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Artist Statement:
ARTIST STATEMENT
For the Kuranda Arts
Cooperative group art
exhibition, Tablelands,
Perimeters and Parameters,
Tableland Regional Gallery,
Atherton, Far North
Queensland. Feb 5-28, 2010.
My work explores unique design
elements and characteristics
of various organic vegetation
(plants, plant life, flora,
foliage, undergrowth) growing
on the Tableland. Imagery has
been initiated and developed
from referencing my own
photographic material taken in
this environment. Literally,
perimeters and parameters are
first set within the camera
frame shoot then arranged
within my chosen art forms
where flexibility is provided
in the arrangement of separate
components into a coherent
whole. Painting and grid-like
surfaces from paper
manipulation, arrangement
processes along with assembly
formations imply mapping
territory, boundaries,
multifaceted planes and a
parallel dual realm of the
two-dimensional and
three-dimensional. It is where
a diversity of observed unique
characteristics of extracted
essences such as colour and
tone as well as organic and
geometric shapes are
reflected.
The works represent intimacy,
relationships and a communion
with nature's higher energy
life force and verve.
Kerryn Madsen-Pietsch
How would I describe my work?
Spiritual/Abstract/Archetypal
Expressionism. Using
multiple/mixed mediums,
connections, relationships &
unity are explored through
visual language elements,
symbology, between one'...
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Artist Exhibitions:
INDIVIDUAL Exhibitions
2009 - April 24 - May 31,
Toured: Elevating the
Spirit,(selected) Main Space,
Umbrella Studio, Contemporary
Arts, Townsville, Qld
2007 July-Oct, Toured:
Elevating The Spirit,
Sugarama Gallery ASIM,
Mourilyan, Qld
2007 - May-June, Elevating the
Spirit,(Selected - Community
Exhibitions Program) Cairns
Regional Gallery, Qld;
1994 - Figure Works,
Drawings...
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Artist Galleries:
Artropica Innisfail Studio
Gallery,
33 Rankin Street
Innisfail, QLD. Australia
617 40611747
http:/www.artropica.com.au
Kuranda Arts Cooperative
Kuranda, QLD. Australia...
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Collections:
Public Collections: Johnstone
Shire Council, Innisfail, Qld,
Australia
Good Counsel College,
Innisfail, Qld, Australia
Private Collections: Australia
Overseas: America, England &
Europe
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Commissions:
Coming Soon!
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WRITTEN REVIEW by Karen van Harskamp, Cairns Post timeout, p.18 Thursday 21.06.07
About Madsen-Pietsch's latest solo exhibition work, Elevating the Spirit:
RAISING SPIRITS
In seeking and making meaning people draw on patterns - of form, action and feeling - to define the indescribable and seemingly random nature of life into recognizable, manageable truths.
'Elevating the Spirit' seeks to transform this process into a tangible presence.
The media chosen by the artist is often as fascinating as the end result - 'Tokens, 3 x 7 = 21' is a collage work of acrylic, linen thread, rice paper and cotton fabric patterns from favourite old clothing, fused on to a grid pattern across canvas. An exploration of how fragments can constitute the whole but the whole transcends the fragments; this is the art of association. Madsen-Pietsch's primary derived palette is evocative but subtly manifested, enhanced by the primal humanity of her execution.
Her fibre receptacle, 'Circular Bound', suggests the almost universal human desire to reveal that which is hidden and contain that which is of value.
Exploring the symbolic vessel of being, the heart, the artist evokes the quintessential expressions that have evolved throughout human cultures over time in 'All Embracing, Where Spirit Resides'.
Oddly connective in their impact, the palette and composition of many works is both intriguing and meditative as evidenced in 'Spirit of Gold - States of Being' and 'Parallels (Page Format Transitions)'.
Reveling in the organic pleasure of tactile creation, 'Page Format Transitional Series' celebrates how grounded energies give birth to transformed states and the pleasure of seeing experience manifest as a language of purpose, impact and visual aesthetic.
The mark of the artist imbues the works with unique appeal, a quality attractive to many in a mass-produced age.
With her complex, many layered works Madsen-Pietsch dignifies the challenges of meaning-making in life by honouring the grandeur of the puzzle and the pursuit.
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