All of That
Implicit Memory

Wellington Street Projects ∣ Sydney, Australia

Solo Exhibition 2016

All of That Implicit Memory Making Do 2016 Oil and Acrylic on Cut-out Aluminium 23x29x3cm Clare Thackway

Making Do

2016 Oil and Acrylic on Cut-out Aluminium 23x29x3cm

  • All of That Implicit Memory Passing Down 2016 Oil and Acrylic on Cut-out Aluminium 23x29x3cm Clare Thackway

    Passing Down

    2016 Oil and Acrylic on Cut-out Aluminium 23x29x3cm

  • All of That Implicit Memory Great 2017 Oil and Acrylic on Cut-out Aluminium 25x22x3cm Clare Thackway

    Great

    2017 Oil and Acrylic on Cut-out Aluminium 25x22x3cm

  • All of That Implicit Memory To Recollect 2016 Oil and Acrylic on Cut-out Aluminium 23x29x3cm Clare Thackway

    To Recollect

    2016 Oil and Acrylic on Cut-out Aluminium 23x29x3cm

  • All of That Implicit Memory Same Different 2016 Oil and Acrylic on Cut-out Aluminium 15x29x3cm Clare Thackway

    Same Different

    2016 Oil and Acrylic on Cut-out Aluminium 15x29x3cm

  • All of That Implicit Memory Holding 2016 Oil and Acrylic on Cut-out Aluminium 12x17x3cm Clare Thackway

    Holding

    2016 Oil and Acrylic on Cut-out Aluminium 12x17x3cm

  • All of That Implicit Memory Copy 2016 Oil and Acrylic on Cut-out Aluminium 15x30x3cm Clare Thackway

    Copy

    2016 Oil and Acrylic on Cut-out Aluminium 15x30x3cm

  • All of That Implicit Memory One Over Other 2016 Oil and Acrylic on Cut-out Aluminium 25.8x40x3cm Clare Thackway

    One Over Other

    2016 Oil and Acrylic on Cut-out Aluminium 25.8x40x3cm

  • All of That Implicit Memory Not Completely Aware 2016 Oil and Acrylic on Cut-out Aluminium 16x58x3cm Clare Thackway

    Not Completely Aware

    2016 Oil and Acrylic on Cut-out Aluminium 16x58x3cm

  • All of That Implicit Memory Making Do 2016 Oil and Acrylic on Cut-out Aluminium 23x29x3cm Clare Thackway

    Making Do

    2016 Oil and Acrylic on Cut-out Aluminium 23x29x3cm

Open Shut Them

2017 Oil and Acrylic on Cut-out Aluminium 17x34.5x3cm
All of That Implicit Memory Open Shut Them 2017 Oil and Acrylic on Cut-out Aluminium 17x34.5x3cm Clare Thackway
  • All of That Implicit Memory You Me We 2017 Oil and Acrylic on Cut-out Aluminium 22.4x28.6x3cm Clare Thackway

    You Me We

    2017 Oil and Acrylic on Cut-out Aluminium 22.4x28.6x3cm

  • All of That Implicit Memory Inherent 2016 Oil and Acrylic on Cut-out Aluminium 31.5x50x3cm Clare Thackway

    Inherent

    2016 Oil and Acrylic on Cut-out Aluminium 31.5x50x3cm

  • All of That Implicit Memory Making Sense 2016 Oil and Acrylic on Cut-out Aluminium 18x30x3cm Clare Thackway

    Making Sense

    2016 Oil and Acrylic on Cut-out Aluminium 18x30x3cm

  • All of That Implicit Memory Throw Back 2016 Oil and Acrylic on Cut-out Aluminium 18x41.6x3cm Clare Thackway

    Throw Back

    2016 Oil and Acrylic on Cut-out Aluminium 18x41.6x3cm

  • All of That Implicit Memory Interlace 2016 Oil and Acrylic on Cut-out Aluminium 29x45x3cm Clare Thackway

    Interlace

    2016 Oil and Acrylic on Cut-out Aluminium 29x45x3cm

  • All of That Implicit Memory Mother's Mother Daughter's Daughter 2016 Oil and Acrylic on Cut-out Aluminium 31x58x3cm Clare Thackway

    Mother's Mother Daughter's Daughter

    2016 Oil and Acrylic on Cut-out Aluminium 31x58x3cm

  • All of That Implicit Memory Passing Time 2017 Oil and Acrylic on Cut-out Aluminium 16x38.4x3cm Clare Thackway

    Passing Time

    2017 Oil and Acrylic on Cut-out Aluminium 16x38.4x3cm

  • All of That Implicit Memory Learn to Be 2017 Oil and Acrylic on Cut-out Aluminium 13.2x36.8x3cm Clare Thackway

    Learn to Be

    2017 Oil and Acrylic on Cut-out Aluminium 13.2x36.8x3cm

Clare Thackway on
All of That
Implicit Memory

Implicit memory doesn’t bring with it a sense of remembering when something is recalled but surfaces through emotions, impulses, behaviours, perceptions and bodily sensations. Saved from birth, implicit memories inform our mental processes in response to interpersonal experiences. How we make sense of our past, whether consciously or not, influences our present perceptions of ourselves and how we interact with others. This body of work is a contemplation of what is passed down from generation to generation.

Be it mannerisms, traits, or patterns in behaviour, our inheritance is stored in genetics and memory. Following a maternal lineage, the ten subjects of these paintings span four generations, great-grandmother, grandmother, mother, aunt, daughter, niece, sister and cousin. Each subject was asked to position their hands in the same repeated interlocked gestures. Left hand touches right alluding to connectedness, things hidden and things shared, alluding to a personal and implied symbolism. This body of work speaks to both the specificity and universality of intergenerational ties and the complexities of attachment relationships.

Installation

Wellington Street Projects

All of That Implicit Memory Wellington Street Projects Sydney 2016 Clare Thackway 1
All of That Implicit Memory Wellington Street Projects Sydney 2016 Clare Thackway
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All of That Implicit Memory Wellington Street Projects Sydney 2016 Clare Thackway 4
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All of That Implicit Memory Wellington Street Projects Sydney 2016 Clare Thackway 7

Recent Work

Knowing To Know 2024 Oil on Linen 81x65cm Clare Thackway

Knowing

Sophie Gannon Gallery
Melbourne, Australia

Falling Jesus Mode 2024 Oil on Linen 162x114cm Clare Thackway

Falling

Le Pavé d’Orsay Galérie
Paris

Patterns Changing All of the Things 2022 Oil on Linen 81x65cm Clare Thackway

Patterns Changing

Sophie Gannon Gallery
Melbourne, Australia