“Creativity is a way of thinking and it influences everything you do”
Tom Bass (1916 - 2010), Australian Sculptor
Spotlight On: Laurence Edwards
Recently, we've heard that a number of people had the opportunity to get themselves out to Orange to see the just closed exhibition Laurence Edwards: A Gathering of Uncertainties, which showed at the Orange Regional Gallery.
Spotlight on: Karen Alexander’s ‘Spirit Girl’
One of Tom Bass Sculpture School's eminent teachers, Karen Alexander talks us through the creation of a recent commission, Spirit Girl…
Spotlight On: Yayoi Kusama
Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama is responsible for some of the most iconic works of sculpture in the world. Throughout Kusama’s prolific career her favourite motifs of pumpkins, polka dots and nets formed of infinitely repeating loops have taken the shape of room-filling installations, performance pieces, painting, poetry and large and small sculpture.
Spotlight on: Christian Boltanski
Known for work accumulating mass amounts of abandoned clothes, old photographs and other personal detritus, French artist Christian Boltanski’s work conversed with death and drew on themes of chance, loss and memory…
Spotlight On: Louise Bourgeois
“I need to make things. The physical interaction with the medium has a curative effect. I need the physical acting out. I need to have these objects exist in relation to my body...”
Spotlight On: Constantin Brancusi
“What my work is aiming at is, above all, realism. I pursue the inner, hidden reality, the very essence of objects in their own intrinsic fundamental nature; this is my only deep preoccupation…”
Spotlight On: Ruth Asawa
“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.”
Spotlight On: Podcast - ‘Stuff the British Stole’
“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…”
Spotlight On: Isamu Noguchi
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…
Spotlight On: Alberto Giacometti
Giacometti was one of the most important sculptors of the 20th century. His work was particularly influenced by artistic styles such as Cubism and Surrealism…
Spotlight On: Margel Hinder
“I like to think of Margel Hinder as Australia’s answer to Barbara Hepworth…”
Spotlight On: Baroque Sculpture
Baroque sculpture sought to capture the dynamic movement of the human figure…
Spotlight On: Bronwyn Oliver
Bronwyn Oliver was one of the most significant Australian sculptors of recent decades…
Spotlight On: Augusta Savage
Augusta was an American sculptor and educator. Throughout her life she battled racism and worked for equal rights…
Spotlight On: Edgar Degas
More prominently known as an Impressionist painter, Degas stands outside the mainstream of public monumental sculpture in the 19th century…