Inspired by the traditions of rural life, the Canberra region and agricultural tools and equipment used for food production and harvesting, contemporary glass artist and teacher Kirstie Rea takes the viewer on a 20-year journey of her artistic practice. Reflecting on her heritage, connection to the land and the influence of the natural world she gives form to her ideas in a furnace, producing sculptures using translucent coloured glass, aluminium, wood, steel and found, worked materials.
Kirstie Rea, Untitled, 1998, hot-cast glass, cold worked, 16 x 17 x 19cm Ann Cleary and Peter King collection, Canberra. Photograph: David Paterson, Dorian Photographics. Courtesy the artist and Canberra Museum and Gallery, Australian Capital Territory
Canberra Museum and Gallery
Until 20 August, 2017
Australian Capital Territory
