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MAIN GALLERY HOW YOU MAKE IT 21 June – 24 August In collaboration with Craft Victoria, the exhibition explored fashion design practices that draw on traditional tailoring techniques to form contemporary collections – fashion design that is characterised by its multidimensional and structurally complex nature. It presented unique materials, tools, techniques and templates for making. The featured designers have developed conceptual practices in the space between craft and design. PROJECT GALLERY Refashioning the Fashion21 June – 24 August This exhibition explored the notions of wearable and unwearable ‘jewellery’. Works from diverse artists such as Julia deVille, Tiffany Parbs, Leah Heiss, Mel Young and New Zealanders Chelsea Gough and Gabby O’Conner rebuild, recreate, restore, renovate, remake, reassemble, remodel, refashion, revamp, recondition, refurbish, re-enact jewellery for people and our environment. MAIN GALLERY DESIGN NOW! NATIONAL GRADUATE EXHIBITION 2008 5 April - 15 June 2008
Formerly titled new design, this rejuvenated annual exhibition featured three impressive graduates in each of the six new categories, representing the breadth and diversity of design education in Australian universities today.
Design Now! provided a fantastic opportunity to preview the very latest in design, and meet Australia 's next generation of iconic designer s. A chance to see the best emerging ideas and trends in design, Design Now! represented a group of 18 finalists selected from 120 nominees from 21 universities across the country. 2008 finalists were:
Design for Studio Practice Louisa Vilde (Monash), Lee Mathers (SCA), Christopher Earl Melbourne (RMIT) Design for the Home Jye Edwards (UTAS), Sian Power (COFA), Patrick J Miller and Peter Cole (Curtin) Design for the Built Environment Gabi Parke (UNSW), Linda Matthews (UTS), Feifei Feng (COFA) Design for Industry Ben Forsyth (Swinburne), Hiro (Chao-Jung) Lai (COFA), Viktor Legin (Swinburne) Design for the Body Kevin Azzopardi (RMIT), Tane Andrews (Curtin), Denae Trickey (RMIT) Design for Communication Karin Colpani (UTS), Prema Bhakti Weir (UTS), Daniel Peterson (Swinburne) Object's Award for Creative Innovation went to Kevin Azzopardi (RMIT) for his complex and elegant line of menswear. This award was a $2500 cash prize awarded to an outstanding finalist who has shown exceptional creativity and innovation and pushing the boundaries of design. The Living Edge Travelling Scholarship went to Sian Power's (COFA) for her series of narrative wallpapers embellished with reference to popular culture and nostalgia. This award was offered by Object in partnership with Living Edge and comprised of a return trip to Los Angeles (to visit Eames House and the Living Edge LA showroom) as well as five nights accommodation and $1000 spending money.
PROJECT SPACE BOTANICALS 5 April - 15 June 2008
Prominent Australian contemporary artists inspired by the natural environment were showcased in Botanicals, a unique exhibition experience at Object Gallery curated by Kylie Johnston.The fifteen featured artists represent a new generation of practitioners who have explored the abundant source of inspiration within Australia, shedding historical associations of kitsch, and looking beyond the repetitive trend of overseas influence.
The artists included: Sandra Black, Julie Blyfield, Nicole Cerini, Quyen Do , India Flint , Alasdair Gordon, Marian Hosking, Maire Littlewood, Amanda Louden, Vicki Mason, Julie Paterson, David Neale, Jennifer Robertson, Tania Rolland and Alice Whish.
MAIN GALLERY A SECRET HISTORY OF BLUE AND WHITE: CONTEMPORARAY AUSTRALIAN CERAMICS 19 January - 23 March 2008 A Secret History of Blue and White: Contemporary Australian Ceramics showcased the ingenious work of five prominent Australian contemporary artists, Stephen Benwell, Robin Best, Bronwyn Kemp, Vipoo Srivilasa and Gerry Wedd.
Whether it is a childhood memory of your grandmother's precious porcelain cabinet or recollections of your travels to Asia, the Middle East or Europe, most of us have a connection to the blue and white ceramic tradition. A Secret history of Blue and White: Contemporary Australian Ceramics subverts our preconceived notions by applying a contemporary edge and taking this classic practise to a completely new place. PROJECT SPACE SOLID AND SUGGESTED SPACE: NEW WORK BY RICHARD WHITELEY 19 January - 23 March - Project Space
Richard Whiteley is one of Australia 's foremost artists in the glass cast movement. He is currently Head of the Glass Workshop at the Canberra School of Art and is heavily involved in the education of the next generation of Australian glass artists. Whiteley has worked with glass since he was sixteen years of age and since then his work has been represented and acquired by major public galleries in Australia, North America and Europe. His solo show in Object's Project Space coincided with the Annual AusGlass conference being held in Canberra in late January 2008. Whiteley's large poetic forms commanded a presence that transcended their sheer size and extended to the masterful technical proficiency behind his work.
