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Judith Ben-Meir
the Garden Path
Deformed imagining
grow like trees. Who is
stable Who dances to
impress She leads him
yet cannot move:
truncated sewn into the
ground. Dance my
donkey, dance for me.
Come my donkey can you
see Love is blind.
Love is Blind
Bronze, 2007
66 x 36 x 23cm
In 1987 Judith obtained a Bachelor of Art Degree in Fine Art from RMIT
University in Melbourne. An integral part of her work as a sculptor has
always reflected her earlier career as a dancer. The element of the
figure, initially portrayed realistically and in humorous situations, led to
her first solo exhibition at Distelfink Gallery in 1991, and later that year
to receiving the Eltham Art Award. In her 1995 solo exhibition she had
already moved on to the more permanent medium of bronze, still using
the figure as her inspiration but allowing herself the freedom of
abstraction. Judith has exhibited in many invitational and group shows
in Australia, England, Canada, and Hong Kong continuing to work in her
favourite medium bronze. In 2001 Judith took a Post Graduate
Diploma in Art in Public Space, which led to her involvement in the
Installation of Stones & Tiles for The Cultural Park in Sile, Turkey. Her
commissions include amongst others Two Lion Heads for Domain
Corporate in Melbourne as well as an installation of forty figures for The
Cyberport Health Club in Hong Kong. Her most recent solo exhibition
was held at Span Galleries in June 2007.
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