Mekong Collective

The story behind a recurring character in Sydney artist James Ettelsons work, began at Australia's Big Banana 'I find the big things by the side of our roads bizarre. The way we build giant fruit, or a sheep, a lobster, a boot. On a road trip some time ago I went to the big banana and had a bad banana. That same year I had a solo show coming up and decided to create a ceramic plate that communicated my absurd experience. The face on this plate I later named Mekong, has since floated free from the ceramic and onto a number of different mediums. You could say Mekong is living in a kind of Wonderland, appearing and disappearing at will — taking part in only those things that are of interest.'...View all