The Art Gallery of SA acquires major work by Alex Seton
Published on the 14 May 2014
The Art Gallery of South Australia has acquired COFA graduate Alex Seton’s installation Someone died trying to have a life like mine.
The work was exhibited in the 2014 Adelaide Biennial of Australian Art Dark Heart. It references and acts as a memorial to the 28 life jackets that washed up on Cocos Island off the coast of Western Australia in May 2013.
Image: Alex Seton, Someone died trying to have a life like mine, 2013, Wombeyan marble, polyester webbing, stainless steel Installation view, 2014 Adelaide Biennial of Australian Art, Art Gallery of South Australia.