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Underwater life has held a fascination for Ian George over many years. He loves to dive, witnessing the shapes and forms of plants and animals that move and hold themselves so differently from life on land.
Ian’s intuitive translation of those forms into timber sculpture results in a mesmeric combination: these pieces play with concepts of gravity, movement and tension in a way that leaves the viewer in wonder. Responding to, but not a reproduction of, the life Ian encounters in the sea, these forms appear to move and float, yet are firmly present.
A study of contrasting relationships – hard spines pushing through soft flesh; curving forms interrupted by geometric shapes – defines this exhibition of thirty-eight pieces, coming together with the flow and movement of a current. Ian prefers salvaged timbers, using mainly native blackwood and Huon pine, with some exotic species or other feature woods.
ARTIST IN THE GALLERY:
Take the opportunity to meet the artist and speak with him as you experience Ian’s sculptural pieces in the gallery space. Or visit any Wed-Sun 11am-5pm between 5 March and 4 April.
Ian George will be in the gallery:
Sat 6 March 11am-2:30pm
Sun 7 March 1:30-5pm
Wed 10 March 11am-2:30pm
Sat 13 March 11am-2:30pm
Sun 14 March 1:30-5pm
Wed 17 March 11am-2:30pm
Sat 20 March 11am-2:30pm
Sun 21 March 1:30-5pm
Sat 27 March 11am-2:30pm
Sat 3 April 11am-2:30pm
Sun 4 April 1:30-5pm
Exhibition dates:
5 mar - 4 Apr 2021
Gallery Hours:
Gallery hours are currently:
Wed to Sun: 11am – 5pm
Preview Ian George’s artist profile here.
Works for this exhibition are selling fast – see the online catalogue of artworks available HERE.
If you have any enquiries, please contact us.
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