New Website

I now have a website. You can visit it at http://www.markfriedlander.com.au/.

Viewing

Felix and Gretel demonstrate the physical act of looking at the works.

Masters of Fine Art Exhibition, Victorian College of the Arts

The following images are the works from my MFA show in December, 2011. Much of the experience was about physically looking through the small hallways throughout the show. This act drew reference to the rituals of religious devotees...and kept the works less accessible. Positioning of works made the viewer aware of themselves in the space. The large images eclipsed these works, their hyperreal presence drawing the viewer in. A third-space or site of the imagination is supposed within the floor objects.

Exhibition: Innovators 3 at Linden Gallery

Linden Gallery, 26 Acland Street, St Kilda
http://www.lindenarts.org/exhibitions/2011.aspx
My work for the show is Ma

EXHIBITION DATES:
Saturday, 12 November 2011 - Sunday, 11 December 2011

OPENING:
6-8pm Friday 11 November

Waxworks

The installation of pieces for recent works has included a photographic image and a sculptural element. The images have been documents of the development work for the sculpture or in the case of the bronzes, of the wax that I then invest for pouring. Here is a photograph of a bronze work and the image that accompanied it.

Moulds

Because this is a studio blog I thought I would show a few images of the moulds that I have used to make the works. The first is plaster and was used to slipcast the stoneware forms and the second is acrylic and was used to create the plaster plates that I have used in earlier works. The last image is an interior shot from one of these pieces.

Stoneware Hallway

I have pulled these 10 stoneware pieces of this work out of the kiln today. I glazed the two interior sides and then fired them at 1200 degrees. When they are assembled they make a hallway that can be viewed when you get down on your hands and knees. I will prepare better images when I exhibit.