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Art Exhibition at Lauraine Diggins Fine Art
5 Malakoff Street North Caulfield VIC 3161
Stephen Bowers: A Conference of Birds
Mark Thompson: sine qua non
Two ceramic artists showing 26 October – 7 December 2024
The exhibition of new ceramic work by Stephen Bowers and Mark Thompson is showing at Lauraine Diggins Fine Art, Melbourne and can be previewed on our website www.diggins.com.au where you can download an illustrated catalogue for each artist including scholarly text by Leslie Ferrin, Director Ferrin Contemporary, USA and John Neylon, arts writer including for InReview.
Lauraine Diggins Fine Art 5 Malakoff St North Caulfield 3161
Stephen Bowers: A Conference of Birds
Internationally acclaimed ceramicist, Stephen Bowers presents a flock of birds across a series of plates, portrayed in bright colours against complex, fragmented backgrounds inspired by designs from ceramics, engravings and textiles. With ornate patterning and inspired by the history of art and design, these works speak to the idea of pattern-in-nature and nature-in-pattern and reflect on the tensions of humanity’s appropriation of the natural world for our own use, the fragments representing this broken relationship.
Mark Thompson: sine qua non
Mark Thompson, one of Australia’s leading set and costume designers in addition to being a painter and ceramic artist, showcases ornate patterning in his work, inspired by the history of art and design within his own unique style. In this current exhibition, Thompson utilises the sculptural form of the bust for many of his fantastical works, with decorative elements and characteristic theatrical flourish.