Georgia Harvey
Georgia Harvey — 'Boy & Dolphin' Sculpture, 2024
$3,500
Ceramic sculpture depicting the tender friendship between a boy and a dolphin.
Imagine having to leave your homeland knowing that within your lifetime it will no longer exist - not only geopolitically, but in physical reality. Following a recent residency in Samoa, Georgia Harvey ponders the agonising choices that many people at the frontline of climate disaster are already facing: stay, and struggle against increasingly hazardous conditions; go, and lose connection with culture, history, and place. Soon the questions will change – how can we preserve culture and identity when the land ceases to exist? For the work in this exhibition, she turns to allegories from the past of interspecies friendship and cooperation, placing a simple hope in the possibility that we will at least get better at sharing as the pressures inexorably mount
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Georgia Harvey is a ceramicist drawn to inanimate objects that hint at the potential of anima. Originally studying painting at RMIT, she later trained and worked as a conservator before developing a sculptural practice, inspired by the artefacts encountered in her conservation work. In 2016 she moved to Sharjah (UAE) and spent several years working and exploring in the region. Her idiosyncratic sculptures demonstrate a fondness for ritual objects of the ancient world imbued with quiet humour, with surfaces and textures that elicit touch. Recent exhibitions include Lionish (Craft, 2023), Talismania (Boom, 2023), Peace and disquiet (with painter Guy Rubicon, Saint Cloche, 2022).
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November 14, 2024 - January 25, 2025
Curated by Simone Haag
Craft is thrilled to invite internationally renowned Australian decorator Simone Haag as the guest curator of Craft’s final main gallery exhibition of 2024. Making her curatorial debut, Haag presents a group exhibition featuring works by more than 30 Australian artists.
Material: midfire ceramic, glaze
Dimensions: approx. 31 x 21 x 25cm
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