Surface Vector
27 August - 17 October 2020 Dan Lorrimer Surface Vector is a new solo exhibition by sculptor and designer, Dan Lorrimer (NSW). His work is driven by a deep understanding of materials, industrial processes and a keen sense of exploration through making. Dan also explores notions of movement, energy, solidity and illusion through minimalist sculptural forms, often located between the artificial and natural world. For Lorrimer, this solo exhibition is the culmination of two lines of sculptural inquiry, Fragment and Splinter Array. Each body of work focuses on notions of motion, force, illusion, growth and decay through abstract minimalist metal forms. Experimentation and development of metal forming techniques are at the core of Dan’s practice. The unforeseen outcomes of experimenting and process-driven work is often the catalyst for new artworks and new methods of making - leading to dynamic and skillfully made work. Dan Lorrimer is a sculptor, machinist and fabricator. With a degree in Sculpture from the Australian National University, Dan has since diversified his work, significantly developing his skills across a wide range of technical areas, specialising in metal forming. His work is driven by a deep understanding of materials, industrial processes and a keen sense of exploration through making. He works across scales in metal, from sculpture, object design through to custom prototyping and fabrication services. Lorrimer’s thirst for learning and developing unique processes is woven through all he designs and makes, continually striving to refine and resolve making processes to be the best they can be. He has exhibited widely across Australia and is currently represented by Flinders Lane Gallery Melbourne.
27 August - 17 October 2020
Dan Lorrimer
Surface Vector is a new solo exhibition by sculptor and designer, Dan Lorrimer (NSW). His work is driven by a deep understanding of materials, industrial processes and a keen sense of exploration through making. Dan also explores notions of movement, energy, solidity and illusion through minimalist sculptural forms, often located between the artificial and natural world.
For Lorrimer, this solo exhibition is the culmination of two lines of sculptural inquiry, Fragment and Splinter Array. Each body of work focuses on notions of motion, force, illusion, growth and decay through abstract minimalist metal forms. Experimentation and development of metal forming techniques are at the core of Dan’s practice. The unforeseen outcomes of experimenting and process-driven work is often the catalyst for new artworks and new methods of making - leading to dynamic and skillfully made work.
Dan Lorrimer is a sculptor, machinist and fabricator. With a degree in Sculpture from the Australian National University, Dan has since diversified his work, significantly developing his skills across a wide range of technical areas, specialising in metal forming. His work is driven by a deep understanding of materials, industrial processes and a keen sense of exploration through making. He works across scales in metal, from sculpture, object design through to custom prototyping and fabrication services.
Lorrimer’s thirst for learning and developing unique processes is woven through all he designs and makes, continually striving to refine and resolve making processes to be the best they can be. He has exhibited widely across Australia and is currently represented by Flinders Lane Gallery Melbourne.
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SURFACE VECTOR<br />
DAN LORRIMER<br />
Craft ACT Craft + Design Centre
Craft ACT: Craft + Design Centre is supported by the ACT<br />
Government, the Visual Arts and Craft Strategy – an initiative<br />
of the Australian State and Territory Governments, and the<br />
Australia Council for the Arts – the Australian Government’s arts<br />
funding and advisory body.<br />
CRAFT ACT CRAFT + DESIGN CENTRE<br />
Tues–Fri 10am–5pm<br />
Saturdays 12–4pm<br />
Level 1, North Building, 180 London Circuit,<br />
Canberra ACT Australia<br />
+61 2 6262 9333<br />
www.craftact.org.au<br />
Cover: Dan Lorrimer, Fragment Ascent 12, 2020. Photo: Alison Jackson
