Susan Cohnis a Melbourne jeweller whose work for GKW is
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 What smells did visitors list for inclusion in memory perfume? Find out here. |
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Up Your NoseInvisible, transient, almost unrecordable, smells unlock the memory like nothing else. One sniff can bring back your grandparents or your first love. Yet smells - like anything else - can die. Are there smells specific to the twentieth century, for instance? What smells will no longer be found in the next millennium? Cohn's installation poses this question for the general public. Visitors to the exhibition will be asked to record their own answers in the accompanying notebook. Jewellery prototypes that mix essences and memories will also be on display. The results will lead to a new range of nasal jewellery that will truly get up your nose. |
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 Susan Cohn & Justin Clements assembling Kate Gollings' photographs for the installation |
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SUSAN COHN Born 1952 Australia Currently Working 1980-98 Director Workshop 3000 183 Flinders Lane Melbourne 3000 Victoria Telephone/Fax (613) 96503171 1995-98 Craft Victoria, President Represented by Anna Schwartz Gallery (formerly City Gallery) 185 Flinders Lane Melbourne Tel (613) 9654 6131 Fax (613) 9650 5418 Training 1986 Graduate Diploma of Fine Art Gold and Silversmithing (Distinction) Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology Victoria 1980 Diploma of Art, Gold and Silversmithing Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology Victoria 1971177 Trained and worked as a graphic designer Other Studies 1998 Candidate for Doctorate of Fine Art Theory College of Fine Arts University of New South Wales Sydney NSW Major Commissions and Awards 1998 Milan, Centro Studi Alessi Cohndom Boxes (Two Versions) 1994-5 Australia Council Visual Arts/Crafts Board Fellowship grant 1990 Milan, Centro Studi Alessi Tableware 1988 English Speaking Union Stuart Deviin National Craft Award Master Workshops 1996 20th Anniversary Fellowship 1996 Australian National University Canberra School of Art 1995 Aiessi Workshop conducted with Dr Alberto Alessi College of Fine Arts University of NSW Sydney 1995 Royal College of Art, London Gold and Silversmithing Selected Solo Exhibitions 1998 Melbourne, Anna Schwartz Gallery Catch Me 1995 Melbourne, Anna Schwartz Gallery Reflections 1994 Melbourne, Anna Schwartz Gallery Way Past Real 1992 Melbourne, City Gallery Cosmetic Manipulations 1989 Melbourne, City Gallery ... and does it work? Tokyo, Shibuya Seibu Loft Styling Gallery 1988 Sydney, Contemporary Jewellery Gallery 1987 Melbourne, Christine Abrahams Gallery Selected Major Group Exhibitions 1979-98 Group exhibitions and competitions in Australia, Japan, East and South East Asia, America and Europe including 1998 Singapore, Earl Lu Gallery La Salle-SIA The Somatic Object Edinburgh, National Museums of Scotland Jewellery Moves.. International Jewellery Exhibition 1997 Melbourne, National Gallery of Victoria Cicely and Colin Rigg Craft Award Shanghai China, Shanghai Museum Brisbane, Queensland Art Gallery Contemporary Vessels and Jewels 1996 Amsterdam, Galerie Ra Jewellery of the Future Selected Representation National Gallery of Victoria National Gallery of Australia Victoria and Albert Museum, London Royal College of Art, London Alessi Collection, Cruisinallo Art Gallery of South Australia Powerhouse Museum of Applied Arts and Sciences Queen Victoria Museum & Art Gallery Art Gallery of Queensland Art Gallery of Western Australia Northern Territory Museum of Arts and Sciences Victoria State Collection |
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