Paul Cullen
Attempts, July 2002
Colour photograph
619 x 450 mm


Paul Cullen’s 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:

July 2002
Installation in the garden of the Chateau de Courance, France. Designed in the mid 1600's by Andre le Notre the was apparently visited by the writer Marcel Proust in 1903. During the French Revolution the owner was guillotined.


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


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