From Graeme Wilkie - judge of the Sculpture garden at the 2018 Melbourne International Flower & Garden ShowReview and Judgement
Paul Cacioli asked me, yesterday, what am I looking for as a judge?
Sculpture to me, has always been a visual language.
Not about words… but of an experience in a spatial sense contemplation.
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| Graeme Wilkie & David Long |
I, first, draw on my perception and then rely on a personal aesthetic, with an eye for detail and also consider the craft skills of the maker.
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| Graeme is the small figure amongst the sculpture |
How well does this work communicate?
How unique is it?
As a Judge, one has a responsibility to help to heighten awareness of the way one sees.
To be asked to judge is an honour and personally I find it a challenging task and an arduous one.
Thank you for inviting me.
Apologies for not being able to present these awards in person.
Lorne Sculpture Biennale is on NOW!
And as its founder my responsibility is HERE in Lorne.
PLEASE COME & SEE …..LSB, it ends 2nd APRIL.
Congratulations to The Association of Victorian Sculptors for offering this high exposure platform for ALL levels of the practice to participate in an exhibition like the MIFGS
My selection of the winners follow…
COURTYARD
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| Anthony Kim 'Fury" |
Anthony Kim
Cat 25 Fury
The rareness of the finish appealed, as if the artist has worked to capture an essence of timelessness in the stone.
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| Lucy McEachern "Great Blue Heron" |
Lucy McEachern
Cat 31 Great Blue Heron
Masterly work.
Lucy is brilliant at her rendering of the birdlife. Her accuracy and attention to detail is exemplary
FIRST PRIZE: sponsor Association of Sculptors of Victoria
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| Jo Felstead-Hill "Botanicus" |
Beautiful choice of stone, this expressive work evokes a feeling of dismay/concern in a facial expression that perhaps is for the state of humanity. Contemporary consideration in the management of mounting of the work,
Well done. Jo.
GARDEN
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| David Doyle "Pods" |
David Doyle
Cat 68 Pods
The reflective multiplies the image of ‘self’ in a forest of mirrored pods.
One could lose one self.
SECOND PRIZE: sponsor Association of Sculptors of Victoria
Jenny Rickards
Cat 86 Dancing Tree
Dark forest, bright fruit a poetic piece that encourages the viewer to develop their imagination.
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| Drasko Boljevic "Replicator" |
Drasko Boljevic
Cat 59 Replicator
With a sense of the ‘unique’, this artist strives to capture the fragility of things, perhaps, of life itself.
Congratulations Drasko
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| Gavin Roberts "Greyscale - Whitenoise" |
SPECIAL MENTION: Sponsors Wandin Blacksmiths
Gavin Roberts
Cat 19 Grayscale – White Noise
Futurism is NOW, like it or not. Good to see the use of sound.
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| Todd Stuart "Morph" |
Todd Stuart
Cat 122 Morph
Mirrored ‘Pills’ perhaps ‘Morphed DNA chain’ who knows?
An accomplished construct.
FIRST PRIZE : sponsor International Management Group
Matt Hill
Cat 106 Jack Thomson and Roofus
Biased by my love of our Australian emblem The Kangaroo, Matt has captured the poses and gestures of these wonderful marsupials perfectly. Constructed beautifully in a factual sense that seems to bring the form of the Roo into the digital age.
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| Matt Hill "Jack Thompson and Roofus" |
Congratulations Matt
Congratulations the ALL sculptors and best wishes with your practice.
GRAEME WILKIE
Images of all the work in the show can be seen at https://sculptorsvictoria.asn.au/exhibitions/view_exhibition/2018-melbourne-international-flower-garden-show
And the People’s Choice Award at 2018 MIFGS was by Mel Rayski-Mati for her work "Weeping Beauty"
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| Mel with her work |
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| Mel Rayski-Mati "Weeping Beauty" |
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