An exhibition surveying the sculptural works by Sydney-based artist Linde Ivimey opens at , St Lucia on November 3.
If Pain Persists: Linde Ivimey Sculpture showcases key sculptures produced over the past decade, including recent works commemorating Sir Douglas Mawson鈥檚 Antarctic expedition.
鈥淭his new survey exhibition will demonstrate how Linde Ivimey鈥檚 work has developed since her first major exhibition at Heide Museum of Modern Art, Melbourne, in 2003,鈥� 宅男导航 Art Museum Director Dr Campbell Gray said.
鈥淲ith their crude fibre stuffing, coarse hessian clothing and body parts and armature made from animal bones, Ivimey鈥檚 figures contain a sense of the underworld 鈥� of mystical forces outside our comprehension,鈥� he said.
Ms Ivimey鈥檚 sculpture is often technically complex and intricate, utilising skills from welding to cooking, weaving, wood-sculpting, and sewing, all adapted to create objects with an intense personal resonance.
The emotional impact of her figures and animals is multiplied by her use of materials 鈥� skin, bone, fabric, hair, wax, gemstones, teeth, and other personal and found objects.
Exhibition themes include 鈥淪aints and sinners鈥�, which explores Ms Ivimey鈥檚 interests in Jewish and Christian stories, including the Old Testament.
鈥淐hild鈥檚 play鈥� deals with subjects of birth, childhood, adolescence, and the way knowledge is passed between generations; and 鈥淪elf-portraits鈥� notes the influence of personal appearance on identity and self-esteem.
Ms Ivimey鈥檚 recent series 鈥淚ce Warriors鈥� was inspired by her journey to Antarctica on the Orion in December 2011 to commemorate the 100th Anniversary of Sir Douglas Mawson鈥檚 ill-fated expedition to Antarctica.
Ms Ivimey said the works had a chronology and were used very much as a diary.
鈥淭hey are a way of reconciling what has been happening with me, my body, my life,鈥� she said.
The first major publication on the artist鈥檚 work, entitled Linde Ivimey and authored by exhibition curator Louise Martin-Chew, will be launched with the exhibition.
Ms Martin-Chew writes a frank account of the difficulties that the artist has experienced, including, in recent years, illness, divorce and relocation to Sydney.
鈥淟ike her creations, Linde Ivimey鈥檚 artistic genesis has been unusual, a path strewn with difficulties,鈥� Ms Martin-Chew said.
鈥淚n many ways her oeuvre may be seen as a self portrait 鈥� in parallel, the book and exhibition examine how her life is expressed in her work,鈥� she said.
The exhibition is to be opened by the Australian Commissioner of the 2013 Venice Biennale, Chairman of the Museum of Contemporary Art Australia, Sydney, and Philanthropist, Mr Simon Mordant AM.
If Pain Persists: Linde Ivimey Sculpture continues at 宅男导航 Art Museum until March 24, 2013. An exhibition of selected works will then travel to the Cairns Regional Gallery, and will be on display from April, 26 to June 28, 2013.
More information on the exhibition is available .
PUBLIC PROGRAM:
Friday November 2, 5.00pm 鈥� 6.00pm
Everyone is welcome to join artist Linde Ivimey, curator Louise Martin-Chew and gallerist Martin Browne for a conversation about self-portraiture and other aspects of Linde Ivimey's sculpture prior to the official opening. Free event.
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MEDIA INTERVIEWS AND PHOTOGRAPHS:
Linde Ivimey will be available for interviews and photographs at the 宅男导航 Art Museum on Friday, November 2 between 11am and 12pm.
MEDIA CONTACTS:
Louise Martin-Chew
Associate Curator (Linde Ivimey survey exhibition), 宅男导航 Art Museum
0418 267 197
lmc@arthouse.net.au
Michele Helmrich
Associate Director (Curatorial), 宅男导航 Art Museum
[Note: contact up to 2 November only]
+61 7 3346 8759
0418 754 983
m.helmrich@uq.edu.au
Sebastian Moody
Special Projects Officer, 宅男导航 Art Museum
[Note: Monday to Thursday only]
+61 7 3346 8761
0419 789 006
s.moody@uq.edu.au
(Monday 鈥� Thursday)
