In this exhibition, clay forms transcend their functional potential. What makes a form beautiful, powerful or good? For the ancient Greeks it was proportion, harmony and order. For the Japanese it is wabi-sabi – a balance between simplicity and complexity, restraint and spontaneity, perfection and imperfection, permanence and impermanence.
Marea Gazzard’s iconic clay sculptures retain the sense of a vessel whilst Peter Rushforth’s functional vessels invite aesthetic contemplation. The artists in this exhibition transform clay – that ancient medium – into objects that are timeless.
The artists included in this exhibition are Marea Gazzard, Eloise Rankine, Peter Rushforth, Brett Stone and Kati Watson.
Utopia Art Sydney
29 January to 15 February, 2014
Sydney
Marea Gazzard, Rae II, 2001, clay, 50 x 38 x 10cm
Courtesy Utopia Art Sydney
