241. 'Angel at the Table' by Victoria Monk (Darlington)
MATERIAL: Bronze, recycled steel
SIZE: 18 x 11 x 22 (mm)
PRICE: $720
STATEMENT: “Angel at the Table” is the “tutela”, an ancient deity or guardian, protector of a particular place, geographic feature, person, lineage, nation, culture or occupation. The sculpture represents the guardian we all would like to believe we have.
ARTIST BIO: Victoria Monk was awarded first prize for sculpture Northern Beaches Art Prize 2018, Bowral BDAS Gallery 2017, 2018, Hunters Hill Art 2015 and Amnesty International 2001. Her work has been selected for exhibitions in Sydney and regional New South Wales and have been sold to private collectors.
242. 'embrace' by Brett Anthony Moore (Miranda)
MATERIAL: Synthetic Polymer Paint (skin), wire and silicone. 35x11cm
SIZE: 370 x 110 x 350 (mm)
PRICE: $1,800
STATEMENT: Embrace connects us in a time where as humans we’re asked to isolate from the very element that makes us whole, our need for physical touch. Created from paint skins, 'Embrace' responds to the absence of touch by using the same material used for a sense of comfort at home
ARTIST BIO: Currently the final BFA year studying at The National Art School, Sydney, Brett has had successful solo exhibitions in Sydney, Melbourne and the UK along with a string of group shows held in both country’s, a finalist numerously in Regional Art Prizes, with collectors of his work globally.
243. 'New Beginnings' by Toni Morrison (Gulgong)
MATERIAL: 100% merino wool
SIZE: 570 x 221 x 221 (mm)
PRICE: SOLD
STATEMENT: New Beginnings was made during lock down 2020. Black- the unknown of what is to come in the uncertain times of COVID-19. White- purity of new life. Sculptured holes-holes in our hearts from missing family and friends. Hand made felt, sculptured vessel using the natural fiber of merino wool.
ARTIST BIO: Toni Morrison from Gulgong in the Central West of NSW, textile artist specialising in felted sculpture. Toni explores textiles and favours using natural fibres to produce creative sculptures and wearable art in the ancient craft of felting. Toni regularly exhibits throughout the Central West NSW.
244. 'Pink in the Middle' by Aarone Neill (Sydney)
MATERIAL: Plaster
SIZE: 400 x 200 x 250 (mm)
PRICE: $1,200
STATEMENT: "Pink (italics) is an abstracted bust that has been cast in plaster from hand modelled clay. The work represents the idea that regardless of how we identify with attributes of gender, sexuality, race or religion, we are as unique as we are the same. We are all pink in the middle.
1/1"
ARTIST BIO: Aarone is a former Mudgee resident and Irish-Australian Artist currently studying sculpture at The National Art School in Sydney. He is passionate about sculpting in clay and uses this medium to express both abstract and figurative works.
245. 'Black Summer' by Vlasé Nikoleski (Charlestown)
MATERIAL: Cast bronze and stainless steel with custom plinth
SIZE: 560 x 320 x 170 (mm)
PRICE: $5,500
STATEMENT: "BLACK SUMMER is the sculptural expression of the overpowering and fearsome beauty of an Australian
bushfire which devours everything in it's path including the structures which symbolise our humanity."
ARTIST BIO: "During his long artistic career Vlasé Nikoleski has participated in 35 solo shows and 59 group exhibitions. His multimedia sculpture has evolved via multiple series of sculptures concerned with human activity in
the Australian environment. He is represented in public and private collections in Australia and overseas."
246. 'Surfing the big wave' by Kay Norton-Knight (Mudgee)
MATERIAL: Wire and wood
SIZE: 200 x 500 x 200 (mm)
PRICE: SOLD
247. 'Besos' by Sallie Portnoy (Sydney)
MATERIAL: Lead Crystal, Wood
SIZE: 540 x 470 x 220 (mm)
PRICE: SOLD
STATEMENT: Inspired by the “Kiss” from Klimt, Besos embodies a depiction of longing and reconciliation, the core polarity of our natural condition. Man afloat alone on the sea of time is anchored.
