Bryant, P., (1992), Thermal Shock, Artrage Program, PerthFringe Festival, Perth, p.6.
Thermal Shock 1992
Photo by Chris Ha of ceramic tools for Thermal Shock exhibition.
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"Expect something of an introspective attitude when you visit the Thermal Shock exhibition at this year's Artrage festival.
One of the artists' main aims for this exhibition is to establish a dialogue between themselves, the objects they are presenting as their work, and the public who will be viewing it. They feel there is a definite lack of communication and acceptance of students work within the community, that needs to be addressed. The Thermal Shock exhibition provides us with the opportunity to see into the exciting world of thought and expression and experimentation that is happening in the training grounds of tomorrow's leading artists. |
It's a trial by fire for the artists as hot as the 1000 degree kilns they work with.
Fourteen ceramics and sculpture students from Edith Cowan University are presenting an exhibition for Artrage called Thermal Shock.
The Thermal Shockers are all first and second year students and for many of them it will be the first time they have exhibited their pots and sculptures, glass and metal skills to the arts public. Thermal Shock is the term used to describe the stresses and forces that work upon ceramics as they are taken from the environments of intense heat in the kiln to that of the cool of the air or the cold of being immersed in water. If there are any imperfections in the work, the shock will be too much and it will crack, collapse or crumble away.
The title of the exhibition is a very apt analogy because the students view the exhibition as the water they are jumping into after being taken out of the relative safety of their own personal kiln, their classroom.
The only thing these artists have in common is the fact that they're all studying the same course. Together they represent a myriad of ethic and ideological backgrounds.
Coming from Australia, Asia, the South Pacific and Europe, these Thermal Shockers and their exhibition are a melting pot of diverse ideas and experiences that reflect in their work the cultural diversity of contemporary Perth society.
In this exhibition there will be a diversity of insights and expectations that come from very different sectors of the community. The exhibitors include young people who have come straight from school and bring with them the ideas and visions of youth; an artist with a background as an economist; a young lady educated in London and Perth; and an artist who see age as no barrier to art; - he made the decision to express himself in ceramics as he enters his sixties.
With clay, metal and glass, these artists are investigating and commenting upon subjects from the conversation of the Antarctic region, to the artistic value in the everyday pieces of crockery that most of us take for granted, to using thermal shock itself as an artist's tool, to exploring the cultural definitions of the place and value of women in society.
Expect to see many different and exciting interpretations of this broad theme of Thermal Shock from the diverse backgrounds of these artists. Look out for some very exciting redefinitions of the art of ceramics from the freshness and raw energy of students who are not yet constricted in their ideas by the market confines of the commercial art world.
The Bridge Gallery, 193 William Street, Northbridge, 2-17 October Tue-Fri 11am-5pm Sat-Sun 1-5pm" 1992 Artrage Program.
Exhibiting were Anastasia Bradley, Pauline Burnett, Mitchelle Bushby, Jacky Harrison, Graham Hay, Dee Jaeger, Bill Jeffrey, Fiona Kennedy, Kim Lee, Penny Lindsay, Stewart Scambler, Sofia Sleziak, Alexis Stewart and Sally Young
.
The Thermal Shockers are all first and second year students and for many of them it will be the first time they have exhibited their pots and sculptures, glass and metal skills to the arts public. Thermal Shock is the term used to describe the stresses and forces that work upon ceramics as they are taken from the environments of intense heat in the kiln to that of the cool of the air or the cold of being immersed in water. If there are any imperfections in the work, the shock will be too much and it will crack, collapse or crumble away.
The title of the exhibition is a very apt analogy because the students view the exhibition as the water they are jumping into after being taken out of the relative safety of their own personal kiln, their classroom.
The only thing these artists have in common is the fact that they're all studying the same course. Together they represent a myriad of ethic and ideological backgrounds.
Coming from Australia, Asia, the South Pacific and Europe, these Thermal Shockers and their exhibition are a melting pot of diverse ideas and experiences that reflect in their work the cultural diversity of contemporary Perth society.
In this exhibition there will be a diversity of insights and expectations that come from very different sectors of the community. The exhibitors include young people who have come straight from school and bring with them the ideas and visions of youth; an artist with a background as an economist; a young lady educated in London and Perth; and an artist who see age as no barrier to art; - he made the decision to express himself in ceramics as he enters his sixties.
With clay, metal and glass, these artists are investigating and commenting upon subjects from the conversation of the Antarctic region, to the artistic value in the everyday pieces of crockery that most of us take for granted, to using thermal shock itself as an artist's tool, to exploring the cultural definitions of the place and value of women in society.
Expect to see many different and exciting interpretations of this broad theme of Thermal Shock from the diverse backgrounds of these artists. Look out for some very exciting redefinitions of the art of ceramics from the freshness and raw energy of students who are not yet constricted in their ideas by the market confines of the commercial art world.
The Bridge Gallery, 193 William Street, Northbridge, 2-17 October Tue-Fri 11am-5pm Sat-Sun 1-5pm" 1992 Artrage Program.
Exhibiting were Anastasia Bradley, Pauline Burnett, Mitchelle Bushby, Jacky Harrison, Graham Hay, Dee Jaeger, Bill Jeffrey, Fiona Kennedy, Kim Lee, Penny Lindsay, Stewart Scambler, Sofia Sleziak, Alexis Stewart and Sally Young
.
Bryant, P., (1992), Thermal Shock, Artrage Program, PerthFringe Festival, Perth, p.6.
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