We are thrilled to announce that Catherine Bell is included in the inaugural Melbourne Sculpture Biennale, The Burden of Objects.
The exhibition will feature four sculptures from Bell’s acclaimed ‘Maker Unknown’ series, wherein the artist reuses the enduring Oasis floral foam from discarded or decayed bouquets. This is then carved and reshaped to resemble a botanical motif, functioning as a monument to a lost love one while shrinking the chasm between decay and vitality, ephemerality and permanence, nature and artifice.
The Burden of Objects is the first iteration of the newly established Melbourne Sculpture Biennale. The exhibition will be held form 9–13 October at the Villa Alba Museum, a heritage mansion in Kew. The exhibition features 19 artists based in greater Naarm/Melbourne who are making objects at scale or in costly or labour-intensive materials and traditional sculptural processes such as carving, moulding, casting, modelling, and assembling.
Melbourne Sculpture Biennale: The Burden of Objects
Villa Alba Museum, Kew
9 – 13 October