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Details
- Date
- 1983
- Media category
- Sculpture
- Materials used
- slate, copper
- Dimensions
- 58.5 x 10.0 x 28.0 cm
- Signature & date
Not signed. Not dated.
- Credit
- Gift of the Contemporary Art Society, London 1985
- Location
- Not on display
- Accession number
- 177.1985
- Copyright
- © Alison Wilding
- Artist information
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Alison Wilding
Works in the collection
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This work is typical of Wilding’s exploration of the nature of surface and balance, employing traditional sculptural materials such as wood and metal. Often two or more of these materials are used in one work to provide contrasts of texture, weight, light and hue. Their natural states are altered to achieve a sense of uniformity. 'Green rise' explores the concept of visual balance. Speaking on the sculpture Wilding has said: “Making it was like making sense of shadow rather than making sense of the thing casting the shadow”. Wilding regards these small wall pieces as “a quick way of getting things out” and in some respects they are like maquettes or details of larger pieces. The artist attempts to express the pleasure and the anguish associated with particular surfaces. In the savage and tender cutting, carving and smoothing of each element, she explores the potential energy and richness of materials.
Art Gallery Handbook, 1994.
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Exhibition history
Shown in 3 exhibitions
The British show, Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth, 19 Feb 1985–24 Mar 1985
The British show, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 23 Apr 1985–09 Jun 1985
The British show, Queensland Art Gallery, South Brisbane, 05 Jul 1985–11 Aug 1985
The British show, Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne, Melbourne, 26 Sep 1985–05 Nov 1985
The British show, National Art Gallery, Wellington, Wellington, 05 Dec 1985–26 Jan 1986
Five years on: a selection of acquisitions 1981-1986, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 26 Sep 1986–23 Nov 1986
Review: works by women from the permanent collection of the Art Gallery of New South Wales, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 08 Mar 1995–04 Jun 1995
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Bibliography
Referenced in 4 publications
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Art Gallery of New South Wales, Five years on: a selection of acquisitions 1981-1986, Sydney, 1986. cat.no. 135
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Anthony Bond and Victoria Lynn, AGNSW Collections, 'Contemporary Practice - Here, There, Everywhere ...', pg. 229-285, Sydney, 1994, 248 (colour illus.).
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Deborah Edwards, Daphne Wallace, Margo Neale, Victoria Lynn and Sandra Byron, Review: works by women from the permanent collection of the Art Gallery of New South Wales, "Women Artists in the Contemporary Collection", Victoria Lynn, p13-15, Sydney, 1995, 15, 27.
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Jeremy Lewison, The British show, 'Alison Wilding', pg.117-120, Sydney, 1985, 118, 119 (illus.), 120. Lent by The Contemporary Art Society, London
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