Download Catalogue (pdf 5.3MB) - Watch Arts

T anja George
the Garden Path
My
fascination lies
with discarded
industrial and
mechanical
objects.
Nesting
Metal, plaster & wood, 2007
Dimensions variable
Tanja was born in Vienna, Austria but grew up in Germany where she
worked as a journalist for Esquire magazine. In 1989 she moved to
Australia where she studied film, completing her Bachelor of Film and
Television at Victorian College of the Arts in 1995. After graduating she
made a semi-documentary called Death and Passion, which was filmed,
on location in Pamplona and Zaragoza in Spain. In 2004 she travelled
9000 kilometres directing a travel documentary about Australia for
German television. Apart from her work in the film industry, Tanja has
assisted established artists in fabricating sculptures. She is also
creating her own work, mainly in the mediums of sculpture and photography.
Earlier this year, Tanja had a solo sculpture exhibition at
Lancaster Press Gallery and also exhibited in the Toyota Community
Spirit Gallery.
They have
become the basis
for my recent
sculptural work.
Just as the
objects have
reached the end
of their life span,
I transform them
into something new. To me
they are treasures that
have an aesthetic life
beyond their function.
These mechanicalindustrial
bird-creatures
warn us - with dark,
mocking humour - that
the threat of destruction of
our planet and the
extinction of its flora and
fauna is looming on the
not so distant bleak
horizon. These man-made
birds might be the only
avian survivors; a new
species is evolving!
28