ARTIST BIO: Portnoy is a prolific interdisciplinary artist, working in glass, clay, metals, & mixed media. Her background in ceramics informs her work in glass, which has earned recognition and representation internationally in private and permanent collections. Portnoy teaches workshops worldwide and lives, works & teaches on the Northern Beaches of Sydney.
248. 'Blue Seamone' by Sallie Portnoy (Sydney)
MATERIAL: Cast optical & furnace glass
SIZE: 150 x 100 x 120 (mm)
PRICE: SOLD
STATEMENT: Blue Seamone sways in the undercurrents of our time in hope for a better future for our oceans.
ARTIST BIO: Portnoy is a prolific interdisciplinary artist, working in glass, clay, metals, & mixed media. Her background in ceramics informs her work in glass, which has earned recognition and representation internationally in private and permanent collections. Portnoy teaches workshops worldwide and lives, works & teaches on the Northern Beaches of Sydney.
249. 'Nue d'Armory (Nude at Armory)' by Laurent Rivory (Springwood)
MATERIAL: Steel and Hawkesbury Sandstone
SIZE: 650 x 400 x 550 (mm)
PRICE: SOLD
STATEMENT: In this work, two standalone components can be adjusted to a myriad of possible positions to evoke the stroboscopic painting “Nude Descending a Staircase No. 2” by Marcel Duchamp – which created an outcry at the 1913 Armory Show.
ARTIST BIO: Laurent is an emerging Blue Mountains sculptor who has exhibited in a number of settings, including Sculptures in the Garden 2019 and Braemar Gallery (Springwood). A recent thematic is duality – Yin and Yang, left and right, life and death – often represented as works using two interconnected core pieces.
250. 'Love Dove' by Laurent Rivory (Springwood)
MATERIAL: Steel and Ironbark
SIZE: 350 x 250 x 200 (mm)
PRICE: SOLD
STATEMENT: The dove of love and peace brings an olive branch. Made of two interlocked pieces, this dove symbolises the idea that peace and love are only real if reciprocated! For that special someone…
ARTIST BIO: Laurent is an emerging Blue Mountains sculptor who has exhibited in a number of settings, including Sculptures in the Garden 2019 and Braemar Gallery (Springwood). A recent thematic is duality – Yin and Yang, left and right, life and death – often represented as works using two interconnected core pieces.
251. 'Spiral Tote' by Nicole Robins (Haberfield)
MATERIAL: Natural fibres
SIZE: 500 x 500 x 200 (mm)
PRICE: $240
STATEMENT: Spirals abound in nature, suggesting fluidity and possibility. This idea of embracing our current flow state seems particularly pertinent in 2020. Star jasmine body twined with Dracaena draco. The handle is handmade string spirals from many local fibres: yucca, iris, bungalow palm spathe, cordyline.
ARTIST BIO: Nicole has been making baskets for almost ten years. All of her materials are gathered or grown in her local area, Inner West Sydney. She prefers to use whole, recognisable fibres, juxtaposing indigenous plants, exotics and, yes, even ‘weeds’. Nicole chooses basketry techniques that will showcase the
beautiful fibres.
252. 'On the vine' by Nicole Robins (Haberfield)
MATERIAL: Natural fibres
SIZE: 1000 x 350 x 200 (mm)
PRICE: $240
STATEMENT: On the vine....references my love of wine and vine! This vine grew cheekily on a wall in Annandale...and is complimented by other sculptural fibres like the knobbly palm inflorescence. It's a light, herbaceous number - happy against a sheltered patio wall.
ARTIST BIO: Nicole has been making baskets for almost ten years. All of her materials are gathered or grown in her local area, Inner West Sydney. She prefers to use whole, recognisable fibres, juxtaposing indigenous plants, exotics and, yes, even ‘weeds’. Nicole chooses basketry techniques that will showcase the beautiful fibres.
253. 'The State of Things' by Monika Scarrabelotti (Arncliffe)
MATERIAL: Cement fondue, marble dust, fibreglass
SIZE: 280 x 380 x 550 (mm)
PRICE: $5,000
STATEMENT: Part of a series addressing eco-anxiety, The State of Things considers Australia’s climate crisis. Working in isolation during the 2020 lockdown progressed the work into an amalgamation of the strange chaos that the past 12 months has offered.