MAIN GALLERY LIVING TREASURES: MASTERS OF AUSTRALIAN CRAFT MARIAN HOSKING: JEWELLERY 10 November 2007 - 13 January 2008
This third exhibition in Object's widely applauded Living Treasures: Masters of Australian Craft series. This exhibition celebrated Marian Hosking, one of Australia 's foremost contemporary jewellers and silversmiths. With a career spanning over almost 40 years, Hosking has exhibited both nationally and internationally and is represented in numerous collections. Working almost exclusively with silver, her work is concerned with rich surface patterns and textures.
Reflecting Hosking's particular concerns for the natural environment, her pieces echo the forms and motifs of found in nature. This exhibition included a large scale sculptural work along with a collection of new vessels and object pieces. Object was honoured to present this master artist at Object Gallery, followed by an extensive national tour. This exhibition was accompanied by a comprehensive monograph. Click here.
PROJECT SPACE EXCHANGE WORKS BY MAVIS GUNUMBAR, ROSE MAMUNINY AND ALICE WHISH 10 November 2007 - 13 January 2008
Exchange was a cross cultural project involving three bodywear makers who have researched and created new work individually and collaboratively in Elcho Island, Melbourne and Sydney. These artists are bound together through their use of materials and interest in historical and cultural practises. Together they share the knowledge of techniques and materials, experience and stories.
The work and exhibition resulting from this beautiful partnership of traditions and materials highlighted not only the strength within the cultures but also the friendship of the makers.
MAIN GALLERY BOMBAY SAPPHIRE DESIGN DISCOVERY AWARD EXHIBITION 2007 11 September - 4 November 2007
Building on the success of the 2006 exhibition, the Design Discovery Award Exhibition aimed to both reward and promote excellence in functional design and uncover the most original and inventive minds working in the fields of lighting, furniture, accessories and homewares.
The ten finalists selected from over sixty of Australia 's finest contemporary designers in 2007 were: Anthony Dann, Kelly Freeman and Rina Bernabei, Michael Hoppe, Simone LeAmon, Stefan Lie, Berto Pandolfo, Nick Rennie, Elliat Rich, John Smith and Edward Wong.
Recognised locally and internationally as the most prestigious award in Australian design, the Design Discovery Award for 2007, announced by industry heavy-weight Ron Arad, went to Kelly Freeman and Rina Bernabei for their innovative design Totem. Judged by a panel of senior industry identities, the duo received a $30,000 scholarship and a trip to Milan to attend the most important annual showcase and gathering in the design cosmos: the Salon del Mobile.
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MAIN GALLERY MAKING AND MEANING 1: CRAFT IN THE 21ST CENTURY 7 July - 2 September 2007
Making and Meaning: Craft in the 21st Century was the first in a series of three internationally-focused biennial exhibitions that seek to challenge certain distinctions between art and craft within our contemporary visual culture. Each exhibition will present outstanding and compelling work by artists and crafts practitioners from a number of selected countries, including Australia . Drawing deliberately on 'Old World' connections the 2007 Making and Meaning brought together nine practitioners from Australia, Canada, New Zealand and the United Kingdom whose range of practises play within the expanding border zones between art and craft.
The outstanding practitioners exhibiting in 2007 were Lyn Carter (Canada), Michael Doolan (Australia), Ruth Dupre (UK), Warwick Freeman (NZ), Beth Hatton (Australia), Gina Matchitt (NZ / USA), Tom Moore (NZ), Richard Slee (UK) and Jeannie Thib (Canada). Each of these artists work experimentally with materials as diverse as glass, textiles, ceramics and found objects. Using varied eclectic approaches and hybrid processes they create works that defy easy categorisation between the two spheres of art and craft and art not encumbered by the historical debate between them. For example, Michael Doolan is a Melbourne-based ceramist whose work rivals Jeff Koon's for contemporary pop art sensibility, Toronto-based Jeannie Thib's reworked pattern motifs are just as much about their installation as their stylisation and the UK 's Ruth Dupre produces abstract and visceral glass forms that simultaneously seduce and repulse.
