The Mother
Number : 52
Artist : Caz Haswell
Material : Timber
Year Created : 2018
Special Note : Walcha Sculpture Symposium (2018)
Artist's Location : Sydney
Type : Sculpture
Size : 2.4 x 2.4 x 2.2m
Extra_info :
2018 WALCHA SCULPTURE SYMPOSIUM (WSS)
This was a week long event providing a unique opportunity to observe the creative process (concept to creation) of five professional artists working on outdoor sculpture.
These sculptures were then to become permanent additions to Walcha’s Open Air Gallery.
The WSS also consisted of several micro events throughout the week; 'Meet the Artists Dinner', an 'Open Studio Afternoon' where the public could observe the works in progress and engage with the artists, an 'Exhibition Opening' of the participating artist's previous works, 'Public Guided Tours of the Open Air Gallery' and finally the 'Sculpture Concluding Show'.
The event was funded through Regional Arts Fund NSW, Walcha Council and the Community.
THE SCULPTURE
This work makes reference to architectural form work, the basic shape of a site screen and the female body. The title ‘The Mother’ in context refers to the open screen as a portal or a form of passage from one world/state of consciousness to the next. When my mother was dying and I was coming to terms with the physical demise of her body, I became very aware in contrast, of how that same body as a cell, in its prime gave me life. Women, like form work, are the bones and social fabric that facilitates most culture.
For more information on the artist follow the link below.
2018 WALCHA SCULPTURE SYMPOSIUM (WSS)
This was a week long event providing a unique opportunity to observe the creative process (concept to creation) of five professional artists working on outdoor sculpture.
These sculptures were then to become permanent additions to Walcha’s Open Air Gallery.
The WSS also consisted of several micro events throughout the week; 'Meet the Artists Dinner', an 'Open Studio Afternoon' where the public could observe the works in progress and engage with the artists, an 'Exhibition Opening' of the participating artist's previous works, 'Public Guided Tours of the Open Air Gallery' and finally the 'Sculpture Concluding Show'.
The event was funded through Regional Arts Fund NSW, Walcha Council and the Community.
THE SCULPTURE
This work makes reference to architectural form work, the basic shape of a site screen and the female body. The title ‘The Mother’ in context refers to the open screen as a portal or a form of passage from one world/state of consciousness to the next. When my mother was dying and I was coming to terms with the physical demise of her body, I became very aware in contrast, of how that same body as a cell, in its prime gave me life. Women, like form work, are the bones and social fabric that facilitates most culture.
For more information on the artist follow the link below.
This work makes reference to architectural form work, the basic shape of a site screen and the female body.
Women, like form work, are the bones and social fabric that facilitates most culture.