Art is rubbish

By Casey Neill
But until now the hills have missed out on seeing her work first-hand.
Kilderry’s exhibition Intentionless Grace is now on show at Upwey’s Burrinja Gallery.
She said it was ‘lovely’ to share her work close to home.
“I suppose it didn’t really occur to me to show locally,” she said.
Kilderry found her inspiration for the abstract collection at a country junkyard.
“I started to browse around and I just found such great shapes,” she said.
She wanted her paintings and drawings to capture the essence and soul of the discarded machinery and parts.
“They seemed to have personalities when I picked them up,” she said.
“They were part of something working for years. They still do have that life force.”
Kilderry worked on the 12 paintings and 11 drawings for three years. She said the creative process was more complex than usual.
“Generally I just work intuitively from within,” she said.
“I sort of had to tackle each one differently. Each different shape had to be attacked in a different way.”
Kilderry’s work is held in prestigious collections including the Australian National Gallery in Canberra and the Lefebvre Collection in Sydney.
She recently completed her masters in Fine Art at Monash University.
Intentionless Grace is on show at Burrinja Gallery, 351 Glenfern Road, Upwey until 12 July.
Some of the items that inspired the work are also on display.