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Genetic Material: First Generation, Family Portrait
Genetic Material: First Generation, Family Portrait
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2009

Genetic Material: First Generation, Family Portrait

Louise Buchanan (NSW)

Artist Statement

Investigations into my own family history and migration inspired me to create hand cast multiple anthropomorphic wax objects that can be altered or adorned in a story telling manner, reflective of culture, memory and imagination. Family and friends have been invited to participate in this process of the aesthetic inheritance as a visual symbolic form.

Materials

wax, yarn, found objects

Dimensions

80 x 50 x 80 cm

Merit

Finalist

Artist Talk

Judges

Judges of the 2009 Woollahra Small Sculpture Prize: Geoffrey Cassidy (Director of Artbank), Neil Balnaves (Founder of The Balnaves Foundation) and Diane Balnaves (Trustee of The Balnaves Foundation).

Exhibition Guide

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