STUDIO education resource - Museums & Galleries NSW
STUDIO education resource - Museums & Galleries NSW
STUDIO education resource - Museums & Galleries NSW
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MARION BORGELT<br />
MARION BORGELT<br />
SYDNEY, <strong>NSW</strong><br />
Marion Borgelt must have one of the tidiest studios in the country and unlike<br />
artist Angus Nivison, who thrives in chaos, Borgelt needs a clean slate to<br />
begin working. Ian Lloyd’s photograph of Borgelt’s studio is devoid of the<br />
paint splatters and informality that one usually associates with artists.<br />
Borgelt’s art is as pristine as her inner city studio, and her works of art<br />
are best viewed on gallery style white walls where their rich colour and<br />
strong optics can best take effect. In fact Borgelt’s studio is like a private<br />
art gallery where the artist can experiment with the placement of her work<br />
before sending it out into the public.<br />
Borgelt’s works of art seem to straddle sculpture and painting. In her own<br />
words, ‘technically they’re not just paintings because there’s very little flat<br />
work involved...most pieces interface between sculpture and painting, and<br />
some of them are completely off the wall...’ Bloodlight Strip Figure 4 2006<br />
is a round painting, also known as a tondo, and rather than having a flat<br />
painted surface it is as though the painting has been cut from its stretcher<br />
and rearranged into a dramatic, radiating design.<br />
Born in 1954, Borgelt has lived in many cities including Adelaide, New York,<br />
Canberra, Paris and Perth. She now works in inner city Sydney. The studio<br />
world that she creates could similarly be anywhere - it is a world in itself.<br />
Explore the artist’s website<br />
www.marionborgelt.com/<br />
Learn more about the artist:<br />
Look closely at the<br />
photograph of Borgelt in<br />
her studio. Identify and list<br />
any art making materials or<br />
tools that you can see. Is<br />
there anything unusual about<br />
your list? Where would you<br />
usually find these objects?<br />
Imagine viewing Borgelt‘s<br />
Bloodlight Strip Figure 4 2006<br />
from every possible direction.<br />
How do these different<br />
perspective change the work.<br />
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