15 FEB - 2 MAR 2020

KIDOGO ARTHOUSEBATHERS BEACHARTS PRECINCTFREMANTLEWESTERN AUSTRALIA

Sculpture at Bathers 2020

A sculpture show concentrating on works by local West Australian artists is tremendously important and Sculpture at Bathers has now become a much anticipated and appreciated exhibition.

I have attended the previous three exhibitions which are organised by a voluntary committee and cannot speak highly enough of their success in drawing attention to the work of the talented sculptors of WA. Janet Holmes à Court AC

Exhibition Patron

Sculpture at Bathers would not be possible without the ceaseless efforts of numerous volunteers. In particular the committee members :

Alison Barrett

Angela McHarrie

Bruce McHarrie

Caroline Vincin

Gordon Mitchell

Liz Cartell

Maureen Flynn

Mel Maclou

Lara Glanz

Pam Jones

Patricia Hines

Peter Zappa

Rhiannon Barrett

Rima Zabaneh

Sandra Murray

Steve Hawkes

Tony Jones

Tony Pankiw

Our distinctively West Australian exhibition is made possible by…

Significant Partners

provided by JanetHolmes à Court

provided by JanetHolmes à Court

Supporting Partners

Host & Principal Partner State Government Support Media Partner

Sculpture at Bathers 2020

This exhibition marks the fourth event since 2013 for Sculpture at Bathers. The intention was to make it a biennale, however the first three events took their toll on what is an almost 100% volunteer production. Now re-energised with a new committee, a minimal budget and the support of some key sponsors, Sculpture at Bathers 2020 is upon us.

It is important to understand the premise of the exhibition. The phrase ‘Distinctively Western Australian’ underscores all that we do. Generations of WA sculptors have made artworks for a local audience, some with more visibility than others. Many are under appreciated and it has been our aim to invite them out of the shadows and for them to establish their presence on the shores of their Indian Ocean. Each time we present their artworks we increase their opportunity to be seen, appreciated and critically reviewed.

Invitation over application has been a principle of participation that aims to respect the autonomy of the artist, but in the spirit of inclusivity, applications were opened up this time and we are pleased to be exhibiting the works of many new faces. The curatorial team has been revitalised with new eyes and experience. Angela McHarrie, Sandra Murray and Alison Barrett have all made important observations and judgement. We feel very proud to be exhibiting the works of 95 exceptional artists in 2020, presenting works which demonstrate the breadth and quality of sculpture in WA.

This year the coordination has been lead by Liz Cartell and Angela McHarrie, both working over and above expectations. It is also important to recognise the rest of the team/committee engaged in installation, logistics, sponsorship, education, social media, marketing and the coordination of volunteers. The volunteers are a fundamental key to the success of the event and, as in the past, we acknowledge their vital contribution.

Sculpture at Bathers is very much a people event with artists, supporters, volunteers, patrons, sponsors, and the public all being rewarded, as much by participation and interaction, as by tangible sales and recognition.

Finally it is important to pay respect to the remarkable model initiated by Sculpture by the Sea that has become an inspiration and challenge for us to do something a little different and Distinctively Western Australian.

Tony Jones

Cit WA OAM

02 Melanie Maclou

Voyager’s Tale 2020 Concrete, canvas 50 x 550 x 800cm POA

Melanie Maclou’s public artworks are inspired by Mother Nature. This installation honours the awe-inspiring, gentle giants that frolic off the coast of Western Australia. (It’s a fluke when you see a whale’s tail).

01 Ryan Cant

Bounce 2016 Steel 350 x 250 x 400cm Price: $12,000

‘Bounce’ is inspired by nature, has a large heart and is large in stature, to reflect how iconic and well loved the kangaroo is. Ryan is a Fremantle based artist who has been making and exhibiting sculpture and paintings for over 10 years.

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03 Sean van der Poel

Inflection 2018 304 Stainless steel Small 60 x 120cm dia. Large 105 x 210cm dia. Price: Small $2,000 ea, Large $4,000 ea

‘Inflection’ is a family of non-forms scattered across the landscape, their reflective surface highlighting their presence while also allowing them to disappear. Encouraging playfulness and curiosity, the family invites audiences to contemplate the surrounding environment and create an accompanying soundscape using the artwork.

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05 Lesley Meaney

Homage 2014-18 Limestone, steel, wood 258 x 33 x 33cm Price: $11,000

While the existing Cottesloe Pylon is no sculptural masterpiece it continues to resonate because of its history and presence, giving rise to debate about resonance and aesthetics. I have presented a church-like version of this icon not for religious reasons, but as a metaphor for congregation in the surf, the sun and the sand.

04 Richard Hammer

Flapdoodle 2019 Recycled plastic paddles, recycled angle grinder 400 x 140 x 140cm Price: $900

‘Flapdoodle’ is a chaotic kinetic sculpture. Its response to the wind is unpredictable, although sometimes mischievous, but always restrained and dignified. There is a rumour Flapdoodle can predict cricket scores. Observations tend to confirm this, although the predicted scores are not all accurate.

