2014 Heysen Sculpture Biennial Exhibition
27th February - 23rd April 2014
The 2014 Heysen Sculpture Biennial was opened by Tracy Lock, Curator of Australian Paintings & Sculpture, Art Gallery of South Australia.
Read Dr Christine Nicholls' review of the 2014 Heysen Sculpture Biennial in The Conversation.
The Committee also greatly appreciates Dr Nicholls' documentation of this year's exhibition in the catalogue essay.
All photos by Daniel Cazzolato Photography unless stated otherwise
Index of Artists
Silvio APPONYI | David ATKINS | Laurie BLAKEWATER | Nic BROWN | Margit BRÜNNER | Jan CLIFFORD | Rick CLISE | Sandra CROSS | Quentin GORE | Kon HEYER | Gail HOCKING | Penn HOUSMANN | Greg JOHNS | David KERR | Pamela KOUWENHOVEN | Diana LAIDLAW | Stephen LLOYD | Melanie MANSER | Ray MEANDERING | John NELSON | Andrea NUM GLOVER | Chris ORMEROD | Geoff OVERHEU | Astra PARKER | Sophia PHILLIPS | Helen PRINTER | Ron ROWE | Deborah SLEEMAN | Evette SUNSET | Peter SYNDICAS | Westley TULLY | Clancy WARNER | Perry WARREN | Egbert WELLMANN | Sally WICKES | John WOOD | James WORTH
All photos by Daniel Cazzolato Photography unless stated otherwise. All artists are South Australian unless indicated otherwise.
Silvio APPONYI, Pelican 2011
I am constantly surprised by the variety of bird-life I see in the Adelaide Hills, even black swans and pelicans.
Angaston marble - 40h x 96w x 44d cm $17,800
David ATKINS, Nest Insight 2014
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'We have
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a microscopic anatomy
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of the whale
-
this
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gives
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Man
-
assurance'
William Carlos Williams.
Reinforced concrete, twigs - 200h x 100w x 100d cm $6,000
Laurie BLAKEWATER, Wilbur (and his winning ways) 2013
We and Wilbur are here and not here, evanescent, changing, finally disappearing. We come and go like mystery, like magic, but are only here at all, surviving as a species, because Wilbur keeps giving. Keep giving Wilbur, you're our only hope.
16mm ply coated with coloured Megapoxy, glass, paint and water - 150h x 65w x 60d cm $980
Nic BROWN, Forestal (version 2) 2013-14
Forestal
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of, relating to or living in a large wooded area with a thick growth of trees
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of or relating to the trees of a forest
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of or relating to an area planted with exotic pines or similar trees
-
of or relating to something resembling a large wooded area
Collins English Dictionary
Water-soluble oil on salvaged eucalyptus logs with ply panel - 160h x 120w x 48d cm $4950
Margit BRÜNNER, Sonic Trees 2014
My works explore states of joy by way of artistic experiment. A 'joy' is when the body starts doing things to my own surprise and thoughts disappear. In all of my works, I am interested in this particular presence - an intimate, expansive experience of being immersed in place.
Installations/drawings - $600
Jan CLIFFORD, Agglomeration 2013
Rock agglomerates form into shapes which are at once coherent and chaotic, as does everything in nature. These weavings use a native parasitic vine to reflect the apparently random yet meaningful motifs we constantly discover in both the animate and the inanimate environment.
Cassytha pubescens - 250h x 90w x 100d cm $1,800
Rick CLISE, It became personal - Catharsis 2014
Despite thorough preparations and the best precautions, bad things happen. We must not immediately blame terrorists as sometimes it's just fate. 2013 was my bad year. Move on, be strong, beacuse there's a lot of life to live.
Welded and painted steel, muslin, expanding foam - 210h x 140w x 40d cm $12,500
Sandra CROSS, Dissolution 2014
My work explores permeability and openness, using installations to investigate being and the role of boundaries in shaping thought. In earlier works I have formed carpets of mirror pieces, reflecting the sky. Here the carpet is vertical, concentrating on the intersection between the patterns, the reflections, and the space between.
Acrylic mirror, cable - 300h x 200w cm $10,000
Silvio APPONYI, Pelican 2011
I am constantly surprised by the variety of bird-life I see in the Adelaide Hills, even black swans and pelicans.
Angaston marble - 40h x 96w x 44d cm $17,800
David ATKINS, Nest Insight 2014
-
'We have
-
a microscopic anatomy
-
of the whale
-
this
-
gives
-
Man
-
assurance'
William Carlos Williams.
Reinforced concrete, twigs - 200h x 100w x 100d cm $6,000
Laurie BLAKEWATER, Wilbur (and his winning ways) 2013
We and Wilbur are here and not here, evanescent, changing, finally disappearing. We come and go like mystery, like magic, but are only here at all, surviving as a species, because Wilbur keeps giving. Keep giving Wilbur, you're our only hope.
16mm ply coated with coloured Megapoxy, glass, paint and water - 150h x 65w x 60d cm $980
Nic BROWN, Forestal (version 2) 2013-14
Forestal
-
of, relating to or living in a large wooded area with a thick growth of trees
-
of or relating to the trees of a forest
-
of or relating to an area planted with exotic pines or similar trees
-
of or relating to something resembling a large wooded area
Collins English Dictionary
Water-soluble oil on salvaged eucalyptus logs with ply panel - 160h x 120w x 48d cm $4950
Margit BRÜNNER, Sonic Trees 2014
My works explore states of joy by way of artistic experiment. A 'joy' is when the body starts doing things to my own surprise and thoughts disappear. In all of my works, I am interested in this particular presence - an intimate, expansive experience of being immersed in place.
Installations/drawings - $600
Jan CLIFFORD, Agglomeration 2013
Rock agglomerates form into shapes which are at once coherent and chaotic, as does everything in nature. These weavings use a native parasitic vine to reflect the apparently random yet meaningful motifs we constantly discover in both the animate and the inanimate environment.
Cassytha pubescens - 250h x 90w x 100d cm $1,800
Rick CLISE, It became personal - Catharsis 2014
Despite thorough preparations and the best precautions, bad things happen. We must not immediately blame terrorists as sometimes it's just fate. 2013 was my bad year. Move on, be strong, beacuse there's a lot of life to live.
Welded and painted steel, muslin, expanding foam - 210h x 140w x 40d cm $12,500
Sandra CROSS, Dissolution 2014
My work explores permeability and openness, using installations to investigate being and the role of boundaries in shaping thought. In earlier works I have formed carpets of mirror pieces, reflecting the sky. Here the carpet is vertical, concentrating on the intersection between the patterns, the reflections, and the space between.
Acrylic mirror, cable - 300h x 200w cm $10,000