2020
Tempo
David Pottinger, Susan Robey, Kenji Uranishi
Date: 28 November -12 December 2020
Location: Malvern Artists’ Society Gallery, 1297 High Street, Malvern Victoria
David Pottinger
Within my practice, my main fascination is the physical act of making. Inherent in the pieces themselves is the story of the maker, the finger marks, the laying of the coloured porcelain sheets, the patterning, the compression of the block over time. All these elements combine to create pieces that include skill, chance and possibility. The resulting pieces invite a dialogue with the viewer, to consider what sits beyond craft, to go deeper into their personal responses to the forms.
Susan Robey
As an architect and ceramic artist, I play with mass, scale, form and surface texture. I use architectural elements to create objects that seem alive and mobile but are perhaps about to disintegrate. I want my strange hybrids to be challenging and ambiguous.
Kenji Uranishi
My practice explores transient moments and how time changes everything. I often think about the beautiful spaces where the built and natural worlds collide and how these moments connect to our memories. The passage of time constantly changes our perspective on the world. Working with form, light and shadow, I constantly challenge myself to capture something of these special moments in porcelain.
Encounters
Ulrica Trulsson, Vanessa Lucas, Connie Augoustinos, Tim Clarkson, John Daly, Jack Balfour, Ruby Pilven, Julie Pennington, Colin Hopkins, Susan Frost, Lilach Mileikowski, Marita Knutsen, Tessa Wallis
Date:
Location: Whitehorse Artspace, Box Hill Town Hall, 1022 Whitehorse Road, Box Hill Victoria
As many of you know, we lost one of our extraordinarily gifted Artists, Janet Beckhouse on May 18th 2020. Janet has been with the Skepsi Gallery for over 19 years and during that time, she presented some of the most intriguing, exciting and skillful ceramic work. Janet’s Artwork, an expression of passion, imagination, observation and thoughtfulness, was her voice, her joy and her identity. Once encountered these works were rarely forgotten. Janet was one of our invited Artists in Encounters at Whitehorse Artspace. We will pay tribute to her through a representation of her artwork in this exhibition.
Owen Rye
A Daedal Gallimaufry
Exemplary ceramics by internationally renowned Artist, exhibition includes current work with glazes, and woodfired work prior to 2017 from the Artist’s collection.
Date: 7 - 22 March 2020
Location: The Barn Gallery, Montsalvat, 7 Hillcrest Avenue, Eltham Victoria
Artist Statement: This exhibition highlights a new phase in my fifty-seven years dedication to ceramics. My public reputation over many recent years has been focused on woodfiring, and most exhibited work has been fired in the anagama kiln. Health and other personal reasons dictate that the anagama is no longer in use. Instead, over the past few years I have concentrated on applied glazes. A wide range of interesting results has allowed selection of a large variety of new works. This exhibition shows works from both genres; a selection of the woodfired work, some previously shown others exhibited for the first time, and a range of new glazed work also exhibited for the first time.
