Kirra Galleries Launches 2012
Exhibition Season
Exhibition Season
Kirra Galleries will launch its 10th season of exhibitions at Federation Square with new works from two of Australia's most exciting glass artists, Harriet Schwarzrock, based in Queanbeyan, New South Wales, and Tevita Havea from Sydney.
The exhibition titled 'OSMOSIS' opens on Thursday 1 March 2012.
Please join us on Thursday 1 March 2012 from 6.00pm to 8.00pm for the opening reception of "OSMOSIS", meet the artists and view the spectacular glass sculptural forms on display.
RSVP: By Monday 27 February 2012
Phone: (03) 9639 6388
or email: kirra@kirra.com
Tevita Havea
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Tevita Havea |
In 2007 a piece of his work was purchased by The Corning Museum of Glass and in 2009 he received The New Talent Award from Urban Glass New York and was a finalist in The Ranamok Glass Prize, a travelling exhibition of Australian and New Zealand glass artists.
Artist's Statement
Tevita Havea's work is a lyrical interweave of Polynesian mythology, custom and creation stories; stories about regeneration and the symbiotic relationship between the feminine and masculine.
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Tama by Tevita Havea |
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Hikule'o by Tevita Havea
Harriet Schwarzrock
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Sway Wall Piece by Harriet Schwarzrock |
Artist's Statement
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Russet Sway by Harriet Schwarzrock |
She works with repetitive blown glass forms and stainless steel in order to create wall panels and larger sculptural forms, enabling basic components to amass and become multifarious formations. Subtle shifts and individual differences inform the placement of the forms, with the intention to create an ambiguous floating feel within the structures.
Shifting technologies and expanding scientific understanding expose beautiful and at times random interconnectivity. Such themes of interconnectivity and interdependence are a recurring thread within Schwarzrock's practice.
Biography
Harriet Schwarzrock's practice is in itself a shifting puzzle, at times a raucous family affair with contributions from two lovely boys and a wonderful partner. However, at other moments it is a quiet distillation of material, and the contemplation and placement of forms to create sculptural works. Matthew Curtis
and Schwarzrock share a studio in Queanbeyan, NSW, Australia, where they run a glass furnace in which they often tint the molten glass to create varied colours and hues.
and Schwarzrock share a studio in Queanbeyan, NSW, Australia, where they run a glass furnace in which they often tint the molten glass to create varied colours and hues.
Schwarzrock studied in the glass studio at Sydney College of the Arts in the 90's, and was fortunate to have artists such as Elizabeth Kelly, Matthew Curtis, Ben Edols and Kathy Elliott teach classes in the hotshop during this period. Perhaps most formative during Schwarzrock's studies was an opportunity to travel to North America to work with and assist both Laura Donefer and Stephen Powell in their varied studio glass practices.
Schwarzrock claims that she is fortunate to have a wonderful partner and a rambling studio to experiment and work in.
'Osmosis' Exhibition - opening Thursday 1 March 2012.
Kirra Galleries
Federation Square (enter via Atrium)
Cnr Swanston & Flinders Streets
Melbourne
Tel: +613 9639 6388
Email: gallery@kirra.com
Opening hours: Monday - Sunday 10.00am-6.00pm
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