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07 Tania Spencer

Unapologetic Decoration 2020 Copper 300 x 240 x 240cm Price: $25,000

An unashamed return to beauty of decoration in design, function in artwork and value in women’s work. This knitted doily reminds me of my Nanna.

06 Bjoern Rainer-Adamson

Success 2019 Aluminium, steel, bicycle 100 x 180 x 200cm Price: $8,500

A driverless race bicycle turns in endless circles at Bathers Beach at various speeds, controlled by the wind. The beach becomes a heterotopic space; here is the world sustainable, but humans are redundant, even leisure and sport belongs to the machines.

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08 Tony Davis

The Long (Jetty) Wait 2019 Charred Jarrah wood, blunt saw blade 204 x 50 x 50cm Base 100 x 100 x .5 cm Price: $6,500

‘The Long (Jetty) Wait’ is a visitant paying homage to the historic site of the long jetty, gateway to our past. It references a link between archaeology and domesticity, and endeavours to spark our collective memories of womanhood as a metaphor for a principal creative source in our state’s development.

09 Greg James

Bolte and Co. 2019 Bronze Dimensions variable Average 55 x 30 x 21cm Price: 12 works $3,300 each.

We have Indian Runner ducks at home and they continue to amuse and delight. Their traits and idiosyncrasies seem to reflect humanity.

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10 Tim Burns

Organic Spiritual Over Formal Colonisation 2019 Granite and steel bolt 160 x 50 x 40cm Price: $10,000

12 Carmel Warner

Rapid Growth 2019 Aluminium, ink, timber, fixings 100 x 120 x 80cm Price: $3,250

Within our desire for urban ownership we surround ourselves with patterns that reflect our existence. Architectural, decorative and habitual. ‘Rapid Growth’ aims to examine this layering and expose the complex relationship between man and nature.

11 Jennifer Cochrane

Cube and small cube, with or without tree 2019 Galvanised pipe and fittings 112 x 250 x 153cm Price: $4,400

Two cubes, one tree.

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13 Sally Stoneman

Softly, Harshly 2019 Recycled ‘Vermin Proof’ fence 130 x 100 x 90cm Price: $16,000

The Vermin Proof fence also called the Rabbit Proof fence and Dingo Proof fence was installed in the early twentieth century to control the movement of emus, rabbits and dingos entering Western Australia. This work references the plight of the emu.

14 Nic Compton

Reclaim 2020 Jarrah and plywood Dimensions variable Price: $3,750

The Hermit crab, who moves between land and sea, is working as a representative for the ocean in reclaiming what belongs to the watery kingdom.

15 Jason Maxlow

Fergus the Seahorse 2018 Mild steel, laterite stone, recycled Jarrah rail sleeper 110 x 40 x 20cm Price: $7,000

‘Fergus the Seahorse’ is a recent exploration into the mysterious and intriguing forms of ocean life. After pushing the scale of my works up to 4 metres tall, I’ve attempted to reduce the scale to a size that is more intimate and engaging to the viewer. Made from offcuts of previous sculptures and recycled elements, ‘Fergus the Seahorse’ has an appealing innocence. 1

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16 Jean-Marc Rivalland

Yesterday Sunsets 2020 Bush pole, printed image glued to plyboard 280 x 60cm 17 unique editions, Price: $25 each

‘Yesterday Sunsets’ references the markers made by French, Dutch and British explorers, claiming their visits along the coast of Western Australia. In a contemporary context the image of yesterday’s sunset, located in view of the present sunset, interacts with the ideas of memory, time and the endless posting of images. #yesterday_sunsets

17 Richie Kuhaupt

Man of Steel 2020 Steel, 210 x 60 x 100cm Price: $2,000

Started with the process of building a figure of steel from the skeleton out. It is made from steel at hand in the shed and the studio. Formed from the process, with the material determining the final aesthetic.1

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18 Baggage Handler (Jon Tarry & Dom Mariani)

Air Cargo 58 2020 Aluminium, canvas 300 x 200 x 200cm Price: $4,400

Air cargo container to exact dimensions, carries the motional baggage taken and returned. Cases, trolley, bags, boards, bikes, boxes, bad stuff and good.

20 Richard Aitken

The Experimental Murder 2020 Treated charcoaled timber and metal 50 x 200 x 50cm Price: $2,400

My work is an extension of my artist journey of experimentation. I wondered what would happen if I burnt some timber and then sealed it. The results of which have been very good in stabilising the charcoal. The crow is one of the blackest creatures in the world, so decided to make some and this is the result.

19 Colin Story

The Rainheads (Family Group 3) 2015 Sand and cement, bolts 200 x 120 x 75cm Price: $4,400

Collected from a historical warehouse in Fremantle, a rain head, molded into a group of solid objects of cement and sand, directly inverts the utility of the rain head itself, and parodies notions of water abundance and its profligate use in drying times.

