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G aby Jung
the Garden Path
My work in the health-field shows me
daily how out of touch with the natural
cycles of life most people are. My sculpture
provides an opportunity to contemplate
themes of balance; death and rebirth;
growth and decline.
The five identical sculptures represent the
equal status of each phase of the
lifecycle/season; without one the other
cannot be. By arranging them in the form
of the pentagram/circle their interconnectedness
is made tangible.
Fire
Early Summer
Surge
Adolscence
The Guardians of Life (detail)
M1compound mounted on mild
steel, 2006
160 x 320 x 320cm
(5 pieces, 160 x 45 x 40cm each)
Wood
Spring
Growth
Childhood
Earth
Late Summer
Consolidation
Mature Adult
Gaby was born in Berlin, Germany, migrating in
1979 to Australia and settling in Melbourne in
1986. She started as a self-taught sculptor working
mainly in stone in 2002. Since then she has been
in nineteen group exhibitions including Collectors
Exhibition (2005, 2006), Toorak Sculpture Festival
(2004, 2005), She, Spirit of Life (2003) and Yering
Station Sculpture Exhibition (2006). Her works are
in private collections in Germany and Australia.
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Water
Winter
Quickening
Death & Rebirth
Metal
Autumn
Decline
Old Age