“This exhibition by Japanese artists features works mainly in granite and steel. The works call to mind the tranquillity of drystone gardens so much loved in Japan…”

“It is only of late that I have grasped why it has always been so important to me: in fact when I mould, sculpt or shape a material, whether it be clay, stone, felt, glass or whichever, I become energetically and emotionally balanced…”

The Western Sydney University Sculpture Award and Exhibition consistently attracts significant talent from across Australia and overseas. This year, there are 20 Finalists on show across the WSU Campbelltown Campus.

“I see clay as a social media with its long history in human culture and its universal familiarity. It provides me with infinite possibilities of form and a surface on which to scratch, write and paint…”

We shine a spotlight on some current and upcoming sculpture exhibitions showing in Sydney.

“I work across assemblage, installation, collage, printmaking and photography. Most of my sculptures are assemblages, 3D and 2D pieces created from discarded and unwanted toys…”

“I love the escapism you get when creating something. I have been creative since I was a child, always making things…”

“A woven mesh not unlike medieval mail. A continuous piece of wire, forms envelop inner forms, yet all forms are visible (transparent). The shadow will reveal an exact image of the object.”

“Throughout its reign, the British Empire stole a lot of stuff. Today those objects are housed in genteel institutions across the UK and the world. They usually come with polite plaques. This is a series about the not-so-polite history behind those objects…”

The first dedicated retrospective of one of the most important and dynamic, yet underrated, Australian sculptors of the 20th century.

Conceived as "the spirit of the community", the sculpture is a representation of a graceful yet triumphant winged figure with arms raised above her head to receive a descending dove of peace and beauty…

“The best subjects come from observing fleeting moments in the people near me, or from cinema or TV. These can be caught by camera or most often by sketching afterwards.”

“I like to believe that the cultural and artistic atmosphere in my family had a big effect on me and on how my life later evolved…”

Amongst the many treasures for students available in the Tom Bass Sculpture Studio School reference library, is a book ‘Henry Moore on Sculpture’…

Summer in Australia is not only marked by holidays, beach days and swimming, cold drinks and BBQs, it’s also a time to visit some blockbuster exhibitions!

Through a lifetime of artistic experimentation, Noguchi created sculptures, gardens, furniture and lighting designs, ceramics, architecture, and set designs. His work, at once subtle and bold, traditional and modern, set a new standard for the reintegration of the arts…

Thanks for coming to this new online space in 2020…

'Meet Me Under the Dome is undoubtedly my most personal show to date. We all have unreliable memories and stories from our childhood that shape who we are…’

I was fascinated by how a sculpture could stop me in my tracks and make me physically move around it whilst the surroundings faded into the background…

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