MAIN GALLERY NEW DESIGN 2007 22 May - 1 July 2007
Each year, a handful of design graduates are selected from universities across Australia to be a part of new design. From among these finalists, a panel of prestigious judges select winners for the Object Award for Studio-based Practice or the Object Award for Design for Manufacture, each carrying a cash prize of $2,000. The prizes catapult winners into the public eye, earning them acclaim and exceptional professional opportunities.
This popular exhibition introduces the most outstanding design graduates in the country, working across product design, textiles, fashion, ceramics, glass and furniture. As in the past, the new visionaries in new design 2007 will be keenly watched by the industry, inspire the next generation of students and provide an alternative outlook for the general public.
In 2007, new design had a cross-generational theme as these new designer s looked to older friends for fresh a perspective. Through insightful dialogue and witty humour their relationships reveal the stories behind each design and introduce these final year design students as Australia's designer s of the future. The winner of new design 2007 Object Award Design for Manufacture went to Frag Woodall (UTS) and Kasey Smits (Monash University) and Cobi Cockburn (ANU) as joint winners of the Object Award for Studio-based Practice.
new design 2007 FINALISTS:
Tanya Abrahams (RMIT) Kate Baker ( University of Canberra ) Owen Bawden (UTS) Claire Brooks ( Curtain University ) Cobi Cockburn (ANU) Jessica Dudgeon (UTS) Jessica Mitchell ( Curtain University of Technology) Michelle Moore (SASA) Nell Oliver (RMIT) Shannon O'Loughlin (SCA) Sarah O'Sullivan (NAS) Liam Ryan (UTS) Kacey Smits ( Monash University ) Daniel Szczechowicz (COFA) Frag Woodall (UTS) MAIN SPACE RICHARD WHITELEY 22 May - 1 July 2007
Richard Whiteley is one of Australia 's most acclaimed and influential glass artists. Based in Canberra and heading up the renowned Canberra School of Art Glass Workshop, Whiteley has pushed his work in cast glass into new sculptural realms.
This exhibition in Object Gallery's Project Space was an exciting opportunity for Whiteley to showcase a new direction in his practice. His technical mastery over the medium has allowed him to focus increasingly on the conceptual ideas underpinning the work and on the ultimate presentation within the gallery space.
MAIN GALLERY & CELL BLOCK GALLERY, NATIONAL ART SCHOOL FREESTYLE: NEW AUSTRALIAN DESIGN FOR LIVING 10 March - 13 May 2007
Object Gallery and Melbourne Museum presented a groundbreaking exhibition of contemporary Australian design. Freestyle: new Australian design for living overviewed Australia 's best and freshest design for the home and the body by 40 outstanding designer s. Included in the line-up was furniture by Charles Wilson, lighting by Bernabeifreeman, textiles by cloth, homewares by Jon Goulder, fashion by Easton Pearson and Akira Isogawa, jewellery by Dinosaur Designs and personal accessories by Crumpler. Together, the works on show profiled the character, vibrancy and increasing maturity of contemporary design in Australia. Freestyle also revealed the 'stories' behind the designs, disclosing aspects of the personality, passion and process of individual designers and placed their work in broader personal and cultural contexts.
Curated by Object's Associate Director Brian Parkes and accompanied by a major publication - with exhibition design and identity by internationally acclaimed Frost Design - this compelling survey exhibition was a first-time collaboration between the Melbourne Museum and Object Gallery. Launched in Melbourne in 2006, Freestyle travelled to Sydney before embarking on a national and international tour to Milan in 2008. MAIN GALLERY BAUBLES, BANGLES AND BEADS: AUSTRALIAN CONTEMPORARY JEWELLERY 13 January - 25 February 2007
Baubles, Bangles and Beads, a Bathurst Regional Art Gallery touring exhibition, featured over 90 pieces of contemporary Australian jewellery borrowed from 15 private collections and explored the intimate relationship between maker and collector.
