28 September to 12 November 2012 @ Narek Galleries
Shannon Garson has
developed her unique approach to porcelain, combining draftsmanship with the
ceramic making processes, over the past decade. In 2005 she received a Churchill Fellowship and spent 3
months travelling in Europe studying the art of the medieval and Renaissance
periods.
"I want the surface of the pot to be part of the drawing, not
just a surface for the drawing to sit on. I want the whole pot to be
experienced, from the weight of it as you pick it up, the texture, the drawing,
colour, smoothness of the glaze, all the elements draw the viewer into
experiencing the vessel."
Shannon Garson's latest
work articulates landscape using domestic pots as vessels for drawings about
the strange beauty and wonder to be found in the marginalized eco-systems of
the littoral zone. Details of shorelines, rock pools and coastal
wallum scrub are revealed in the sgraffito and oxide drawings that crawl over
the surface of these delicately thrown porcelain vessels. The act of
beach-combing, gleaning and collecting is analogous to the process used in
making these works. Images, bird-footprints, tiny flowers completely
covered in white hairs, the myriad detail of the landscape has been collected
into marks. A visual language mapping the experience of being in the landscape,
creating a dialogue between domestic life and nature.
Director: Karen O’Clery
Gallery
Hours: Fri, Sat, Sun &
Mon 10.30am – 5.30pm
(Oct. long weekend to June long
weekend)
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