The Poetics of Place: Contemporary Jewellery from Australia
Exhibition
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03 Apr 2014
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17 May 2014
Published: 10.04.2014

The work in this exhibition is by turns bold and brash, real and imagined, soft and gentle, humorous and sad. There is poetry in our place. Australia.
Artist list
Roseanne Bartley, Helena Bogucki, Jane Bowring, Zoe Brand, Anna Davern, Bridget Kennedy, Claire McArdle, Lauren Simeoni
Contemporary jewellery practice frequently concerns itself with ideas of place – whether the position of a piece on the body or a reference to a geographic locale. The makers in this exhibition all engage with this idea. Their work imbues the notion of place with a poetry that comes from their lived experience in Australia. The Poetics of Place is a reflection on ideas posed by Gaston Bachelard in his text The Poetics of Space. In this he explores the notion of the architecture of home as an intimate space. For jewellers, the idea of home, of place, colours the essence of what we do. Through the narratives woven amongst the works by these eight Australian jewellers, stories of Australia’s history are told; its political and cultural climate is addressed. In some pieces the interior places of the body are exposed as a site for question and in others, the way that the psyche can be transformed by the placement of adornment onto the body is examined. The body becomes a site for messages, warnings; it becomes implicit in viewing and imagining. In other work the jewel’s place is not on the body at all – a brooch for a wall. A brooch that speaks more about bodies through their absence of place, the denial of permission to be worn is a powerful metaphor for political issues. Other works deal with the place of materiality in jewellery practice, its substance. The places that materials are found, along with the stories they tell and questions this may raise are negotiated. Material play is rife.
The work in this exhibition is by turns bold and brash, real and imagined, soft and gentle, humorous and sad. There is poetry in our place. Australia.
Melinda Young, curator
The work in this exhibition is by turns bold and brash, real and imagined, soft and gentle, humorous and sad. There is poetry in our place. Australia.
Melinda Young, curator

Pendant: The Beginning of I Am: Red Puck
Found hollow formed plastic objects, silk thread, glass beads
Roseanne, Bartley
Pendant: The Beginning of I Am: Red Puck
Found hollow formed plastic objects, silk thread, glass beads
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Neckpiece: Storm Clouds Gathering in the Harbour
Sterling silver, brass with enamelled copper collection trays with specimens collection in Albany, WA
Helena, Bogucki
Neckpiece: Storm Clouds Gathering in the Harbour
Sterling silver, brass with enamelled copper collection trays with specimens collection in Albany, WA
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Object: Cult Objects and Complicated Amulets
Knitted oxidised copper
Jane, Bowring
Objects: Cult Objects and Complicated Amulets
Knitted oxidised copper
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Shoulder Piece: With the Weight of the World on Your Shoulder
Brass, paint, rope
Zoe, Brand
Shoulder Piece: With the Weight of the World on Your Shoulder
Brass, paint, rope
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Piece: Wall Brooch 8
Masonite, re-worked biscuit tin, sublimate printed steel, paint, silver fittings
Anna, Davern
Piece: Wall Brooch 8
Masonite, re-worked biscuit tin, sublimate printed steel, paint, silver fittings
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Piece: The Long Hot Summer, Fragile Days-Fragile Ways
Oxidised sterling silver, cicada shell proboscises, stainless steel wire
Bridget, Kennedy
Pieces: The Long Hot Summer, Fragile Days-Fragile Ways
Oxidised sterling silver, cicada shell proboscises, stainless steel wire
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Neckpiece: Public Display of Attention
Hand dyed silk
Claire, McArdle
Neckpiece: Public Display of Attention
Hand dyed silk
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Neckpiece: Stick Building Green
Artificial foliage, painted brass, brass, jade, pained wood beads
Lauren, Simeoni
Neckpiece: Stick Building Green
Artificial foliage, painted brass, brass, jade, pained wood beads
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