ARTIST BIO: Monika Scarrabelotti is a Sydney based artist who makes gestural figurative sculptures engaging with the human condition. Scarrabelotti completed a BFA and MFA at National Art School, and teaches sculpture at the Tom Bass Sculpture Studio. Scarrabelotti exhibits regularly and has a growing number of artworks in Australian private collections.
254. 'Warrior' by Monika Scarrabelotti (Arncliffe)
MATERIAL: Plaster, fibre, wire, shellac, pigment, wax
SIZE: 420 x 420 x 640 (mm)
PRICE: $4,800
STATEMENT: Warrior is an exploration of the vulnerability and sensitivity in the masculine figure.
ARTIST BIO: Monika Scarrabelotti is a Sydney based artist who makes gestural figurative sculptures engaging with the human condition. Scarrabelotti completed a BFA and MFA at National Art School, and teaches sculpture at the Tom Bass Sculpture Studio. Scarrabelotti exhibits regularly and has a growing number of artworks in Australian private collections.
255. 'The unseen' by Alex Scheibner (Rylstone)
MATERIAL: Reclaimed steel, wax
SIZE: 150 x 200 x 130 (mm)
PRICE: SOLD
STATEMENT: Furthermore exploration of material limitations
ARTIST BIO: Sculptor Alex Scheibner works from Rylstone NSW. His current work revolves around reclaiming discarded metals from local mining operations and changing their dimensions with forging. Principal themes of his work are decay, rebirth and capturing a moment in time. Alex holds two trades as a Blacksmith and Mechanical fitter.
256. 'My Corona' by Alex Scheibner (Rylstone)
MATERIAL: Reclaimed steel, wax and marble
SIZE: 150 x 150 x 150 (mm)
PRICE: SOLD
STATEMENT: Furthermore exploration of material limitations
ARTIST BIO: Sculptor Alex Scheibner works from Rylstone NSW. His current work revolves around reclaiming discarded metals from local mining operations and changing their dimensions with forging. Principal themes of his work are decay, rebirth and capturing a moment in time. Alex holds two trades as a Blacksmith and Mechanical fitter.
257. 'Malvolio' by Pauline Sedgwick (Mosman)
MATERIAL: High Fired Glazed Terracotta
SIZE: 320 x 260 (mm)
PRICE: SOLD
STATEMENT: Malvolio was a joy to create in his beautifully rich toning colours reflecting his dreams and delight.
ARTIST BIO: I am a self taught artist, and have been making and exhibiting funky ceramic figures for over 50 years. I still enjoy the magic moment with each piece when I suddenly "see" the essence of that figure. From then on it's developing the soul of that unique character.
258. 'Hippy Drummer' by Pauline Sedgwick (Mosman)
MATERIAL: High fired glazed Terracotta
SIZE: 330 x 180 x 140 (mm)
PRICE: SOLD
STATEMENT: This is a "flower child" drummer epitomizing the values of her era and wearing hip clothes which have ironically done the circuit back into today's high fashion, where 'Peace and Love' are replaced by economic aspirations.
ARTIST BIO: I am a self taught artist, and have been making and exhibiting funky ceramic figures for over 50 years. I still enjoy the magic moment with each piece when I suddenly "see" the essence of that figure. From then on it's developing the soul of that unique character.
259. 'Lyrical Lawyer' by Pauline Sedgwick (Mosman)
MATERIAL: High fired glazed Terracotta
SIZE: 390 x 140 x 130 (mm)
PRICE: SOLD
STATEMENT: Everyone has a song within them and Portia is discovering her's! Whether she is a C16 heroine or a contemporary smasher of glass ceilings she is the independent, aspirational woman living her life her way.
ARTIST BIO: I am a self taught artist, and have been making and exhibiting funky ceramic figures for over 50 years. I still enjoy the magic moment with each piece when I suddenly "see" the essence of that figure. From then on it's developing the soul of that unique character.
