ASV Recent Activities

At the October meeting we were most privileged to have Deborah Halpern to talk to us about her sculpture. Deborah is best known for her sculpture ‘Angel’ originally commissioned in 1987 for the south moat at the NGV, but has now been installed on the Yarra bank at Birrarung Marr – a spectacular site for what is one of Melbourne’s most loved works of public art. Not only did Deborah explain at length the commission and the extraordinary challenges it presented, but she also showed slides of her painting, pottery, printmaking and sculpture and told of her love of art before and after “Angel". Although she is known throughout Australia and has had many overseas commissions she has a wonderful humble attitude to her achievements. Following her most interesting presentation we all enjoyed a very relaxed, informal chat over a cup of coffee. … Gillian Govan