Jennifer Ashley King: Vitreous Fabric

ARB Gallery, Gasworks Arts Park

Gasworks Arts Park

http://www.jenniferashleyking.com

Wednesday 20 July 2011 to Sunday 07 August 2011

Opening Tuesday 26 July 2011 6:00pm - 8:00pm

Exhibition previously on at Gasworks Arts Park in Melbourne precinct, Victoria, Australia

Vitreous Fabric is a response to the interconnections between the built environment, light and materiality. The work can be perceived in a multiple of ways, ranging from luminous glass sculptures, to maquettes for impossible and unknown structures, to a dialogue engaging with architectural theory and contemporary sculptural practice.

The work is constructed from hundreds of components which are formed and manipulated utilising glass fabrication processes. Similar to large scale structures in the environment, the work is in a state of visual flux as the qualities of light alter the glass sculptures from within.

Unlike many historical examples of architecture and sculpture, the works are simultaneously surface, interior and structure. In a similar way to architecture, the evidence of process is integral to the aesthetic of the forms. Within this hybrid exploration of materiality and theoretical contexts we see a unity between architectural theory, sculpture and the unique properties of glass.

This exhibition is part of Craft Cubed 2011 : 5 August – 3 September 2011

Craft Cubed is a festival that creates space for practitioners and the public to engage with contemporary issues through craft. The theme for Craft Cubed 2011 is Hybrid. Collaboration, new technologies, cross-disciplinary practice and emerging forms of craft and design will be explored through exhibitions, public programs and satellites events. Presented by Craft Victoria.