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22 Tony Pankiw

Portal to the Sea 2020 Aluminium and LED lighting 240 x 150 x 80cm Price: $9,900

‘Portal to the Sea’ is a sculpture referencing the organic nature of the ocean - sea creatures, seaweeds, corals and ocean currents. ‘Portal to the Sea’ allows you to engage with the sea where you can pass through a portal or sit and enjoy the sea.

21 Alessandra Rossi

Untitled Girl (Coral, I am always connected) Edn. 1 of 3 Untitled Boy (Coral, I am always connected) 2019 Acrylic UV resin, paint, steel Girl 168 x 30 x 40cm Boy 164 x 50 x 48cm Price: $15,000 each

These works continue my exploration of the process of coral bleaching and discolouration and the parallels this draws with our society’s attachment to technology and social media. More than ever our disengagement, distance and disconnection with nature and with our own emotions is growing.It is about connection and disconnection. The more we stay connected the wider the gap with our identity becomes, yet nature has a way of re-conquering and repossessing lost abandoned places and reinventing itself In the figures. The top part of the head, where the brain resides, is bleaching, separated from the rest of the body and the other organs as if a mutation is taking place.

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23 Virginia Ward

I Will Always Be With You. On the Significance of Nothing. Not Chairs. ‘Wavy Baby’ 2019 Laminated wooden off cuts from a chair factory 118 x 80 x 100cm Price: $500

Nothing is left of the chair. These off cuts from the chair’s manufacture are discarded to the rubbish pile, wasted and worthless. Their evolution explores the dynamics of the multiple. It is geometry. In ‘Wavy Baby’ the curve of the wooden pieces becomes an organic spiralling abstraction.

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24 Helen Seiver

Imagine??? 2019 Welded steel, riggers wire, paint Dimensions variable Largest 100 x 50 x 40cm Smallest 60 x 40 x 40cm Price: $2,700

With the rise in ocean water temperature will we be left imagining a coral garden in the future?

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26 Dave Coghlan

Shell 2019 316 Stainless steel 160 x 310 x 160cm Price: $5,000

‘Shell’ was inspired by the beauty of the ocean and is comprised of a series of Fibonacci spirals as seen throughout nature.

27 Daniel Iley

Cetacean Dream 2019 Jarrah timber, ceramic, found objects 170 x 48 x 20cm Price: $3,300

We are ancients As ancient as the sun We came from the ocean Once our ancestral home So that one day We could all return To our birthright The great celestial dome “Children of the Sun” Song lyrics by Dead Can Dance.

25 Susie Marwick

Seabird, seabird, you’ve been away too long 2019 Found steel, polypropylene scarifying tips, aluminium, recycled wheels 45 x 185 x 145cm Price: $1,800

The inspiration for this bird came from scarifying points (used for grain seeding) that I found on a farm in Moora – a long way from the sea. This sculpture is made from found and repurposed parts from disparate places throughout Western Australia now together as this pelican.

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28 Sam Hopkins

Waiting For Hope 2020 Aluminium 100 x 40 x 25cm Price: $13,000 Generously sponsored by:

You can’t just sit around waiting for hope to come.

29 Ben Jones

Pollen 2020 Weathering steel 200 x 50 x 50cm, 170 x 50 x 50cm Price: $14,000

An examination of minuscule biological forms (pollen, spores, seeds) as part of an ongoing exploration of digital and traditional trades based processes.

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30 Carmela Corvaia

Sanctuary 2020 Plant fibres (including New Zealand flax, Cordyline, local sedges), meadow hay, raffia, hand twined New Zealand flax string, cotton and linen thread, jute lawyer cane, metal rods 110 x 240 x 105cm Price: $1,100

sanctuary n, retreat, refuge, haven, shelter, harbour, protection. 1

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31 Tom de Munk- Kerkmeer

A Gathering of Matter 2020 Wood, metal, plastics 220 x 150 x 150cm 8 works, Available Individually Price: $750 - $1,500

Gathering matter, often from the refuse of humanity, forms an integral part of the artist’s practice. For Tom sculpture is a form of alchemy investigating the relationship between human beings and matter. This work was transported on foot, by bicycle and by train.

32 Kirsten Makinson & Heloise Roberts

Tideline 2019 Treated pine posts, plywood, glazed clay tiles 60 x 520 x 70cm Price: $6,000

An exploration of the pattern and movement of the tides forms the basis for the work. The sculpture references the diurnal nature of Perth tides with a single high and low tide each calendar day, while the amplitude of the structure reflects the shape of the tide chart for Bathers Beach in February 2020.2

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33 Jake Coghlan

Drift 2019 316 Stainless steel 300 x 450 x 200cm Price: $14,500

‘Drift’, was inspired by watching my niece playing with a leaf floating in a puddle. Watching her reminded me of how our imaginations transform and inform our experiences. In ‘Drift’, a leaf has morphed into a form of a wave and washed up upon the beach.

