Surfing The Deathline #4 Page 5
That.
This valve is neat, a clean example of industrial-strength control and protection. It supports a corroded pipe, which left in the elements will corrode further, until it is replaced by new sections which can begin the corrosion cycle anew. Looking through the pipe, the half-moon view created by the valve’s partially closed gate, occludes and frames whatever vista the work is oriented towards.
This work is a finalist in the 2012 University of Western Sydney Sculpture Award & Exhibition. The exhibition takes place from May 4th – June 3rd 2012.
Details
- Painted steel, raw steel & found object.
- Dimensions h,w,d (approx): 1.6m, 3.4m, 0.8m.
- For sale $6000 + delivery.
This?
The flow of silvery liquid interrogating and investigating the valve that constricts it. Materials are painted steel, and a gate valve.
Details
- Painted steel, raw steel and found object.
- Painted section is rustproofed & painted with Automotive paint
- For sale $3500 +delivery
There.
The third of my large scale valve works, There. is a combination of right angles and curves in raw steel with the patina of industrial use worn proudly.
Details
- Raw and painted steel
- Dimensions h,w,d (approx): 1.7m, 1.2m, 1.3m,
- For sale $2500 plus delivery.
NAS Graduate Show
There?
An attempt to create a smaller version of “There”, and tackle the problems of relative scale in the various components. When changing the scale of a sculpture, one has to take into account some fundamental issues to do with viewing angle, viewing distance, perceived weights etc.
Details
- Waxed steel & brass valve.
- Dimensions h,w,d (approx): 29, 17, 14 cm.
- For sale $150 + delivery.
C45C4D3
A tumbling progression from order to chaos, in brilliant gold recycled computer motherboards.
Details
- Computer mother boards on board.
- Dimensions hwd (m): 2.15, 1.22, 0.25.
- For sale $1000 +delivery
kØi
A fusion of impressionist colour placement and Japanese Koi imagery.
Details
- Computer mother boards on board.
- Dimensions l,w,h: 1.22, 0.28, 1.88m
- In private collection
A Sculpture Essay
This is an essay for the Modernist Sculpture elective in Art History & Theory at the National Art School. It received a High Distinction result. There’s a few issues with it that were largely symptoms of the constricted word length – such as the description of European isolation not placing enough emphasis on it being artistic isolation, while Europe was in fact very connected to the rest of the world through trade and imperial power. I also had to cut a discussion of Modernist architecture from Frank Lloyd Wright onwards being a result of FLW’s encounter with Japanese architecture at the Chicago World’s Fair. So, with those flaws in mind…