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Through our gallery and off-site programs, Slag Heap Projects’ advocates for Far West NSW artists by facilitating experimentation, place-based research and commercial engagement. Slag Heap Projects wants to understand increasingly complex cultural frictions by creating a space where art is a tool for inquiry.


Slag heap, Round Hill, Lake Pamamaroo, Stephen’s Creek, Wilyakali and Barkindji Country, 2021-23. Photo: Hester Lyon
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Joshua de Gruchy
Watching a story 

21 June - 18 August 2024


We are excited to present Watching a story, a solo exhibition of recent work by Broken Hill-based artist Joshua de Gruchy.

Joshua is an artist currently living on Wilyakali Country in far west New South Wales. Having spent time exploring remote areas across Australia, the landscape has become de Gruchy’s primary muse, influencing his palette and lyrical style of mark making through a variety of mediums and raw materials.

Embedded with personal stories and developing concepts, Joshua’s work balances between the abstract and the figurative; experimenting with colour, line and form to understand how a place or memory can be recalled without being defined.

Something from somewhere, 2023
Gouache on paper (unframed)
64.5 x 50 cm
$500


Lost in the source, 2023
Gouache and oil pastel on paper (unframed)
64.5 x 50 cm
$500


One of many, 2024
Synthetic polymer paint on board, framed in Tasmanian Oak
41.5 x 21.5
$300


Sharp words through split teeth, 2024
Synthetic polymer paint on board, framed in Tasmanian Oak
38 x 41 cm
$500



Morning bike ride, 2023
Gouache and oil pastel on paper (unframed)
41 x 31 cm
$300


Rising faster than it falls, 2023
Synthetic polymer paint on poly-cotton canvas, framed in Tasmanian Oak
152 x 132 cm
$3,500


Piano, out of tune, 2024 Synthetic polymer paint on board, framed in Tasmanian Oak
92 x 62.5 cm
$1,250


Out the door, 2024
Synthetic polymer paint on board with bits of wood, framed in Tasmanian Oak
22.5 x 22.5 cm
$300



Reflecting on a creek bed, 2024
Synthetic polymer paint on board, framed in Tasmanian Oak
45.5 x 30 cm
$500


Post Wilcannia reflection, 2024
Synthetic polymer paint on board, framed in Tasmanian Oak
41.5 x 22 cm
$300




Seen but not heard, 2023
Gouache and oil pastel on paper (unframed)
64.5 x 50 cm
$500


Sun washed, 2024
Synthetic polymer paint on board, framed in Tasmanian Oak
72 x 41.5 cm
$850


Sun washed II, 2024
Synthetic polymer paint on board, framed in Tasmanian Oak
72 x 41.5 cm
$850


Exotic Splendour, 2023
Gouache and oil pastel on paper (unframed)
64.5 x 50 cm
$500


Kinetic, 2023
Gouache and oil pastel on paper (unframed)
41 x 31 cm
$300


Here and then, 2023
Gouache and oil pastel on paper (unframed)
64.5 x 50 cm
$500


The Cat who may or may not be there, 2024
Synthetic polymer paint on board, framed in Tasmanian Oak
120 x 120 cm (diptych)
$3,000


The edge of a shadow, 2023
Synthetic polymer paint on board, framed in Tasmanian Oak
72 x 41.5 cm
$850


Two Mice, Twice, Om, 2024
Synthetic polymer paint on board, framed in Tasmanian Oak
167.5 x 107.5 cm
$3,500


Water and pigment, 2023
Gouache on paper (unframed)
64.5 x 50 cm
$500




Baaka study I, 2024
Synthetic polymer paint on board, framed in Tasmanian Oak
22.5 x 22.5 cm
$250


Looked at, probably, 2024
Synthetic polymer paint and earth on board, framed in Tasmanian Oak
66 x 58.5 cm
$950


Too safe by the fire, 2023
Synthetic polymer paint on board, framed in Tasmanian Oak
72 x 67 cm
$950



The Baaka, Wilcannia, 2024
Synthetic polymer paint on board, framed in Tasmanian Oak
19.5 x 15 cm
$200


Before the second time, 2023
Synthetic polymer paint on poly-cotton canvas, framed in Tasmanian Oak
92.5 x 92.5
$1,500




Colour study on Australian Sienna, 2024 
Synthetic polymer paint on board, framed in Tasmanian Oak
60 x 30 cm
$400


Colour study on yellow, 2024
Synthetic polymer paint on board, framed in Tasmanian Oak
72 x 41.5 cm
$850


A heat that toasts your bread, 2023
Synthetic polymer paint on board, framed in Tasmanian Oak
78 x 57.5 cm
$1,100




Dust under my sock, 2023
Gouache on paper (unframed)
64.5 x 50 cm
$500


Ecdysis II, 2024
Synthetic polymer paint and a bit of wood on board, framed in Tasmanian Oak
84 x 62 cm
$1,100


Again, once more a few times, 2024
Synthetic polymer paint on poly-cotton canvas, framed in Tasmanian Oak
39 x 112 cm
$3,000



Somewhere next to the other, 2023
Synthetic polymer paint on board, framed in Tasmanian Oak
72 x 82 cm
$1,250


Death in the chapel, 2023
Gouache on paper (unframed)
25 x 26 cm
$300