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Anna Kovacs
Osamu Suzuki
Roger Ackling
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Framing question
In the ceramic pieces “When there’s nothing left to burn” Kovac explores the notion of decay, erosion and destruction of nature. Consider the way these ideas have been revealed to audiences by examining Kovac’s artmaking practice. Compare the techniques and processes used by Kovacs with Suzuki and Ackling and examine in what ways these artworks display the effects of fire and heat.
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Anna Kovacs
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When there's nothing left to burn....
Ceramics
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Loreto College Normanhurst
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As a medium, clay has its own sense of reality and mass. The ability to fold, tear, stretch and distort inherent in the malleability of clay, has allowed me to create geometric forms which buckle under pressure. They evoke the surface textures that decay and erode during the destruction of the natural world through the devastating effects of man's irresponsibility towards his environment. My intention was to create a sense of foreboding through the aesthetic order of the artwork; the ominous title suggests that all organic matter has been destroyed. My series of vessels express a state of flux and movement inspired by the cubist and futurists as well as post modern architecture.
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collection
art gallery of
new south wales
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Osamu Suzuki (Japan, b.1926, d.2001)
Clay Figure: stepping out 1973
Ceramic, stoneware
© SUZUKI Osamu Estate
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Gift of Rev. Muneharu Kurozumi 1981
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collection
art gallery of
new south wales
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Roger Ackling (England 1947)
Weybourne 1997
Sculpture, sunlight on wood
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Purchased 2002
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