Margaret West: Moments from small journeys
MOMENTS FROM SMALL JOURNEYS
Margaret West
A presentation of important works and archival material, by renowned maker Margaret West (1936 - 2014). Margaret West was a jeweller, poet, writer and teacher who had an enormous impact on the field of contemporary jewellery in Australia. Born in Melbourne, Margaret spent most of her life in NSW, where she taught at Sydney University College of the Arts until 1999.
Margaret traveled and exhibited extensively and is represented in major national and international collections. Her work was broadly informed by interests which ranged through art, literature, music, philosophy, science and technology. The metaphoric potential of the everyday world and concern about political issues provided grist to her mill. Her art practice was polymorphic and idiosyncratic, moving between installation, object making, jewellery, drawing, and photography.
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Work from Margaret West: Moments from small journeys
Dirge, 2009, by Margaret West, basalt, silver
Memory of lichen, 2009, by Margaret West, basalt, paint, silver
Papava amputata, 2004, by Margaret West, basalt, paint, silver
Rosa corrupta, 2004, by Margaret West, basalt, paint, silver
Rosa vulnerata, 2004, by Margaret West, basalt, paint, silver
Limit, 2005, by Margaret West, marble, paint, silver
Slip-up, 2005, by Margaret West, marble, paint, silver
...of the field, 2005, by Margaret West, marble, paint, silver
Shadow of flower in austere mode, 2007, by Margaret West, basalt, paint, silver
Shadow of a camellia in afterglow, 2007, by Margaret West, basalt, paint, silver
Shifting shadow of a flower that was once pink, 2007, by Margaret West, basalt, paint, silver
Blue Prodigy, 1999, by Margaret West, basalt, paint, silver
Study in Orange, 1999, by Margaret West, marble, paint, silver
Trace, 1998, by Margaret West, marble, paint, silver
Untitled, 1998, by Margaret West, marble, paint, silver