260. 'No Cross To Carry; No Nails To Drive' by Claire Tennant (Sydney)
MATERIAL: Cold-cast aluminium
SIZE: 600 x 500 x 150 (mm)
PRICE: SOLD
STATEMENT: It is only when we are forced to let go of everything that true freedom can be achieved. Finished in cold-cast aluminium, this piece was a direct life cast from a real person.
ARTIST BIO: "With a degree in industrial design, Claire has made a career pushing the boundaries of materials and techniques in the realm of sculpture.
Never one to shy away from a challenge, this multidisciplinary artist makes the viewer question 'how did she do that?'"
261. 'Slave to Love' by Vince Vozzo (Sydney)
MATERIAL: Marble
SIZE: 590 x 530 x 330 (mm)
PRICE: $25,000
STATEMENT: Slave to Love represents the artist as the elephant supporting his muse.
ARTIST BIO: Australian sculptor Vince Vozzo has had a lifetime of outstanding sculpture exhibitions. He has had 43 solo exhibitions.
262. 'Stripped' by Cecily Walters (Parkes)
MATERIAL: 29 Micron Merino Wool
SIZE: 610 x 200 x 200 (mm)
PRICE: SOLD
STATEMENT: If we stripped ourselves naked of all our possessions, we can still stand tall & proud.
ARTIST BIO: Cecily lives in the Central West NSW town of Parkes & is self taught. Cecily has been felting for approximately 9 years. Cecily has successfully exhibited in many parts of the Central West including Parkes, Forbes, Blayney, Millthorpe, Gulgong, Dubbo & Mudgee.
263. 'Truss tomato' by Trenton Woolcott (Narrabri)
MATERIAL: Camphor laurel wood and mild steel
SIZE: 360 x 340 x 340 (mm)
PRICE: SOLD
STATEMENT: The warmth of the timber and the metal details appear to work well with oversized fruit sculptures.
ARTIST BIO: Originally from Sydney, the last 4 years has been spent in the Narrabri area part time teaching and spare time sculpture. Working in mostly wood and metal.
264. 'Sleeping girl' by Trenton Woolcott (Narrabri)
MATERIAL: Concrete
SIZE: 90 x 320 x 200 (mm)
PRICE: SOLD
STATEMENT: Sleeping girl in concrete, sealed and suitable for indoor or outdoor settings.
ARTIST BIO: Originally from Sydney, the last 4 years has been spent in the Narrabri area part time teaching and spare time sculpture. Working in mostly wood and metal.
265. 'Sentinel' by Anthony Xerri (Blaxland)
MATERIAL: Steel
SIZE: 640 x 70 x 80 (mm)
PRICE: SOLD
STATEMENT: Sentinel is contained aggression, expressed through geometric shapes. It is a passive abstract sculpture, perpetually guarding, watchful and armed.
ARTIST BIO: Anthony studied Fine Arts, Sculpture (and Print Making) at RMIT under Inge King. He works primarily in steel and draws influence from literature, contemporary music and global social events.
266. 'Belligerent' by Anthony Xerri (Blaxland)
MATERIAL: Steel
SIZE: 790 x 170 x 200 (mm)
PRICE: $2,900
STATEMENT: Belligerent is essentially a range of assembled geometric shapes. The interplay between negative and positive spaces is undermined by aggression, sharp edges and a sense of movement.
ARTIST BIO: Anthony studied Fine Arts, Sculpture (and Print Making) at RMIT under Inge King. He works primarily in steel and draws influence from literature, contemporary music and global social events.
267. 'Flight 2' by Anthony Xerri (Blaxland)
MATERIAL: Steel
SIZE: 700 x 230 x 400 (mm)
PRICE: $1,600
STATEMENT: Flight 2 is an expression of our historical search to soar the skies. The pyramidal base reflects Mathematics while the bent middle is an expression of potential energy found by our ancestors in bows, all of which are topped by pure propulsion.
ARTIST BIO: Anthony studied Fine Arts, Sculpture (and Print Making) at RMIT under Inge King. He works primarily in steel and draws influence from literature, contemporary music and global social events.