Tag: Acquisition 2021

Ceramic installations evoke the landscape from which they are produced

Posted by Ellie Buttrose   ●   23 Nov 2021

Australian artist Yasmin Smith is known for her research-based ceramic installations that formally and chromatically evoke the landscape from which they are produced. As part of her investigative method, Smith gathers natural materials and, through analysis, determines how she can harness their chemical properties. Key to the artist’s process is burning plant material as a…

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Water patterns: A meditative rhythm

Posted by Tarun Nagesh   ●   15 Nov 2021

Than Sok infuses new meaning into spiritual practices and investigates the ways in which they permeate daily life and vernacular culture in Cambodia. His art explores how Buddhist principles manifest and dictate relationships to community and environment, while being able to question the role of religious ritual and its incumbent sense of morality. Recently Than…

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A sense of absurdism: Breakable throwaway objects

Posted by Reuben Keehan   ●   10 Nov 2021

Over her long career, Kimiyo Mishima has become one of Japan’s most widely exhibited female ceramic artists, noted for her wry humour and material sophistication. Her background, however, lies not in Japan’s justly honoured disciplines of craft and design but in the avant-garde, accompanied by a persistent fear of being buried in the ever-accumulating castoffs…

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