34 Len Zuks

Moondyne Joe 2016 Steel 180 x 90 x 180cm Price: $9,000

Most of my sculptures have an element of quirkiness. This fun piece came about from an unusual personal brief. I made these small sculptures in the likeness of larger sculptures in which I generally work. They developed into an exciting project that has led me into making smaller sculptures of a large variety of imagery. I have discovered that ‘ridiculous’ is king. I make these sculptures in fabricated steel then paint them – generally in Verdigris.

35 Bruce Abbott

Seawall Bunker 2020 Hessian sand bags, sand Approx. 60 x 2,000cm dia Generously sponsored by

Sandbags are a response to flooding. Bunkers are a defensive structure - sometimes the place of final capitulation or surrender. The threat of climate change and sea level rise are both real and imagined. The beach is a place of fun and play. This community constructed work explores the above and provides a focal point for the exhibition closing ceremony.

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36 John Grono

Parabolic Growth 2020 Wood, steel, Jarrah pulp, coffee grounds and paint 500 x 220 x 120cm Price: $3,000

This sculpture represents the vitality of biological growth.

37 Russell Sheridan

Come Sit Down 2019 Composite fibre 200 x 120 x 220cm Price: $25,000

This sculpture is inspired by Michael Leunig who beautifully captures in a line, lines that need to be seen - and walked around.

38 Simon Gilby

Saline 2020 Stainless steel 180 x 60 x 30cm Price: $6,000

This work considers our ancient emergence from the sea, the idea that we somehow continue to hold it inside of us in the tissues of our bodies and in our archaic memory.

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39 Andrea Vinkovic

In the Grain of Sand 2 2020 High fired ceramics, metal frame 140 x 200 x 82cm Price: $21,000

I am inspired by fragility, organic beauty and the delicate balance of the natural environment, interested in exploring personal and archetypal symbolism of visual language, and intrigued by parallels with cultural environment. I work with clay. I love the feel, the smell, and the idea of using a natural, earthy, ancient material to explore and express thoughts. ‘In the Grain of Sand ’ is largely inspired by microscopic images of pollens, planktons and fragments of skeletons that form natural sand. It encourages the viewer to consider the beauty of infinite small particles that surround us.

40 Liliana Stafford

Earth Ball 2020 Fiberglass, silk, grasses, stones, leaves, acrylic medium 95cm dia Price: $8,000

Stafford works in silk, paper, wire, and natural grasses and seeds to create works that inspire a sense of wonder. She is passionate about the natural world and wants to increase awareness of the need to help our planet.

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41 Tony Jones

Masts 2020 Steel 450 x 60 x 60cm Price: 3 works, $5,000 each

Set of 3, $12,000

These works take masts as their starting point, yacht masts, radio towers and antenna. They have a simple kinetic function to connect them with the elements. Their height allows them to raise their heads above the surrounds and interact with the sky as background.

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42 Kathy Allam

Puff 2020 Plastic 65 x 120 x 55cm Price: $950

Made from recycled water bottles ‘Puff’ symbolises the dream of living more sustainably.

43 Peter Dailey & Beverley Iles

Mutable Column 2020 Corten steel, concrete, glazed ceramics 300 x 30 x 30cm Price: $9,500

Referencing Brancusi’s Endless Column, ‘Mutable Column’ uses the visual language of construction and its materials to talk about our uncertain future. 2

