Paul Cullen
Attempts, December 2001
Colour photograph
619 x 450 mm

Paul Cullen’s says he developed Attempts, “In relation to 60’s conceptual art practice, and in particular the work of artists like Gordon Matta-Clark and Robert Smithson, whose work is known primarily in the form of documentation.”

Attempts are a body of photographs documenting temporary installations and forming an ongoing sculptural project that began in 1999. They are the outcome of travel (national and international) and broad research over such topics as science, architecture, literature, history, gardens and place.


Text on image:

December 2001
Installation made adjacent to the East Cape Lighthouse, New Zealand, during a severe tropical cyclone. The lighthouse building was originally established on the neighbouring island but had to be relocated to its present position when the island began to collapse.


Go to Paul Cullen's website to view others in the Attempts series 1999-2006


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