2019
Diminished Knowledge
Ali McCann (VIC)
Artist Statement
Ali McCann's practice engages with the ideas of formalism, materiality, visual perception, and the aesthetics of pedagogy. Found objects, in the form of obsolete teaching aids, unfinished student projects and discarded art materials, serve as departure points for explorations of colour, shape, form and space. Her reimagining of educational aesthetics is imbued with a nostalgia for the objects and imagery once used to facilitate learning.
About the Artist
Materials
bronze
Dimensions
18.5 x 9.5 x 4.5 cm
Merit
Finalist
Artist Talk
Judges
Judges of the 2019 Woollahra Small Sculpture Prize: Professor Ross Harley (Dean of the Faculty of Art & Design and UNSW Chair of Arts and Culture), Louise Herron AM (Chief Executive Officer, Sydney Opera House) and Tim Ross (Design and Architecture advocate, Broadcaster, Author and Comedian).
Exhibition Guide
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