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35 Bruce Abbott 21

20 Richard Aitken 13

42 Kathy Allam 25

18 Baggage Handler

(Jon Tarry & Dom Mariani) 13

60 Claire Bailey 35

81 Charmaine Ball 48

10 Tim Burns 10

68 Kate Campbell-Pope 40

01 Ryan Cant 5

79 Mikaela Castledine 47

76 Olga Cironis 45

11 Jennifer Cochrane 10

26 Dave Coghlan 17

33 Jake Coghlan 21

14 Nic Compton 11

30 Carmela Corvaia 19

43 Peter Dailey & Beverley Iles 25

08 Tony Davis 9

31 Tom de Munk-Kerkmeer 20

78 Sharyn Egan 47

62 Stuart Elliott & Sue Starcken 37

73 Sarah Elson 43

17 Richie Kuhaupt 12

59 Pam Langdon 35

47 Jina Lee 30

52 Tim Macfarlane Reid 32

02 Melanie Maclou 5

32 Kirsten Makinson

& Heloise Roberts 20

25 Susie Marwick 17

15 Jason Maxlow 11

55 Minaxi May 33

69 Janine McAullay Bott 41

87 Angela McHarrie 52

89 Matt McVeigh 53

05 Lesley Meaney 7

51 Gordon Mitchell 32

82 Paul Moncrieff 49

88 Jennie Nayton 53

86 Anne Neil 51

53 Geoff Overheu 33

22 Tony Pankiw 14

45 Johannes Pannekoek 29

06 Bjoern Ranier-Adamson 8

66 Sigrid Ranze 38

70 Marcia Espinosa 42

57 Tania Ferrier 34

63 Susan Flavell 37

80 Judith Forrest 47

75 Richard Fry 44

50 Dawn Gamblen 31

58 Phil Gamblen 35

38 Simon Gilby 22

61 Marian Giles 36

84 Miik Green 50

36 John Grono 22

04 Richard Hammer 7

44 Patricia Hines 28

28 Sam Hopkins 18

83 Harry Hummerston 50

27 Daniel Iley 17

09 Greg James 9

29 Ben Jones 18

85 Buffy Jones 51

41 Tony Jones 24

64 Paul Kaptein 38

48 Peter Knight 30

77 Theo Koning 46

54 Maris Raudzins 33

16 Jean-Marc Rivalland 12

21 Alessandra Rossi 14

74 Nalda Searles & Todd Israel 44

24 Helen Seiver 16

37 Russell Sheridan 22

65 Bruce Slatter 38

07 Tania Spencer 8

40 Liliana Stafford 23

13 Sally Stoneman 11

19 Colin Story 13

72 Yuko Takahashi 43

46 Steve Tepper 29

03 Sean van der Poel 6

49 Rick Vermey 31

39 Andrea Vinkovic 23

23 Virginia Ward 15

12 Carmel Warner 10

56 Cecile Williams 34

67 Rima Zabaneh & Berenice Rarig 39

71 Peter Zappa 42

34 Len Zuks 21

List of Artists

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44 Patricia Hines

Beach Bird 2018 Found objects, timber, calcified limestone, glory vine, flotsam 60 x 60 x 160cm Price: $3,000

Cage with Ceramic Eggs 2019 Flotsam, jetsam, ceramic 73 x 50cm dia. Price: $1,200

The opportunity to receive the ‘flotsam and jetsam’ her friend had collected over a span of 30 years from fossicking on Bathers Beach led Patricia to make ‘Beach Bird’. The materials may have been in the ocean for up to 100 years and could be either from ships’ ballast or ‘fill’ from construction of the South Mole. All are very hardy and have a tough outer layer of salt from travelling with the tide. The bird’s shape is representative of the Common Bronze Wing Pigeon which would have been a common sight in the early days of settlement but which now is found mostly in less urbanised areas across Australia.

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45 Harry Pannekoek

Symphony No. 26 Edn.3 of 4 2020 Stainless steel, weathering steel 280 x 160 x 120cm Price: $58,000

This work integrates two dissimilar materials whose contrasting properties create a symphony of line motion and colour, while at the same time both metals are united by a shared component, iron. By mass, the most common element on earth, Iron is designated with the atomic number 26.

46 Steve Tepper

Shift 2019 Steel 210 x 280 x 40cm Price: $15,500

I like the simplicity of starting with a whole, slicing it and then creating a physical shift or movement to reveal the centre.

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48 Peter Knight

Completion 2020 Corten Steel, galvanised and painted steel, Jarrah, paint 230 x 55 x 35cm Price: $14,900

‘Completion’ stands as a symbolic gesture to acknowledge a merging of ideas and energies in the all consuming process of Owner - Building a home. Continuing my exploration of formalism, this sculpture aims to embody the commitment of realizing a shared, unified vision through methodical planning & construction.

47 Jina Lee

Expansion 2020 Carrara marble 180 x 50 x 60cm Price: $25,000

‘Expansion’ is inspired by the shape of an atom. The atom represents the energy that surrounds us. Life will continue to expand, it will continue to live.

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49 Rick Vermey

Seedpod 01 2019 Plywood, acrylic, LED lighting 122cm dia. Price: $24,750

Rick Vermey makes large scale public artworks for integration within the fabric of buildings. His work is often distinguished by innovative exploration of new materials, design technologies and manufacturing techniques. The Gateway WA Sky Ribbon, marking the entry to Perth International Airport on Tonkin Highway, is one of his creations.

50 Dawn Gamblen

Banner 2020 Recycled vinyl banners Dimensions variable POA

This project evolved from a desire to create artwork using scrap materials. Vinyl advertising banners provided the perfect medium. Ubiquitous and robust in nature, banner material provides vast areas of white for accentuating form and an alternate side often printed with splashes of eye-catching colour.

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51 Gordon Mitchell

Landmarks - Turning Points (Trilogy) 2019 Corten steel 180 x 30 x 30cm 200 x 30 x 30cm 210 x 30 x 30cm Price: $1,700 ea, $4,800 set of 3.

This family of works are a response to my investigation into the design and use of sculptural markers as symbols throughout history of all cultures. Signifiers of civilisation, home and change. These works are delicate monuments that celebrate land, growth and spirit of the Australian landscape. These works are cousins of my work at the terminus - Bibbulmun Track - Kalamunda. Created after consultation with Sharyn Egan.

