NEWS & EVENTS
Barbara Campbell-Allen - curated collection.
Opening August 1 - August 28 1-3pm
Australian Art Atelier
13 Eden St, North Sydney
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0467 717 524
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Residencies
In April I joined with a group of 10 artists at The Corridor Project outside of Cowra to produce work in response to the site of an old sheep station on the Lachlan River.
In May with 3 other artists we visited Paroo/Darling National Park to develop work relating to the Great Artesian Basin. We also spent time with some first nation girls doing a cultural immersion workshop on country.
As an Australian ceramic artist my practice engages with landscape as a source of inspiration, whilst the anagama process provides my aesthetic framework. My making and firing are a reflection of the processes of nature, sometimes life giving, sometimes destructive. The outcome is not just a happy accident, though chance does play some part in the firing. It is the result of the inherent synergies of the making and firing processes informed by my conceptual framework and a desire to achieve a unique personal aesthetic.
‘ The measure of so many Australian artists is to bring us into landscape. Barbara Campbell-Allen goes further - her forms both echo landforms and reinvent them. The sensuality of her textures engage our desire to know through touch.Her ability to paint with fire and sculpt with clay is the bedrock of her invention. Her best pieces seem to slow time and hum with the silence of vast space.’
Elemental Presence by Anna Johnson 2021 Rochfort Gallery publication
The Vast Arc - Barbara Campbell-Allen
Into the Kiln - Barbara Campbell-Allen
Barbara Campbell-Allen - Gondwanna Horizons
Gondwana Horizon from Art Weaves on Vimeo.
Barbara Campbell-Allen - An Australian Landscape Narrative
This video was developed for The Australian Ceramic Association film festival that was part of the Australian Ceramic Triennial 'Stepping Up' , that was held in Canberra July 2015.