KIRSTEN BECCARIS, JESS FITZPATRICK, YALAN GAO,  ELOISE TILBURY, BEE WALKER
“TIME SCULPTURE”
SMALL SCULPTURES FROM “SCULPTURE: FORM AND MATERIAL”

ARTBOX, LEVEL 4 FISHER LIBRARY (2024)

Time Sculpture, Small Sculptures from “Sculpture: Form and Material,” 2024. Installation view. Photography by Estelle Yoon.

EXHIBITION STATEMENT

Students in the Sydney College of the Arts course “Sculpture: Form and Material” were asked to create a “Small Sculpture” using materials at hand. The result was a range of works whose common theme or thread would seem to be time and inheritance. Each semester brings different preoccupations to the surface in the work of emerging artists and this class proves no exception. The deeply personal works can be read biographically, as the artists explore legacy and memories of childhood, but also take shape as distinct forms, highlighting the interplay between interpretation and experience.

This class was tutored by Zoe Robertson.

Time Sculpture, Small Sculptures from “Sculpture: Form and Material,” 2024. Installation view. Photography by Estelle Yoon.

Jess Fitzpatrick

Drippy Castles

wax, sand 

Drippy Castles reflects on capturing the nostalgia of play. The work explores a consideration of ‘play’ as an action of creativity, imagination, sensory experiences and how these are pushed and explored. The sculpting of these 'castles', created with such intent, focus and imagination, exploring the freedom of play. 

@jess.fitzpatrick 

Bee Walker

what a waste. 

aluminium, polymer clay, hot glue

Walker created this work as a playful reflection of their experience growing up with undiagnosed autism with bad sensory issues, as well as their childhood experience of homelessness and food scarcity. Walker wanted to create a work that appeared childish and silly at a first glance, but upon reflection brought out anxiety and worry, bringing the viewer into their childhood mind.

Eloise Tilbury, Hereditary, 2024, cotton thread and organza. Photography by Estelle Yoon.

Eloise Tilbury 

Hereditary

cotton thread, organza 

Hereditary explores the nature of inheritance in relation to the disease endometriosis. This work is a physical manifestation of my struggle with the disease as well as its grotesque beauty in that it has been a part of my mother’s side of the family for generations. A part of my ancestors lives on within me.

From left to right: Kirsten Beccaris, A shadow without its flame, 2024, wax and wire. Jess Fitzpatrick, Drippy Castles, 2024, wax and sand. Photography by Estelle Yoon.

Kirsten Beccaris

A shadow without its flame

wax, wire

This sculpture captures a moment of transience, exploring the ephemeral nature of fire and its command over contrasting materials. Leaving only the remnants of what was once a solid form, this new structure serves as an ode to the passage of time and creates a shadow marking a complete transformation.