UWS Sculpture Award 2008 Invitation (PDF, 2.23 MB) - Art Gallery ...

Gary DeirmendjianArtist Statement132 timber segments of consistent length arearranged as though scaffolding around a singlemodule from Constantin Brancusi’s “EndlessColumn” motif.The work stems from an ongoing interest in modulararrangements that produce visual striations due tothe complex of structural members interacting witheach other and their respective shadows. The workchanges constantly in response to available light andthe perspective of the viewer – their distance andmovement.Artist BiographySydney-based artist; Master of Fine Arts fromNational Art School; major outdoor exhibitionsinclude the Helen Lempriere, the McClelland Survey,Sculpture by the Sea and the UWS Sculpture Awardand Exhibition; has received several awards andpublic commissions.“Material sponsorship kindly provided byA.W. Swadling Timber & Hardware P/L”In a more private way it represents a flight fromthe nest of an influential figure in the artist’s earlydevelopment. It is at once a homage and a farewell.The work is compelled by a lifelong coming toterms with notions concerning existence, identityand belonging. All rest upon a firming appreciationof uncertainty and one’s own insignificance as abeing.16