SURFACE VECTOR<br />
DAN LORRIMER<br />
Craft ACT Craft + Design Centre<br />
27 August - 17 October 2020<br />
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<strong>Surface</strong> <strong>Vector</strong><br />
Exhibition statement<br />
<strong>Surface</strong> vector is the culmination of two<br />
lines of sculptural inquiry, Fragment and<br />
Splinter Array. Each body of work focuses<br />
on notions of motion, force, illusion, growth<br />
and decay through Abstract minimalist<br />
metal forms.<br />
Experimentation and development of metal<br />
forming techniques are at the core of Dan’s<br />
practice. The unforeseen outcomes of<br />
experimenting and process driven work is<br />
often the catalyst for both new artworks<br />
and new methods of making - leading to<br />
dynamic and skilfully made work.<br />
Previous: Dan Lorrimer, Splinter Array 6, 2020.<br />
Photo: Alison Jackson<br />
Opposite: Dan Lorrimer, Splinter Array 7, 2020.<br />
Photo: Alison Jackson<br />
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Exhibition essay<br />
Catalogue essay: Eva Czernis-Ryl<br />
Dan Lorrimer graduated from the ANU<br />
School of Art Sculpture workshop<br />
in 2009. Three years later, the writer<br />
Yolande Norris was so impressed with<br />
his first solo show of ‘gracefully explosive’<br />
metal sculptures at CCAS Manuka<br />
that she declared it a ‘terrifyingly strong<br />
debut’. 1 The intense nine years of<br />
Lorrimer’s creative journey that followed<br />
were marked by some forty exhibitions,<br />
a major acquisition by the University<br />
of Western Sydney and a prestigious<br />
museum commission, cementing his<br />
reputation as a talented and imaginative<br />
sculptor with a deep understanding of,<br />
and passion for the materiality of metal.<br />
Lorrimer’s sculptures are often described<br />
as abstract minimalist and it<br />
is true that for most of his works he<br />
chooses a reductionist aesthetic where<br />
form, material and movement underpin<br />
spatial concepts. His inspiration however,<br />
comes from forms found in nature.<br />
Lorrimer is particularly fascinated by<br />
crystalline structures of minerals and<br />
the energy of such natural phenomena<br />
as the collisions of the tectonic plates<br />
of the Earth’s lithosphere. And when<br />
he works with sheet metal (Lorrimer’s<br />
sculptures are hollow) aided by the<br />
force of the hydraulic press, there is<br />
nothing minimalistic in his desire to<br />
give it dynamic form and to release the<br />
material’s inner energy: he repeatedly<br />
folds the metal sheets, he creases them<br />
like paper, he deconstructs the unnaturally<br />
calm metal expanses into splinter-shaped<br />
planes ushered by shooting<br />
lines converging into points of impact.<br />
Whether using steel, aluminium or brass,<br />
Lorrimer sees ‘a world of possibilities’<br />
in this highly focused, entirely hands-on<br />
explorative process.<br />
<strong>Surface</strong> <strong>Vector</strong> offers rewarding insights<br />
into Lorrimer’s ongoing sculptural<br />
pursuits over the last three years. Series<br />
such as ‘Fragments’ and ‘Splinters’<br />
are represented. The key works in this<br />
exhibition - wall reliefs and sculptures<br />
- bear titles like ‘Departed Trajectory’,<br />
Opposite: Dan Lorrimer, Fragment Ascent 3, 2020.<br />
Photo: Alison Jackson<br />
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‘Triple Junction’ and ‘Fragment Ascent’<br />
and when considered together with the<br />
show’s title, encourage a look beyond<br />
the form and into the compositional<br />
strategies the artist employs to achieve<br />
his surface tensions. Much of our perception<br />
of motion in these works relies<br />
on surface fractures and their potent<br />
energy. It is fascinating to realise that all<br />
those lineal folds, tears and creases also<br />
happen to be vectors that define individual<br />
character of each work through their<br />
magnitude and direction: these line-vectors<br />
run, collide and play of each other,<br />
orchestrating each artwork’s mood<br />
