Remains suspends icons of civilisation and ritual in geological stasis, fragments collide within the earths strata only to be rediscovered and submerged once more. Landscapes, architecture, and objects become conflated within compositions that shift between collected and taxonomized to exploded and precariously stacked atop each other. All these forms slide into a sameness within the earth, rusting and deteriorating, becoming sediment and then rock once more.
Athans works through these processes of compressing and burying, layering paints, rust and stencilled textures to excavate forms and build minimal landscapes from the steel surface. As this surface is eroded and then recovered again and again, collections and deposits form creating a scene that blends between the constructed, organic and abstract.
Ari holds a Diploma of Arts in Jewellery Design from Sydney Institute of TAFE, a Diploma in Gemology from the Gemological Association of Australia, and a Bachelor of Applied Science from University of Technology, Sydney. She has exhibited throughout Australia and internationally, and received Arts Queensland grants in 2000, 2002 and 2007. Her work is held in the Toowoomba Regional Gallery Collection and numerous private collections