With each brooch, ring, necklace, pair of earrings and tiara signifying a particular moment in time for its wearer, this combined collection represented a very personal view into the lives of its diverse contributors. Not only did Baubles, Bangles and Beads showcase exquisitely crafted objects - it highlighted the stories behind these objects. The jewellers range from master craftspeople, to mid career artists, to the new generation of younger jeweller/creators and include Carlier Makigawa, Jason Moss, Darani Lewers and Helge Larsen, Barbara Heath, Robyn Gordon and Zara Collins. MAIN GALLERY VIRGINIA KAISER: RIVER STORIES 13 January - 25 February 2007
As one of Australia 's most renowned basket makers, Virginia Kaiser has been creating works for over 23 years - this was her first exhibition at Object Gallery's Project Space.
Born from 18 months' research spent in western New South Wales, her exquisitely constructed baskets, vessels and sculptural forms expressed the lost craft traditions of this area. Kaiser used locally sourced materials, such as jacaranda and pine needles, and traditional weaving, coiling and twining techniques. Her resulting forms resonate with a contemporary sensibility while raising awareness of lost weaving traditions. As with all her work, this collection pay tribute to the colours, textures and ruggedness of the Australian landscape.
MAIN GALLERY LIVING TREASURES: MASTERS OF AUSTRALIAN CRAFT KLAUS MOJE: GLASS 11 November 2006 - 7 January 2007
Living Treasures is an annual exhibition series that celebrates Australia 's most respected icons of craft. The second featured new work by master glass artist, Klaus Moje. With a career spanning 50 years and distinguished by a mastery of form and technique, Moje is one of Australia 's most celebrated glass artists. An influential educator and significant innovator, his developments in the kiln-formed mosaic glass technique have revolutionised the art of glass.
Klaus Moje: Glass is accompanied by a magnificent monograph, to find out more click here.
For a tribute to Klaus Moje by Richard Whiteley please click here. This text is the edited version of Richard Whiteley's opening night speech made at Object Gallery, Friday 10 November 2006, for the exhibition Klaus Moje: Glass.
To read more about the Living Treasures exhibition series please visit the Craft Australia website by clicking here.
This project has been supported by Bullseye Glass Co., the ACT Government through Arts ACT, the Australian National University School of Art, the Thomas Foundation, Craft Australia and by Object's National Exhibitions Strategy funded by the Australia Council. A national tour of the exhibition will be managed by Museums & Galleries New South Wales with support from Visions of Australia, the Commonwealth Government's national touring exhibitions grant program. PROJECT SPACE ZOE JAY VENESS: MATHEMATICAL BEAUTY 11 November 2006 - 7 January 2007 Zoë Jay Veness' mathematical beauty will have made you wish you'd discovered her work a long time ago. Her exquisitely crafted paper and metal jewellery is so perfectly proportioned and delicately constructed it will have had you wondering how it was made.
Developed during an artist residency in Scotland, Veness's works drew on the local colours and internal rhythms of that place. What resulted is a muted palette of endlessly repeated systems of folded paper curled, looped and draped to create bracelets, neckpieces and brooches. Each construction was based on intricate measurements,calculated to result in numerical sequences or 'codes'. According to Veness, the aim was to discover the ideal code for each piece so that the end result is 'perfect'. MAIN GALLERY BOMBAY SAPPHIRE DESIGN DISCOVERY AWARD EXHIBITION 2006 2 September - 5 November 2006 The Bombay Sapphire Design Discovery Award Exhibition 2006 represented the first time in the Award's four-yearhistory that the work of the ten finalists was exhibited. Including ground- breaking new designs by Trent Jansen, Donald Holt, Charles Wilson, David Giorgio, Henry Wilson, Louise Vilde, Ruth McDermott and Bettina Easton, Stuart McFarlane, Lana Alsamir and Kelly Freeman & Rina Bernabei, the 2006 winner was Charles Wilson. His Spool stool was surrounded by other innovative designs in lighting, furniture, accessories and homewares. The Bombay Sapphire Design Discovery Award Exhibition toured nationally in 2007. For more information about touring venues and dates please click here. Major Sponsor
PROJECT SPACE YUKEN TERUYA: REORDER 2 September - 5 November 2006 Yuken Teruya's incredibly beautiful handcrafted 'sculptures' belie the material from which they are made. Working with fast-food takeaway bags this Okinawa-born New York-based artist creates treescapes by meticulously cutting intricate shapes from these paper bags. His work is fuelled by his political commentary on the environment and globalisation, and is informed by his Okinawan heritage. Alongside these paper works, Teruya exhibited representations of traditional Okinawan kimonos. These exquisite kimonos combine traditional nature motifs, such as butterflies, with American fighter planes and paratroopers, drawing attention to the historical and political issues surrounding Okinawa . WINDOW ATELIER BOW-WOW: MANGA POD 2 September - 5 November 2006 The architecture of Tokyo-based Atelier Bow-Wow - Yoshiharu Tsukamoto and Momoyo Kaijima - is well known to Australian audiences through the extensive media coverage this groundbreaking duo has received in recent years. Well known for their quirky, space-friendly designs, they respond to the urban chaos of Tokyo by creating small architectural structures that fit into previously overlooked restricted spaces. Coining the term 'pet architecture' to define their practice, they continue to challenge traditional Japanese architecture by turning the concept of domestic living on its head - not literally, of course, but close enough. For their exhibition in the Object Gallery Window space, Atelier Bow-Wow installed a custom made manga pod. Thanks to the generous support of Hondarake Bookshop, visitors to the manga pod were able to enjoy reading a selection of manga books and comics. For more information on Hondarake Bookshop visit www.hondarake.com.
