The March meeting was a second visit to McClelland Gallery Sculpture Survey. Some 17 members and guests attended and many enthusiastically sent images and reports.
A great couple of hours with a most knowledgeable guide, made viewing the 33 selected sculptures not only a learning experience, but a great way to spend a Sat. afternoon. The criteria seems rather vague and not all would agree with the choices, but the kinetic works were outstanding.
Thanks Jenny and Gillian for organising it.
Marg C
On a perfect autumn day a group of ASV members met at the McClelland Sculpture Park in Langwarrin to enjoy a guided tour of the thirty-three large format outdoor sculptures comprising the 2014 McClelland Sculpture Survey. Since its inception in 2003, the Survey has been regarded as one of the most important outdoor sculpture exhibitions in Australia. It is certainly one of the most prosperous, rewarding its prime artist, who might still be mid-career or even emerging, with an acquisitive award valued at $100,000. Other Survey awards include the McClelland Achievement Award of $30,000, and the Frankston City People’s Choice Award valued at $20,000, in which anyone can vote, soon to be announced on 18 April.
Our excellent volunteer guide, Sue Donnelly, was equally knowledgeable, informative and a great golf buggy driver as she efficiently herded us along a narrow scrub path while driving the park’s 5 seater golf cart for those who needed it.
Placed along a bush trail the works surprised, delighted and certainly inspired us. When we came upon the award winner ` Void` by Matthew Harding, there were audible gasps. A massive, elegant double loop of stainless steel curled into itself. At its centre is a smaller, mesh filled loop that appears to spiral into infinity suggesting some other dimension of endless possibilities. The work seems to join art, science and construction and reflects the artist’s concerns with the ` beauty in the intricacies and patterns surrounding us every day`. Certainly not of the emerging artist category, Matthew Harding’s career spans 3 decades and includes over forty significant commissioned public sculptures in Australia and overseas.
Sonia Payes is the recipient of the McClelland Achievement Prize for her work `Re Generation`.
Thanks Jenny and Gillian for organising it.
Marg C
I had a lovely afternoon joining the ASV group on the McClelland Survey, playing with my Mobile camera, listening to our excellent guide Susie whilst she directed us through the bush in her party shoes & tights, and most of all, appreciating the mix of artists there (or not) and their creativity and hard work.
Jackie Mackinnon
On a perfect autumn day a group of ASV members met at the McClelland Sculpture Park in Langwarrin to enjoy a guided tour of the thirty-three large format outdoor sculptures comprising the 2014 McClelland Sculpture Survey. Since its inception in 2003, the Survey has been regarded as one of the most important outdoor sculpture exhibitions in Australia. It is certainly one of the most prosperous, rewarding its prime artist, who might still be mid-career or even emerging, with an acquisitive award valued at $100,000. Other Survey awards include the McClelland Achievement Award of $30,000, and the Frankston City People’s Choice Award valued at $20,000, in which anyone can vote, soon to be announced on 18 April. Our excellent volunteer guide, Sue Donnelly, was equally knowledgeable, informative and a great golf buggy driver as she efficiently herded us along a narrow scrub path while driving the park’s 5 seater golf cart for those who needed it.
Placed along a bush trail the works surprised, delighted and certainly inspired us. When we came upon the award winner ` Void` by Matthew Harding, there were audible gasps. A massive, elegant double loop of stainless steel curled into itself. At its centre is a smaller, mesh filled loop that appears to spiral into infinity suggesting some other dimension of endless possibilities. The work seems to join art, science and construction and reflects the artist’s concerns with the ` beauty in the intricacies and patterns surrounding us every day`. Certainly not of the emerging artist category, Matthew Harding’s career spans 3 decades and includes over forty significant commissioned public sculptures in Australia and overseas.
Sonia Payes is the recipient of the McClelland Achievement Prize for her work `Re Generation`.
It is a dazzling and inventive fibreglass abstraction of images of the artist’s daughter’s head. Thousands of photographs have been morphed into a 3D construction to suggest the possibility of a new benevolent generation of humanity. She utilized 3D animation and printing to turn the images into 2 full sculptural forms that look as if they are emerging from the earth.
There were other works that were kinetic, interactive, and encompassed a multitude of ideas and materials, many with obscure meanings, or based on pure whimsy, and with varying degrees of craft. Naturally all of us react with our subjective individual tastes and preferences but each piece represented an artist’s personal journey and professional development.
It was a wonderful activity to experience together as a group and we thank our indefatigable Jenny Rickards for arranging it.
There were other works that were kinetic, interactive, and encompassed a multitude of ideas and materials, many with obscure meanings, or based on pure whimsy, and with varying degrees of craft. Naturally all of us react with our subjective individual tastes and preferences but each piece represented an artist’s personal journey and professional development.
It was a wonderful activity to experience together as a group and we thank our indefatigable Jenny Rickards for arranging it.
Susie Ashkenazi
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