Symmetry explores links between the crafts and the trades and professions with whom they share a special affinity. Ten craftspeople, two each from five crafts, have been asked to make works that respond to a paired occupation. While standing on their own as works of intrinsic artistic value, they can also be understood in the context of a specific dialogue between two techniques that despite their similarities rarely encounter one another.

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The ten craftspeople

Ceramics

  • Neville Assad
  • Rod Bamford

Jewellery

  • Susan Cohn
  • Lisa Pittar

Wood

  • Martin Corbin
  • Helmut Lueckenhausen

Weaving

  • Catherine K
  • Sue Rosenthal

Glass

  • Neil Roberts
  • Maureen Williams

Credits

Curator: Kevin Murray
Catalogue Design: Ian Robertson
Touring officer: Lisa Warrener
Exhibition Design: Alex Selenitch
Photography: Kate Gollings
Crate Construction: Don Walters

  • Initiated by Craft Victoria (114 Gertrude Street, Fitzroy, Vic 3065, Australia)
  • Toured by AETA (Australian Exhibitions Touring Agency, 259 Coventry Street, South Melbourne, Vic 3205, Australia)

Supported by Schizophrenia Fellowship
Supported by Gordon Darling Foundation
Funded by the Visual Arts Craft Board of the Australia Council

Tour itinerary

  • Ian Potter Gallery: 30 June-30 July 1994
  • Port Pirie Art Gallery: 5 - 26 August 1994
  • University of SA Art Museum: 8 Sept - 19 Nov 1994
  • Canberra School of Art Gallery: 28 Oct - 19 Nov 1994
  • Gladstone Regional Art Gallery & Museum: 18 Jan - 4 March 1995
  • Tamworth City Gallery: 27 March - 28 April 1995
  • Ipswich Regional Art Gallery: 6 May - 11 June 1995
  • Mildura Arts Centre: 27 June - 27 July 1995
  • Warnambool Art Gallery: 3 August - 3 Sept 1995
  • Craftspace Sydney 20 September - ? 1995