In addition to the international exhibition at Fremantle Arts Centre and John Curtin Gallery,
a festival program of exhibitions and events is presented by craft artists, galleries, art spaces and craft groups in support of the IOTA21 themes.
Prue Venables – Living Treasures: Masters of Australian Art
September 11, 2021 - November 14, 2021
Acclaimed ceramicist Prue Venables is the ninth artist in the Australian Design Centre’s series Living Treasures: Masters of Australian Craft. Prue Venables’ sculptural artworks possess clarity, luminosity and a quiet beauty.
The works in this exhibition explore the significance of everyday objects through multiple sequences of forms in porcelain, with additional elements in metal and wood. The forms are simple and elegant, with a minimal colour palette and create a distinctive visual language.
Living Treasures: Masters of Australian Craft | Prue Venables was researched and developed under a Federal Government Visions of Australia research grant and is ADC’s major national touring exhibition for 2019 – 2022. The tour is also supported by the Visions of Australia program and the Australia Council for the Arts.
Prue Venables, Black tea caddy, black oval forms, yellow sieve and white bowl, 2017, Limoges porcelain thrown and altered, Jingdeshen porcelain thrown, Variable. Photo: Terence Bogue
Prue Venables, Black Triangulated form and Black pedestal bowl, 2018, Limoges porcelain thrown and altered, Variable. Photo: Terence Bogue