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2008

Homeland

Luke Tipene (NSW)

Artist Statement

Inspired by an old family chair, Homeland suggests the inhabitation of the thoughts and feelings that this object provoked. Miniaturisation allows ones imagination to embellish an experience that the body cannot. It is the aim of this small sculpture to make real the unreal terrain of memory and nostalgia.

Materials

various timbers, timber chair, house paint

Dimensions

79 x 60 x 50 cm

Merit

Finalist

Artist Talk

Judges

Judges of the 2008 Woollahra Small Sculpture Prize: Edmund Capon AM OBE (Director of Art Gallery of NSW) and Deborah Edwards (Senior Curator of Australian Art at Art Gallery of NSW).

Exhibition Guide

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Judges
Artist Talk
Exhibition Guide