Artist Information:
Belinda Ward
Newtown,
Australia
Member Since: Jan 2007
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Artist Statement:
I have a Master of Fine Arts
from the Cranbrook Academy of
Art, Bloomfield Hills,
Michigan. I also studied two
years of architecture at UNSW
while working as an
architectural assistant in the
late Harry Seidler’s office. I
switched over to fine arts and
have exhibited drawings in
Sydney, Paris and Detroit.
It is a rather surreal
experience working in
decommissioned sites such as
in the bowels of White Bay
Power Station, the Carlton
Brewery and Cockatoo Island
where I work alone surrounded
by the ghosts of thousands of
workers. My more lyrical,
meditative work is extruded
from the preceding obsessive
documentation of the sites.
For some years I have observed
with fascination the curious,
albeit purposeful movements of
orange and lime-clad men at
various construction sites
around Sydney, including the
Walsh Bay Wharf complex and
the Woolloomooloo M5
Expressway. Some operate huge
machines resembling toys from
afar, some work at dizzy
heights on heaven-bound cranes
and a few, black and
seal-like, descend into the
murky depths of the Harbour.
Danger lurks everywhere and
each workman is dependent on
the responsible action of his
fellows. ...
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Belinda Ward's Free Artist Portfolio
Welcome to Belinda Ward's Portfolio.
I have a Master of Fine Arts from the Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan. I also studied two years of architecture at UNSW while working as an architectural assistant in the late Harry Seidler’s office. I switched over to fine arts and have exhibited drawings in Sydney, Paris and Detroit.
It is a rather surreal experience working in decommissioned sites such as in the bowels of White Bay Power Station, the Carlton Brewery and Cockatoo Island where I work alone surrounded by the ghosts of thousands of workers. My more lyrical, meditative work is extruded from the preceding obsessive documentation of the sites.
For some years I have observed with fascination the curious, albeit purposeful movements of orange and lime-clad men at various construction sites around Sydney, including the Walsh Bay Wharf complex and the Woolloomooloo M5 Expressway. Some operate huge machines resembling toys from afar, some work at dizzy heights on heaven-bound cranes and a few, black and seal-like, descend into the murky depths of the Harbour. Danger lurks everywhere and each workman is dependent on the responsible action of his fellows. ... |
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