The Firing Squad Meets The Press
Janette Loughrey, Liz Trujillo, Sue Buckton, Judy Bourke, Luciano Valeo
Dates 28 October - 9 September 2008
Opening Fri 31 October, 7pm
Ceramics, Printmaking
Media Release
Ceramacists Janette Loughrey, Liz Trujillo and Susan Buckton, and Printmakers Luciano Valeo and Judy Bourke will exhibit new work at Project Contemporary Artspace, 255 Keira St, Wollongong.
Exploring new possibilities with new processes or experimenting with a process not usually addressed, ‘The Firing Squad Meets The Press’ allows 5 mid-career artists to exhibit new works for 2 weeks at Project Contemporary Artspace.
The exhibition will be opened by John Monteleone (Wollongong City Gallery) on Friday 31st October 2008 at 7pm.
Janette Loughrey
This exhibition is a chance for me to personalize the use of the word ICAN. I want to extend myself into new areas of discovery, to challenge my forming, research and finishing techniques. Raku firing has been a huge working and socializing part of my ceramic life. Many a great decision or shared idea or comforting wine have come from the long nights stoking the wood raku, hunched under the verandah trying to finish the last load, ooohing and aaahing over beautiful results or quickly heading back to the glaze bucket for another go at redeeming a piece that just didn’t quite get there. And who can deny the smell of the raku firing the next day – in your hair, clothes and studio. Beautiful.
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Liz Trujillo
In my work, the human condition, the situations in which we find ourselves, our treatment of each other and the world in which we live are my main concerns. I am an avid handbuilder and prefer to use as few tools as possible, making the personal contact with clay of upmost importance. I generally only use the potter’s wheel in order to provide additions for the handbuilt pieces. My major subject is the figure in all it’s many guises, postures and poses. Here I have combined the figure with slab built vessels.
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Sue Buckton
I like to link things and to create a sense of movement or flow with my pots and decoration. My platters are static and functional. To create the movement I have carved flowing lines into the clay. I enjoy the action of carving into the clay. I started making pots in the 1970s. At the time the only wheels available where the Leach kick wheels which you sat on and pushed with your foot to build up speed for the wheel-head to turn. By the time I had the wheel-head spinning fast enough to centre the clay and start throwing, I would to slip off the back of the seat as my legs were too long. So I turned more to hand building, which I still enjoy.
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Judy Bourke
Often I keep objects for many years until I find the way I’d like to rearrange them or put unlikely things together. I like to introduce objects to one another in a different way and present them to an audience they would not have otherwise seen. I like to offer the possibility of making new connections and see things in a new way. I like the challenge of creating something new from discarded objects, Like museum collections but in a new way of recording and storing. Collections of objects, may become a book or a relief sculpture.
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Luciano Valeo
I am influenced by nature. My work has taken on an organic growth. My interest in the natural environment and martial arts has allowed me explore spirituality and discipline found in both art practice and cultural rituals. I am interested in the Asian philosophical influences of culture and printmaking. The ritualistic approach to brush work, making plates and symbolism are significant in my spiritual journey. I have been exploring Solarplate Etching and Collagraphs which allow me to develop drawings, etching and prints without the use toxic acid.
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