daniel qualischefski art: November 2009

Monday, November 2, 2009

Recent news & exhibitions

The USQ Tradeshow (artists from USQ in a group exhibition) entitled Project B was held at the Judith Wright Centre on Thursday and Friday night of last week. We all talked briefly about our artworks on the Thursday night. Not a huge amount of people came, but it was still a worthwhile experience - good to see so many talented artists and their artworks in one room! Special thanks must also go to Mel Robson for coming along; it was great to meet such an inspirational ceramic artist!

So next up is the Reflex: Graduart exhibition at Toowoomba Regional Art Gallery. The show is now on, and runs until 22 November. The exhibition also runs concurrently at the USQ Arts Gallery from 13 Nov to 13 Dec 2009, with different artworks from the same artists.

My artwork 'even if it kills me' [shown above, the detail of a larger work with five pierced forms] is in the TRAG gallery currently. The title is in response to the two forms shown above, which I'd previously called 'The Repetition Kills You'.

For the USQ part of the exhibition I will be having some of my black and grey pierced forms, the artwork entitled 'Take Off Your Colours'. Photos coming soon [hopefully]!!

Artist Statement

I am often drawn to processes of creating that are meticulous and repetitive, building up forms from minute details. As such, I consider the time I spend detailing and creating an artwork important to its conceptual basis and to its resolution – metaphorically imbuing a sense of time and quietness into a work and subsequently inviting reflection and time from the viewer.

I find working with clay especially rewarding due to the inherent evolution from idea to fired end product. My current ceramic work is comprised of porcelain forms that are laboriously hand-pierced; each new penetration altering the holes made before it, and in a way imbuing life into the forms. These forms are intended to feel familiar to the viewer – their organic form and pierced ‘faces’ referencing human characteristics and the physicality of the body. The placement of these forms is accordingly paramount, reflecting subtle individual and familial relationships, and concepts of isolation, rejection and loneliness. These relationships and themes are emphasised through the titles of the artworks, often implying direct dialogue.

As an extension to the ceramic works, I have developed painted paper artworks, exploring similar themes in different ways. I have been looking at the interplay between organic enamel and aerosol forms – on one level as representative of human characteristics and relationships concerning attraction and repulsion, and on another level as a means for a wider visual interaction. Within this second level I have been exploring abstract two-dimensional landscapes and skyscapes. I have become more involved with this imagery particularly since my addition of oil paint and mineral turpentine mass forms – a visual element that provides a base for the other forms to work from. These mass forms also suggest a darkness that is balanced by the gathering / attracted white enamel forms. My paper works also hold areas of intense repetition in the form of organic dot matrixes, adding visual intrigue upon closer inspection. The imagery of these works is generally expansive and abstract, exploiting negative space to enhance the isolation of the forms, yet also furthering relationships and interactions.

Ultimately then, I endeavour to establish and explore subtle visual and conceptual relationships, interactions and implied dialogue between forms.

Daniel Qualischefski, March 2011

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