52 Tim Macfarlane Reid

Desert to Sea 2020 Bronze, aluminium, Corten steel 180 x 110 x 65cm Price: $22,000

This work captures the experience of the West Australian landscape from desert to sea - the red earth, the bright light, the powerful landscape and the soothing fluid movement of the rivers and coastal waters.

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53 Geoff Overheu

Unhinged 2019 High tensile steel, concrete, bronze 180 x 40 x 40cm Price: $16,000

My interest is in memorialising the insignificant and the invisible.

54 Maris Raudzins

Butterfly Chaos 2011 Powder coated aluminium 195 x 150 x 90cm Price: $12,500

The Butterfly is a symbol of peace; and Ohm is the sound of peace. Put together they give off double the power for peace. Recently, the world has not shown much of it.

55 Minaxi May

Crankin’ Tunes 2020 Wood, paint, wind-up music boxes 259 x 52 x 52cm Price: $5,000

Minaxi May is a multi/interdisciplinary artist. She primarily works in sculpture, mixed-media, printmaking and installation to explore the interrelationships between art/craft/design with themes of industry, popular culture and identity. Playful reminders of childhood and history, wooden stacking and music boxes are combined to create a colourful analogue sound sculpture as ‘Crankin’ Tunes’. Matt Dickmann, Art Project Support - Artwork Fabrication Service. 3

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57 Tania Ferrier

Guardian 2020 Cane, cloth, tissue paper, lacquer, wood base, soil and plants 220 x 120 x 120cm Price: $1,200 Proceeds to South West Fire Services.

‘Guardian’ is being built as part of my residency at Fremantle Arts Centre in early 2020. I am constructing a series of giant dress sculptures that are about female empowerment and nurturing. The devastating recent bushfires led me to create ‘Guardian’ as a pregnant dress form with fire flames growing into green leaves and blue sky - much hoped for re-growth - in time.

56 Cecile Williams

Forget Me Knot 2015 Ghostnet, metal frames, marine debris, fishing line, beach rope Enclosed: 143 x 200 x 115cm Open: 143 x 280 x 115cm Price: $5,800 ea, $10,000 pair.

‘Forget Me Knot’ is a form for remembering those who have been lost at sea. The death of a swimmer a few years ago initiated a campaign to cull sharks in Western Australia and this action became the connection point from which these artworks evolved. The marine debris and ghostnet (discarded or lost fishing nets found adrift in our oceans) are, in themselves, floating deathtraps for the marine life living in our oceans.

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58 Phil Gamblen

Circular Iris 2019 Corten steel 120 x 120 x 50cm Price: $3200

This piece is an experimental prototype for a planned series of articulated sculptures.

59 Pam Langdon

Whale-song Lullaby 2018 Plastic tape and wire cot innerspring 400 x 65 x 125cm Price: $1,200

Inspired by the beautiful underwater forests of our marine environment and the whale song of the migrating humpback whales and their babies that visit our shores each year-flowing music cassette tape and cot innerspring embody the harmonious sounds and rhythms of life of the sea.

60 Claire Bailey

From the Shadows 2019 Found objects, copper, lighting electronics 600 x 40 x 50cm Price: $2,100

My latest fascination is with lighting and throwing shadows that project and expand the space that the actual sculpture occupies. Also the notion that an object can have two completely different meanings depending on the time of day.

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61 Marian Giles

Time at Bathers 2020 1. 199 Million Years Ago 2. Shells and Seaweed 1800 3. Shipwrecks and Settlement 1829 4. Whaling 1840 5. Harbour Storage 1950’s 6. Joan Campbell Studio 1970’s 7. Sculpture at Bathers 2015-17 8. South Mole & Simon Gilby Work 2017 9. Signs 2019 10. Sea Level Rising 2050. Ceramic (stoneware and porcelain) 10 sculptures Approx. 16 x 11 x 11cm Price: $200 ea.

The Bathers Beach area has had many uses; early colonial settlement, whaling, harbour storage, Joan Campbell’s studio, Sculpture at Bathers. This sequence of ceramic sculptures documents and imagines its history from 199 million years ago through the recent past, and into the future, as if projected onto the Kidogo building.

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62 Stuart Elliott & Sue Starcken

Sea Shells 2020 Steel, wood, ceramic, glass, linen, paint 140 x 50 x 75cm Price: $4,400

Ecology, politics and international trade.

63 Susan Flavell

Foaming Star 2019 Ceramics and found materials Dimensions variable Price: $222

‘Foaming Star’ is the sixth work in a project called “The Horn of The Moon” (a collection of 13 Goddesses). The goddesses explore ideas of the sacred, of taste, of the poetic and the unconscious, found materials and environmental issues.

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65 Bruce Slatter

Burrow 2019 Mixed media 81 x 122 x 15cm Price: $5,000

‘Burrow’ is a subterranean world that visualises both real and imagined forms of human endeavour. Using scale, metaphor, humour and intrigue, ‘Burrow’ celebrates scenarios of underground exploration and existence. The excavated caves and tunnels alive with miniatures embody time through action, acknowledging the beauty and perseverance of living.

