Hindmarsh Prize 2017

BRIAN CORR LUX MANDALA
... my work seeks to embody a sense of the
profound and the transcendent.
Brian Corr creates sculpture and large-scale
installations, facilitating contemplation through
explorations of perception, activations of light and
shadow, volume and void. Lux Mandala explores
the translation of a rare optical phenomenon into
a mechanism for contemplative experience. What
follows is an evolution from the application of glass
to create an aesthetic object to the application of
glass to serve purely as a vehicle for the transmission
of light, embodying a sense of the profound and the
transcendent.
Originally from Colorado, USA, Brian received his
degree from Hastings College, majoring in Studio
Arts with an emphasis in glass. He subsequently
worked, studied and taught throughout the US
and abroad, including three years at the Corning
Museum of Glass.
He moved to Australia in 2005 to pursue his
Masters degree from the ANU School of Art &
Design in Canberra. Since completing his Masters
in 2007, Brian has exhibited nationally and
internationally, and was recently included in the
Modern Masters exhibition in Munich.
Brian’s work has been included in numerous public
and private collections throughout the world,
including the National Gallery of Australia and the
Toledo Museum of Art. Brian was also awarded the
prestigious Tom Malone Prize by the Art Gallery of
Western Australia in 2012. He has recently been
an instructor at the Pilchuck Glass School and the
Penland School of Crafts in America.
This new work represents a significant advancement
in Corr’s studio practice and PhD research, which
investigates the elements of contemplative space
and experience in Japanese architecture.
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