and drama. We know that Lorrimer’s<br />
sculptures are complete and static, yet<br />
we almost feel their hard surfaces still<br />
pulsating, that if we look away and give<br />
more time, they will continue transforming<br />
- from and back again into the metal<br />
- infinitely.<br />
Eva Czernis-Ryl<br />
Curator<br />
Museum of Applied Arts and Sciences<br />
[1] Yolande Norris, ‘Digital Ether – Dan Lorrimer’, 5 February<br />
2011, https://yolandenorris.com.au/2011/02/15/digitalether-dan-lorrimer/<br />
Accessed 30 July 2020<br />
Opposite: Dan Lorrimer, Fragment Ascent 10, 2020.<br />
Photo: Alison Jackson<br />
Page 12-13: Fragment Ascent 3 and 5, 2020.<br />
Photo Alison Jackson<br />
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Dan Lorrimer<br />
Biography<br />
Dan Lorrimer is a sculptor, machinist and<br />
fabricator. With a degree in Sculpture from<br />
the Australian National University, Dan has<br />
since diversified his work, significantly<br />
developing his skills across a wide range<br />
of technical areas, specialising in metal<br />
forming.<br />
Dan’s work is driven by a deep<br />
understanding of materials, industrial<br />
processes and a keen sense of exploration<br />
through making. He works across<br />
scales in metal, from sculpture, object<br />
design through to custom prototyping<br />
and fabrication services. Dan’s thirst for<br />
learning and developing unique processes<br />
is woven through all he designs and<br />
makes, continually striving to refine and<br />
resolve making processes to be the best<br />
they can be.<br />
Artist statement<br />
<strong>Surface</strong> vector is the culmination of two<br />
lines of sculptural inquiry, Fragment and<br />
Splinter Array. Each body of work focuses<br />
on notions of motion, force, illusion,<br />
growth and decay through Abstract<br />
minimalist metal forms.<br />
Experimentation and development of<br />
metal forming techniques are at the<br />
core of Dan’s practice. The unforeseen<br />
outcomes of experimenting and process<br />
driven work is often the catalyst for both<br />
new artworks and new methods of making<br />
- leading to dynamic and skilfully made<br />
work.<br />
Dan’s sculpture practice explores notions<br />
of movement, energy, solidity and illusion<br />
through minimalist sculptural forms, often<br />
located between the artificial and natural<br />
world. He has exhibited widely across<br />
Australia and is currently represented by<br />
Flinders Lane Gallery Melbourne.<br />
Opposite: Dan Lorrimer, Departed Trajectory 3, 2017.<br />
Powdercoated aluminium. Photo Alison Jackson
List of works<br />
1 Splinter Array 2, 2016<br />
Powdercoated mild steel,<br />
stainless steel<br />
$4,800<br />
7 Fragment Ascent #1, 2020<br />
Stainless steel, patinated<br />
$990<br />
2 Splinter Array 6, 2020<br />
Patinated mild steel<br />
$2,900<br />
8 Fragment Ascent #2, 2020<br />
Brass, patinated<br />
$990<br />
3 Splinter Array 7, 2020<br />
Powdercoated mild steel<br />
$3,800<br />
9 Fragment Ascent #3, 2020<br />
Corten steel, patinated<br />
$990<br />
4 Splinter Array 8, 2020<br />
Powdercoated mild steel<br />
$4,900 (optional plinth $250)<br />
10 Fragment Ascent #4, 2020<br />
Stainless steel, patinated<br />
$990<br />
5 Departed Trajectory 3, 2017<br />
Powdercoated aluminium<br />
$5,200 (optional plinth $250)<br />
11 Fragment Ascent #5, 2020<br />
Stainless steel, patinated<br />
$990<br />
6 Triple Junction 2, 2017<br />
Corten steel, patinated<br />
$6,400<br />
12 Fragment Ascent #6, 2020<br />
Stainless steel, patinated<br />
$990<br />
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13 Fragment Ascent #7, 2020<br />
Brass, patinated<br />
$990<br />
14 Fragment Ascent #8, 2020<br />
Corten steel, patinated<br />
$990<br />
15 Fragment Ascent #9, 2020<br />
Brass, patinated<br />
$990<br />
16 Fragment Ascent #10, 2020<br />
Corten steel, patinated<br />
$990<br />
17 Fragment Ascent #11, 2020<br />
Stainless steel, patinated<br />
$990<br />
18 Fragment Ascent #12, 2020<br />
Brass, patinated<br />
$990<br />
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