66 Sigrid Ranze

Untitled (free form) 2019 Concrete 7 sculptures, Approx 40 x 20 x 10cm Price: $350 - $800

These ‘Free Forms’ are a rebellious break from previous works that were dictated by existing shapes and forms. They are a personal exploration of pushing balance and boundaries.

64 Paul Kaptein

Mute Figure #9 (Magnets Inside Magnets) 2018 Laminated hand carved wood, graphite 57 x 31 x 13cm Price: $10,000

My practice is informed by the interaction of time, space, process and gesture through the investigation of transitional states, synthesis and uncertainty, inspired by notions of Pneuma and Emptiness.38 |

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67 Rima Zabaneh & Berenice Rarig

Ziptwined 2020 Cable ties, 350 x 125 x 125cm Price: $3,900

Rima and Berenice apply ancient technologies like weaving and knitting to contemporary and unconventional materials. Intrinsic to the making process is the anticipation of that Gestalt moment, when the work becomes something other than the sum of its parts. There is no “art math” to determine this moment. It arrives suddenly and beautifully. This is a mystery both artists love to share with their audiences.

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68 Kate Campbell-Pope

Fleeting 2019 Single use plastic, Pimelea Clavata, Xray film 100 x 100 x 100cm Price: $1,200

A response to the discomforting crisis we face with the current glut of single use plastic in our environment. Our human selves as vessels transformed by an imperative hope and longing for a more intelligent future.

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69 Janine McAullay Bott

Louie the Fly (Noort) 2019 Palm fronds, agave, gum nut seed pods, acrylic paint 80 x 33 x 59cm Price: $2,400

Aussie icon. His favourite day is bin day. Just cruising for a tasty snack. Always likes to be the only fly in the room buzzing people in the face making them do the Aussie wave. Enjoys hot days at the beach, people sprawled on the sand then he gives a quick nip. Louie. Photo: Eva Fernandez.

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70 Marcia Espinosa

Treasure Series 2019 Stoneware raku clay, copper wire and rope 3 sculptures, Approx. 56 x 30 x 30cm Price: $1,200 ea

The Western Australian coastline is littered with shipwrecks. Over time the remains of the wrecks have become part of the marine environment, hidden and forgotten. These “treasures” have inspired Marcia’s new works. She has re-imagined these objects, experimenting with chance and the unpredictability of clay to create these new pieces.

71 Peter Zappa

Implied Volume 2019 Forged stainless steel, wax coating 70 x 60 x 60cm Price: $2,850

‘Implied Volume’, as its name implies is a sculpture that is rendered in the style reminiscent of drawing that delineates/outlines/prescribes a defined volume of space. The two dimensional language of drawing is translated into three dimensional space.

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72 Yuko Takahashi

Migration 2019 Copper, Tasmanian Blackwood, stain 8 x 45 x 35cm Price: $1,500

Yuko used 0.1mm thickness copper sheet for creating her cranes instead of origami paper. By uniting origami cranes and an Australian native wood, her attempt is to harmonise an aspect of her own Japanese culture with the unique natural blessings of her current home, Australia.

73 Sarah Elson

Lament of the Labellum - Cusp 2016-2019 Recycled sterling silver 73 x 21 x 8cm Price: $6,600

Sarah works largely with precious metals to examine the nature of preciousness and the inherent preciousness of nature. Transience, ephemerality, sensuality and reciprocity are key words in Sarah’s practice - so too an understanding of community, relationships and the fragility (and constancy) of life. Making for Sarah is a meditation on growth and its potential through an historical and often perceived as static medium. 4

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74 Nalda Searles & Todd Israel

Ancestor Dreaming. Wales/Australia (Israel) 2012 Embroidery using grass on silk with linen thread, metal ridge 185 x 100 x 2cm Price: $1,900

Banksia Repose (Searles) 2015 Cotton singlet with banksia applique in salvaged grey blanket, linen thread, wood fragment 100 x 60 x 4cm Price: $400

Todd Israel and Nalda Searles have collaborated from time to time over the years and share common creative sources. They are related nephew/aunt and spend frequent studio time together. These works have grown out of their familial history and their appreciation of West Australian flora.

75 Richard Fry

River Bed 2019 Steel wire, ceramic, glass, gold leaf 185 x 135 x 8cm Price: $3,000

Originally the theme of this artwork was to relate to microscopic organisms called diatoms and how we can be ignorant of things that we can’t see. In the middle of this research I found out more about my family’s past from the results of my genetic test through “ancestry”. I believe that I may now understand why my grandmother died suddenly in 1939.This sculpture has become a memorial to my Irish grandmother, Mary Ann Thompson who died in extremely sad circumstances a few days after the declaration of war with Germany in September 1939.

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76 Olga Cironis

Dove 2018 Recycled domestic porcelain object, camouflage fabric, linen thread 14 x 18 x 10cm Price: $5,500 Proceeds to WAIT Animal Rescue

There is time in one’s life where one has no choice but to fight. This sculpture represents finding the lightness of flight in the face of chaos.

