Exhibition: 27 October - 11 November 2012
The Woollahra Small Sculpture Prize An acquisitive award of $10,000
Thorhammer Beowulf, The Carbon Credit Machine (Organic, Environmentally-Sustainable, Regenerating, Solar-Powered, Water-Fuelled, Earth-Enriched, Oxygen-Producing, Carbon Sequestration and CO2 Conversion Machine)
The Special Commendation Award A non-acquisitive award of $2,000
Kendal Murray, Time Rhyme, Mime
Highly Commended
Sherrie Knipe, After the Deluge
The Viewers’ Choice A non-acquisitive award of $1,000
and
The Plinth Prize Awarded by exhibition installation staff
Kayo Yokoyama, Homeland - Valley View
Guido Belgiorno-Nettis AM, Trustee of the Art Gallery of NSW and Director of the Transfield Foundation Natalie Wilson, Assistant Curator of Australian Art at the Art Gallery of NSW Professor Janice Reid AM, Vice-Chancellor of the University of Western Sydney and Trustee of the Art Gallery of NSW
42 works
Aly Aitken, ...something borrowed, timber, sheep leather, shearling, modelling compound, ply, bandage, plastic body parts, digital image, found objects, 78.5 x 48.5 x 31 cm.
Wona Bae, Pebbles, cork, wire, steel, 80 x 80 x 30 cm.
Thorhammer Beowulf, The Carbon Credit Machine, bonsai, gauges, metal tubing, other instruments, 67 x 46 x 52 cm. Courtesy of Beowulf Galleries.
Graham Blondel, Friends – Pinkie, Bob, Jake & Bluey, acrylic paint on acrylic casts, 30 x 30 x 30 cm.
Rosalind Byass, Fossicker, fabric coils, hand stitched buttons, labels, 21 x 32 x 32 cm.
Kerry Cannon, The Boudoir, bronze, paint, mirror, 42 x 27 x 12 cm. Courtesy of Ceramic Break Sculpture Park.
Gary Christian, Atomic Family, stainless steel, corten steel, 76 x 76 x 30 cm.
Chanelle Collier, Bibliotheken Bauen (Building for Books), paper, glass, wood, 25 x 23 x 17 cm. Courtesy of SOLDIERS Rd Gallery.
Paul Davies, Bridges, bronze, 42 x 21 x 2 cm. Courtesy of Tim Olsen Gallery.
Julian Di Martino, Do Try the Walnuts, wood, Perspex, painted plastic lettering, walnuts, 23 x 39 x 12 cm.
Sheena Dodd, Tjulpu Urutja Kutjara (Two Waterbirds), tjanpi (desert grasses), raffia, wool, wire, 49 x 50 x 38 cm. Courtesy of Tjanpi Desert Weavers.
Lynda Draper, Aftermath, porcelain, multiple glaze firings, 20 x 45 x 35 cm. Courtesy of Stella Downer Fine Art.
Maria Fernanda Cardoso, LOVE DARTS: the 'original' Cupid's arrows, nylon, wood, metal, 50 x 46 x 60 cm.
Sylvia Griffin, Urchin Box, timber, aluminium extrusions, LED lights, wax, urchin fragments, 54 x 49 x 14 cm.
Nigel Harrison, Excogitate, stainless steel, 40 x 20 x 27 cm. Courtesy of Artereal Gallery.
Tevita Havea, Connect, Disconnect, Reconnect, glass, wood, string, male/female adaptors, 60 x 50 x 2 cm. Courtesy of Glass Artist Gallery.
Titania Henderson, Remembering, bone china, 37 x 30 x 25 cm. Courtesy of Karen Woodbury Gallery.
Annie Herron, You Can Take It With You, bronze, 25 x 25 x 20 cm. Courtesy of Maunsell Wickes.
Belinda Holloway, LOL Not, plastic doll bust, computer keys, MP4 player, computer wire, 40 x 30 x 20 cm.
Robyn Hosking, The Wing Walker, stoneware and porcelain slip, decals, lustres, fine silver, turntable, mixed media, 52 x 42 x 42 cm.
Freya Jobbins, Juno the other Hera, fibreglass vintage mannequin, plastic dolls, 80 x 50 x 45 cm.
Fairlie Kingston, Hi Tide, illuminated ceramic, 22 x 18 x 18 cm. Courtesy of Australian Galleries.
Sherrie Knipe, After the Deluge, plywood, pine veneer, cotton, 70 x 41 x 18 cm. Courtesy of Stella Downer Fine Art.
Bronek Kozka, But When I Became a Man, iron, wood, paint, styrofoam, plastic, 34 x 34 x 46 cm. Courtesy of Belt Gallery and MARS Gallery.
Anita Larkin, Weapon of Mass Deception, felted wool, bronze, stoneware, collected objects, 74 x 78 x 31 cm. Courtesy of Defiance Gallery.
Karleena Mitchell, Art Attack, books, pick, paint, metal rod, base, 80 x 70 x 70 cm.
Ian Munday, A Walk in the Black Forest, recycled wood, bamboo, acrylic paint, wax, graphite, shellac, Huon pine, wood stain, 44.5 x 30.5 x 18 cm.
Kendal Murray, Time Rhyme, Mime, mixed media assemblage, 8.5 x 8 x 9 cm. Courtesy of Arthouse Gallery.
Colin Offord, North South East West, metal parts, detritus, 73 x 15 x 20 cm.
Janet Parker-Smith, We Are All Just Earthly Creatures, No. 2, wooden box, etched copper, fixed digital print on copper, 62 x 40.5 x 25 cm. Courtesy of Brenda May Gallery.
Rodney Pople, Layla, wood, wax, pigment, hessian, tulle, metal, slate, 70 x 60 x 31 cm. Courtesy of Australian Galleries.
Ron Robertson-Swann, Duck Carrying a Spring Onion, painted steel, 61 x 74 x 16 cm.
Luke Rogers, Muzzled, welded steel, 50 x 45 x 38 cm.
Liz Shreeve, Whorl, torn and curled paper on paper form, 49 cm diameter. Courtesy of Stella Downer Fine Art.
Sarah Schembri, Pinnacles, porcelain, 17.5 x 3 x 9 cm.
Christopher Spence, Freshly Brewed 19th Century Gentleman, epoxy putty, ceramic, cardboard, resin, acrylic paint, impasto, woodchip board, 25 x 20 x 7.7 cm.
Susanna Strati, 1,000 Memorialising Gestures, copper, communion wafers, silk, paper, 80 x 45 x 20 cm.
Dominique Sutton, Sea of Words, steel, 70 x 18 x 15 cm. Courtesy of Tim Olsen Gallery.
Petra Svoboda, Show Pony, ceramic, metallic glaze, wire, 50 x 40 x 30 cm.
Jessica Tse, 時 (Time), glass, 0.9 x 0.5 cm.
Naomi Ullmann, Dreams are made of this, snow domes, recycled credit cards, water, enamel paint, plastic, glitter, 9 x 7 cm (x 3). Courtesy of The Hughes Gallery.
Kayo Yokoyama, Homeland - Valley View, glass, found object, 54 x 23 x 13 cm. Courtesy of Keith Rowe Gallery.