SWELL Smalls Gallery | Jo Norton | 21
Sunday, 27 August 2023
SWELL Smalls Gallery 2023 Artwork – Watch your step Jo Norton lives and works with respect on Bundjalung Country , Northern Rivers, New South Wales. “Clay is a medium that allows me to create an idea through the use of colour, texture and form. Work informed by the details and repetition found in the monumental
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SWELL Smalls Gallery | John Vanderkolk, Mark George, Jeremy Sheehan | 22
Sunday, 27 August 2023
SWELL Smalls Gallery 2023 Artwork – Canary II In an era of uncertain possibilities, we embrace the fusion of unexplored realms and turn to technology to steer us and reshape the precarious course we have forged. In the past, we sought guidance from nature to anticipate what lies ahead. Canary II playfully explores human fallibility and
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SWELL Smalls Gallery | Julia Rose | 23
Sunday, 27 August 2023
SWELL Smalls Gallery 2023 Artwork – Rock’ the Rabbit Rock’ the Rabbit is a sophisticated and eccentric little being. Wild at heart and full of character. Perched on his custom-made high chair observing the world around him. Rock’ the Rabbit was sculpted and then hand painted, his outfit tailored to fit him perfectly. Click here to
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SWELL Smalls Gallery | KANNITHA LY | 24
Sunday, 27 August 2023
SWELL Smalls Gallery 2023 Artwork – Time Propelled II Time propels in increments of changing values and of being. Moments that empower and embrace diversity, nurture inclusion and generate a cohesive and enduring existence. Time, which surrenders to an infinite holistic momentum. Click here to find out more about the artist For sales enquiries contact enquiry@swellsculpture.com.au
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SWELL Smalls Gallery | KATE JEFFERAY | 25
Sunday, 27 August 2023
SWELL Smalls Gallery 2023 Artwork – Warming Stripes This woven artwork is an interpretation of Professor Ed Hawkins’ ‘Warming Stripes’ graphic. The weave visually represents the change in average annual temperatures in Australia from 1910 to 2020, with each year being represented by a vertical stripe. Blue tones represent annual temperatures below the average, while red
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SWELL Smalls Gallery | MADI WHYTE | 26
Sunday, 27 August 2023
SWELL Smalls Gallery 2023 Artwork – The Bends Hailing from Gunditjmara Country in regional Victoria, Madi Whyte works primarily in sculpture and photography. Inspired by their connection to surrounding landscapes, metalworking, and the everyday zeitgeist, Whyte’s practice is concerned with the language of lines, cuts, folds, and muted aesthetics. Recent sculptures tend instead towards more playful
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SWELL Smalls Gallery | MICHELLE LE PLASTRIER & TESSA BERGAN | 27
Sunday, 27 August 2023
SWELL Smalls Gallery 2023 Artwork – TREASURE The word TREASURE stands upon a plinth and cheekily proclaims its own value. However, the abstract nature of text makes us question if the treasure is the object itself, the environment it sits in, or the audience’s projection of meaning. Click here to find out more about the artists
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SWELL Smalls Gallery | Monte Lupo | 28
Sunday, 27 August 2023
ARTISTS: Bianca Sammut, Kimberley Oberlin, Sean Davenport, Kim Green, Jai Phillips, Amanda Winyard, Michael Rubio, Myles Barabas, Paul Yik, Dylan Gorry, Ester Jong, Vicki McJarrow, Katie Stevens SWELL Smalls Gallery 2023 Artwork – Banksia Ladies The group of Banksia Ladies are adorned with the banksia flowers and are ready for discovery. Flower Posies Native Pigface flowers are a
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SWELL Smalls Gallery | NADINE SCHMOLL | 29
Sunday, 27 August 2023
SWELL Smalls Gallery 2023 Artwork – My Friend the Cyanobacteria Manufactured polyethylene is sculpted with heat, water and sand into a collection of biomorphic forms and textures. Hand painted with cyanobacteria, this photosynthetic microorganism changes colour through exposure to ultraviolet light, from dark green to blue. Click here to find out more about the artist For
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SWELL Smalls Gallery | Nasrin Vaziri | 30
Sunday, 27 August 2023
SWELL Smalls Gallery 2023 Artwork – Pomegranates Farm – sign for love, life and positive energy Nasrin Vaziri is an arts sociologist, visual artist with extensive experiences working with people from all cultural backgrounds. Nasrin has an impressive list of variety of successful community arts projects in her profile either as an initiator, designer or producer.
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