Object 2010
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The Estate of Mari Funaki. Photo: Justin Schooneman 2010 Australia
Mari Funaki
born Japan 1950, arrived Australia 1979, died 2010
heat-coloured mild steel
30.0 x 19.0 x 20.5 cm
Collection of the Estate of Mari Funaki, Melbourne
Mari Funaki: Objects
NGV Australia, The Ian Potter Centre
Friday 06 August 2010 to Sunday 24 October 2010
Exhibition
previously on
at
NGV Australia, The Ian Potter Centre
in
Melbourne precinct,
Victoria,
Australia
This exhibition presents a dynamic installation of objects by one of Australia’s leading contemporary jewellers and metalsmiths. Including a number of works seen for the first time, Mari Funaki: Objects will surprise and delight. Free Entry
Mari Funaki (1950-2010) was well known as one of Australia’s leading contemporary jewellers and metal-smiths. Working predominantly with gold and blackened mild steel, she was highly regarded for her distinctive geometric jewellery forms and sculptural objects. This exhibition encompasses a range of works dating from the late 1990s to 2010 highlighting Funaki’s brilliant inventiveness with line, mass, volume and space across various sculptural forms and her remarkable consistency of vision throughout her artistic career. Featuring a dynamic installation of blackened mild steel objects and a number of recent large scale sculptures, Mari Funaki: Objects follows the artist’s gradual shift away from wearable or functional objects towards purely sculptural forms.
Location
NGV Australia, The Ian Potter CentreFederation Square
Melbourne Precinct
Victoria
Australia
