Janet DeBoos: Entrophy & other Considerations
The same concern - namely the performative nature of making and using - has characterised my work for the past twenty or so years. I often use names that are verbs rather than nouns to draw attention to the way in which the piece might be used.
John Heaney: Three Tiles
The humble tile, a slab of clay, is an interesting place to challenge conceptions of clay's material possibilities. What starts off as a simple slab of clay becomes something magical.
Lia Tajcnar: edge of function
Lia works with the reversal of conventional ideas of function, destructing the whole into fragments, creating the possibility for new use and form.
Anita McIntyre: ancient land / silica lines
Anita's inspiration is drawn from extensive travel through the outback of Australia. Reflections and meditation provides an abstract imagery that evokes a landscape unseen but known, and recalls notions of observation, memory and presence.
Seo Byon-chan: Circulation
Byon-chan looks inwards to explore circulation and to "see with eyes of mind and feel with skin of heart".
Kent Swanson: Works inspired by polar terrains
It is the spiritual landscape existing within the physical that for Kent Swanson evokes a sense of power of place.
Avi Amesbury: Research Series 2002
From the graduation exhibition held at the CSA Gallery, Australian National University, Canberra.
Anna Gianakis: formed @ prototypal 2001
Anna Gianakis is a graduate, Master of Philosophy, from the National Institute of the Arts, Australian National University. formed @ prototypal is an exhibition of her recent works in progress revolving around the merging of craft traditions with industrial processes.
