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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