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77 Theo Koning

TILTED 2019 Wood, paint 94.5 x 65 x 25cm Price: $3,500

The material is the beginning The material has language The language has possibilities The work comes from the hands The hands work with the mind To work instinctual to reveal that within To say nothing but to reveal everything

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78 Sharyn Egan

Elaino 2020 Meadow grass, raffia 95 x 55 x 18cm Price: $1,650

One of the megafauna (Megalania - big lizard) that roamed around this area 10,000 years ago.

79 Mikaela Castledine

They Are Only Sleeping 1,2 & 3 2019 Crocheted polypropylene and galvanised steel 80 x 80 x 15cm 70 x 80 x 13cm 80 x 80 x 15cm Price: $1,200 ea

Large numbers of road kill kangaroos line our highways but we choose not to acknowledge the wholesale, accidental killing of our national animal. What makes some animals important and others disposable when even in death they are so beautiful?

80 Judith Forrest

Learning to Swim 2019 Wood, perspex, polymer/gypsum, brass and found objects 51 x 55 x 14cm Price: $2,800

Sculpture at Bathers is now an institution and the responsibility of contributing something of value for each exhibition increases each time. I was born on the coast on the other side of the world in one of the houses that form the first row of defense above the cliffs. I always looked out across the water knowing that everything would be different and more exciting on the other side. I never looked back because behind me was the land, but ahead of me was the sea and across the sea was the future. For me it is important that my work for Sculpture at Bathers makes reference to the sea and the histories and cultures of those of us brought up on the edge of the land.

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81 Charmaine Ball

Sad Angles and No Openings 2019 White stoneware, paper clay, metal base 146 x 33 x 16cm Base: 6 x 58 x 52cm Price: $3,000

Bricks can decorate, insulate and protect. In this large ceramic sculpture, I have twisted the familiar into a form that is dynamic and unexpected. The faceted shapes are both geometric and tactile, and speak of the importance of bricks as an architectural material. Photo: Eva Fernandez.

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82 Paul Moncrieff

Paint Paddles 2019 Acrylic paint, plywood panels 150 x 300 x 10cm Price: $2,900

Within my studio practice, I maintain an ordered system of premixed commercial acrylic paint, together with the made stirring sticks for each colour. These large scale paddles are a development from this studio business - presented as a visual intrigue from the humble utilitarian tools of the studio. Photo: Bo Wong.

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84 Miik Green

Fragmented Portal #5 2020 Stainless steel, auto paint 160 x 120 x 6cm Price: $4,400

Miik’s new wall-based sculptural works are based on disrupted lines. The fractured panels emerge from the wall as geometric forms, simultaneously retreating and emerging within the space.

83 Harry Hummerston

On the Wind 2019 Aluminium, timber, enamel paint 127 x 105 x 30cm Price: $1,500

Timber and aluminium have long been materials prized by shipwrights and sailors alike in the construction of sailing vessels. This work, ‘On the Wind’, combines those materials in a way that evokes for me the wind and its effects on the water.5

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85 Buffy Jones

One of 3, Two of 3, Three of 3 2020 Concrete and wood 25 x 25 x 25cm Price: $350 ea

Working with the process of cast concrete and the investigation of simplified structures.

86 Anne Neil

Aluminium Dreaming 2020 Cast aluminium 220 x 30 x 38cm Price: $4,300

The unstable boundary between the natural and the artificial, highlighted in this artwork reminds me of American novelist and environmental activist, Wendell Berry’s paradox that ‘the only thing we have to preserve nature with is culture; the only thing we have to preserve wildness with is domesticity.’ 5

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87 Angela McHarrie

Still Life (Within and Out of Bounds) Objects 1 - 9 2020 Hydrostone, wood, steel, paint Dimensions variable Price: $1,500

This still life is the first in a series. It is a group of nine individual objects exploring the notion of containment and boundaries, but which have ultimately been assembled in a composition calling attention to their qualities of form and colour.

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88 Jennie Nayton

A Burst of Joy 2019 Hand folded polypropylene print, unique state 190 x 190 x 48cm Price: $1,900

Jennie’s art practice is based on an exploration of experiential based knowledge of phenomena and the sublime. She is fascinated that reality can only be known through the subjective experience of the exterior environment through an individual’s senses. This has led to an on-going investigation into the cognitive processes of perception, memory and understanding.

89 Matt McVeigh

Consumer Engagement 2016 Perspex, steel, plastic 90 x 87 x 35cm Price: $3,300

‘Consumer Engagement’ refers to the stages consumers travel through as they interact with a particular brand. I wanted to visually represent this customer engagement cycle most often consisting of five different stages: awareness, consideration, inquiry, purchase and retention. To me the engagement ring reference in the work personified this relationship, both in form and cultural association. “Repeated interactions that strengthen the emotional, psychological or physical investment a customer has in a brand.” 5

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