe from the rising tide?: Andrew Tomkins

This exhibition brings together Andrew Tomkins’ lifelong graphic depiction of local environments under threat from global warming and rising sea levels. Featured locations are those that are, or once were critically endangered, this includes the Badu mangroves at Homebush Bay. These mangroves, once an industrial wasteland is now a world recognised estuarine wetland. Another site of focus is the Chain of Ponds, an award-winning restoration of a section of the Cooks River, which disappointingly, again is under threat.

This exhibition aims to foster an appreciation of our local environment with the hope to stimulate concern for the future of all natural places. The question is, how safe really are these marginal wetlands?

Andrew Tomkins is represented by Art Atrium.

Official opening:
Monday 22 April 2024, 6pm

Guest Speaker:
Professor Mabel Lee, Fellow of the Australian
Academy of the Humanities, Honorary Adjunct
Professor, University of Sydney & Honorary
Professor, Hong Kong Metropolitan University

Exhibition Overview(PDF, 108KB)
Q&A with Andrew Tomkins(PDF, 1MB)

Watch now: Exhibition tour of Safe from the rising tide?: Andrew Tomkins

Andrew Tomkins, Slowly goes the night, Homebush Bay 2020, ink and aerosol on polyester film, LED light strip