Christopher Rimmer 'Near Callanna Station, South Australia' mid century modernism 'On the Barren Thorns' 2004

'On the Barren Thorns' 2004

indistinct and yet crushing ghost

let ‘Night’ enlighten your collection

the land is less a static view and more keenly

and city buildings are all animated by movement

Christopher Rimmer 'Near Callanna Station, South Australia' mid century modernism 'On the Barren Thorns' 2004In his series, Remnant, photographer Christopher Rimmer descends into the Australian outback. Set against the backdrop of covid, the resulting photographs are portraits of isolation, the Australian sublime and exhausted ambition abandoned service stations, unfinished railways lines and rusted debris. In Near Callanna Station, South Australia two planes stand Christ like on their tails, wingtip to wingtip. This site based sculpture, called Plane Henge,