SYDNEY OPERA HOUSE EXHIBITION HALL DROOG DESIGN: A HUMAN TOUCH 5 August - 1 October 2006
Curated by Droog Design founders, Renny Ramakers and Gijs Bakker, A Human Touch featured products from the extensive Droog Design collection. On show at Object Gallery's satellite venue, the Sydney Opera House Exhibition hall, were sixty products by Droog's designer s including Marcel Wanders, Tejo Remy and Hella Jongerius. Visitors were invited to bang a metal chair into shape with a hammer, sit on a 'moving' bench made from marbles and play a 'Lucky cat' pinball machine. MAIN GALLERY A MATTER OF TIME 15 July - 27 August 2006
In a matter of time, the 16th Tamworth Fibre Textile Biennial, curator Suzie Attiwill drew together fibre works by 25 artists from a range of disciplines, including visual art, photography, fashion and textile arts. Threaded throughout the exhibition were ideas and objects that prompted us to think about the relationships between time and making, materiality, ritual, the present and memory. a matter of time highlighted the exquisitely beautiful textiles being created around Australia by a diverse range of practitioners.
PROJECT SPACE LIZ WILLIAMSON: VISIBLE DARNING 15 July - 27 August 2006
Darning, a restorative but hidden presence in so many textiles, inspired the latest body of work from Liz Williamson, one of Australia 's foremost textile artists. Although some would now struggle to imagine darning anything but the most special garment, in times past mending visible tears in the most invisible way was considered a necessary effort, and handworked stitches carried their own quiet histories. With fashion's passion for vintage and wider concerns for recycling, worn and darned textiles are enjoying a resurgence. Williamson's woven 'worn and worn' wraps and scarves in Visible Darning responded to both the history and the future of darning.
WINDOW AHN WELLS: 8 OUNCES 15 July - 27 August 2006
Made especially for the Window space at Object Gallery, Wells' larger-than-life teacups were crocheted from plastic string. In an intriguing twist on usual crochet practice, the string teacups were completely arbitrary and 'functionless'. Wells crocheted the teacups with her mother, and the work embodied universal concerns and intentions: time spent with family; learning craft from a master, and the importance of technique and process. MAIN GALLERY BIRDSONG: JANET LAURENCE WITH ROSS GIBSON 13 May - 9 July 2006 Invited by Object Gallery to create a site-specific installation for its unique space, artist Janet Laurence collaborated with new media artist and writer Ross Gibson to present Birdsong. Stimulated by a past working relationship and Laurence's research into the ornithological collection of the Australian Museum, the artists address issues of memory, history and science in an exhibition best described as moving.
PROJECT SPACE REDUCTIVE SUBLIME 13 May - 9 July 2006
Reductive Sublime showcased the minimalist approach to glass by two of the country's leading glass artists, Adelaide-based Jessica Loughlin and Deb Jones. Both artists pare back the structural and decorative elements of their work to highlight the raw quality of the material. Using light to reveal the simple form of the works and unique shapes within the glass, Reductive Sublime lured the viewer in with deliciously subdued tonal colour and quiet styling. WINDOW NICHOLAS BASTIN: ASAKUSA WINDOW 13 May - 9 July 2006 Connect Japanese fishing boats from the Edo period with deconstructed action figures and slot machine toys, and you have the individuality and fun of Asakusa Window, the result of jeweller Nicholas Bastin's 2005 Australia Council residency in Tokyo . MAIN GALLERY NEW DESIGN 2006 25 March - 7 May 2006 To be a finalist in Object's annual new design exhibition is one of the most hotly sought-after goals of final-year design students across Australia . This popular exhibition introduces the most outstanding design graduates in the ountry, working across product design, textiles, fashion, ceramics, glass and furniture.
