Intimate Realities
Intimate Realities showcases recent works from the SAM Collection. This exhibition features sculpture, video, photography, printmaking, painting and ceramics by leading contemporary artists, presented in a way that invites visitors to look more closely.
Many of the works selected have fluid, organic shapes. Many encourage meditation and contemplation. Sometimes, they are accompanied by a musical refrain, engaging several of our senses at once.
Each of the works respond to our natural world. Benjamin Armstrong鈥檚 work looks like an oversized eyeball or a sea creature from the deep. Naomi Eller鈥檚 busts rethink the idea of making a portrait through sculpture. Heather B. Swann鈥檚 female form glistens with a marble-dust finish. Juz Kitson鈥檚 riotous wall-sculpture of antlers, hair and body parts is a contemporary take on the 鈥榯ondo鈥�, or circular painting, popularised by Michelangelo and others in the 16th century Italian Renaissance.
The selection of materials is central to the production of art. Many of Kitson鈥檚 ceramic parts are manufactured in China with internationally renowned Chinese ceramics factories. Many of the artists have collaborated with musicologists and musicians to create evocative soundscapes that can haunt us for days.
Intimate Realities rewards us with a series of intimate moments that we can carry with us as we go about the rest of our daily lives.
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Intimate Realities showcases recent works from the SAM Collection. This exhibition features sculpture, video, photography, printmaking, painting and ceramics by leading contemporary artists, presented in a way that invites visitors to look more closely.
Many of the works selected have fluid, organic shapes. Many encourage meditation and contemplation. Sometimes, they are accompanied by a musical refrain, engaging several of our senses at once.
Each of the works respond to our natural world. Benjamin Armstrong鈥檚 work looks like an oversized eyeball or a sea creature from the deep. Naomi Eller鈥檚 busts rethink the idea of making a portrait through sculpture. Heather B. Swann鈥檚 female form glistens with a marble-dust finish. Juz Kitson鈥檚 riotous wall-sculpture of antlers, hair and body parts is a contemporary take on the 鈥榯ondo鈥�, or circular painting, popularised by Michelangelo and others in the 16th century Italian Renaissance.
The selection of materials is central to the production of art. Many of Kitson鈥檚 ceramic parts are manufactured in China with internationally renowned Chinese ceramics factories. Many of the artists have collaborated with musicologists and musicians to create evocative soundscapes that can haunt us for days.
Intimate Realities rewards us with a series of intimate moments that we can carry with us as we go about the rest of our daily lives.
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