‘The future is your ocean oyster’ brings together a series of talismanic wall sculptures, free-standing porcelain sculptures and framed relief works. Her free-standing sculptures and handbuilt porcelain urns speak to her experience of the 2019 bushfires that threatened her home studio on the south coast of New South Wales, and also the extraordinary capacity for regeneration she has witnessed in nature.
Juz Kitson, Charred. Every grain of ash into a Jewel, 2020, black stoneware, 61 x 35 x 34cm. Courtesy the artist and Jan Muphy Gallery, Queensland
Kitson’s otherworldly objects combine the dexterous arts of ceramics, textiles and drawing with a strong sense of materialism and process. Overtly seductive, the works’ tension lies in resisting craft conventions and recontextualising a traditional material steeped in history. Bound with mystique and feminine power, Kitson’s sculptures are both captivating and unnerving, touching gently on a raw, surrealist nerve.
Juz Kitson, Temporal Fluidity No 1, 2019, Jingdezhen porcelain, timber frame, 30 x 38 x 9cm. Courtesy the artist and Jan Muphy Gallery, Queensland
Jan Murphy Gallery
25 August to 12 September 2020
Queensland
