{"product_id":"michelle-gow-taking-hold-i-iv-2026","title":"Michelle Gow -Taking Hold I–IV, 2026","description":"\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMedium\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMixed media assemblage incorporating aluminium, leather, charred timber, metal fixtures and lichen on panel, presented in four shadow boxes\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eInstalled together as a 2 × 2 window grid with approximately 2 cm spacing between each work.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2 dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTaking Hold I–IV\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e considers what happens when a place abandoned by one life form becomes shelter for another.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAcross fractured surfaces of metal, leather and charred timber, deterioration becomes a point of transition rather than an ending. Lichen begins to take hold within seams, ruptures and damaged surfaces, quietly inhabiting a structure that has been left behind.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWhat we might recognise as corrosion, decay and loss becomes, for another form of life, shelter and a place to belong. The work considers home not as something fixed or exclusively human, but as something that can be reclaimed, adapted and inhabited again.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePresented together as a four-part window grid, the works offer separate views into the same changing structure — moments in which abandonment and renewal exist simultaneously.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Michelle Gow","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67956177240124,"sku":null,"price":4400.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0609\/1135\/3916\/files\/Taking_Hold_I-IV_Installation_Rendercopy.png?v=1794285798","url":"https:\/\/pseudonymgallery.com\/products\/michelle-gow-taking-hold-i-iv-2026","provider":"Pseudonym Gallery","version":"1.0","type":"link"}