new Design finalists 2006:
Kasia Bilinski (UTS Fashion) Campbell Boyer (Swinburne Furniture and Product Design) Dominic Chong (UTS Furniture Design) Katia Di Crescenzo (RMIT Textiles) Julie Frost (UNSW Industrial Designs) Sarah Gibson (UTS Industrial Design) Tevita Havea (ANU Glass) Linda Hughes (RMIT Jewellery) Alissa Jewell (UNSW COFA Textile design) Madeline King (University of Southern Queensland Ceramics) Aidan Li (University of Sydney, SCA Jewellery/Animation) Dan Mylonas (University of Canberra Industrial Design) Sarah Newall (University of Sydney, SCA Visual Arts) Brittany Salt (Curtin Textiles) Janice Vitkovsky (ANU Glass) PROJECT SPACE POETICA 25 March - 7 May 2006 As poetry explores the aesthetic potential of language, the crafts explore the aesthetic potential of materials, form, function and the mark of the artist. In Poetica, curator Annabel Moir explored the meeting-place of these harmonious arts, bringing together the work of six artists who produce exquisite combinations of form and poetic text. WINDOW GOING BIG 25 March - 7 May 2006
With a shared dream of pushing at the boundaries of conventional metalwork, three Canberra-based metalsmiths joined forces to 'go big' in their practice. Sean Booth's elongated, feature-lit forms, Oliver Smith's over-sized, hammerworked copper vessels, and Eric Yun-Hsiang Hu's large ornamental objects were upscaled to occupy the space of the Object Gallery Window.
SYDNEY OPERA HOUSE EXHIBITION HALL FROST*BITE: GRAPHIC IDEAS BY VINCE FROST 7 January - 12 March 2006 Frost*bite was a frank and open account of Frost's work over more than a decade: the good, the bad and the ones that got away. This inspirational exhibition provided a true reflection of the ideas-based philosophy now synonymous with Frost's name.
MAIN GALLERY PATTERN RECOGNITION 21 January - 19 March 2006
Pattern Recognition presented a new way of recognising the conscious, and less overt, possibilities of pattern in object making. In Pattern Recognition, nine Australasian artists articulated pattern in a diverse range of forms. Pattern Recognition was presented collaboratively by Object: Australian Centre for Craft and Design and Craft Queensland and was supported by Object's National Exhibitions Strategy funded by the Australia Council.
PROJECT SPACE RIAN DE JONG: STILL 21 January - 19 March 2006
The works of renowned Dutch jeweller Rian de Jong become intimate travelling companions through life. Her poetic wooden objects and jewellery are gorgeous to view when 'still', but truly come to life when worn. still was presented in association with the Jewellers and Metalsmiths Group of Australia and was sponsored by the Mondriaan Foundation.
MAIN GALLERY LIVING TREASURES: MASTERS OF AUSTRALIAN CRAFT LES BLAKEBOROUGH: CERAMICS 19 November 2005 - 15 January 2006 The first of the Living Treasures annual exhibition series celebrating Australia's most respected icons of craft featured master ceramicist Les Blakebrough. With a career spanning 50 years and distinguished by a mastery of material and form, Blakebrough is one of Australia's most celebrated ceramic artists. A cutting-edge innovator, he spent five years developing Southern Ice porcelain, which has revolutionised ceramics in Australia and is highly sought-after internationally. His delicate forms of ethereal beauty are etched to emphasise the porcelain's translucency and whiteness. PROJECT SPACE VICKY SHUKUROGLOU: ALT19 November 2005- 15 January 2006 Vicky Shukuroglou unites the traditional loop-weaving technique of Arnhem Land with the new industrially-produced materials such as steel wire, combining it with natural materials from the landscape. Her sculptures connect cultures, intermeshing the natural world with the industrial, history with the present. WINDOW RUTH ALLEN: SYNERGETIC INSTALLATION 19 November 2005- 15 January 2006
Ruth Allen's Synergetic Installation was a knotted cluster of heat-formed glass. When hung, it turned slowly in a bath of coloured light. The alluring glass object and the hypnotic shadows it casts lulled the viewer into Allen's spellbinding vision of synergy.
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