Description
This sculpture is crafted from found limestone, newspaper pulp and wire. It comes from an ongoing of series sculptures titled, The Secret Life of Rocks. This rock’s secret is hidden inside, deep roots anchoring the delicate flower to it. The flower sways and vibrates in a breeze but holds strong. Roots symbolise our need to create and nurture a strong foundation from within, to ground and support a person through tough times. Like roots these inner strengths and resources are hidden and regularly need food and tending to stay strong.
Materials Found rock, newspaper paper pulp, wire, paint
Measurements (mm) H 4600 W 900 L 1450
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About the Artist
Amanda Benn (b. 1962) is a West Australian artist exploring ideas about nature’s beauty and resilience as metaphors for the human experience. Amanda works with papier mâché and mixed media materials. She graduated from Curtin University in 1982 with a Bachelor of Arts in Fine Arts (painting and printmaking). She has held solo exhibitions of paintings and sculpture at a Gadfly Gallery in Perth. In 2000 she exhibited paintings and sculptures in the Perth International Arts Festival. She has participated in group exhibitions throughout Australia and last year in Germany. Amanda often draws on the writings of Carl Jung to help decode meanings behind images and forms she creates. Her current art Influences include contemporary artists working with paper and fibre.
Instagram @amandabenn.art
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