As part of Art Month Sydney, sculptor Morgan Shimeld gave a tour of his studio and outlined the evolution of his work, creative processes and techniques to the attendees. 'Converge' marks the first inclusion of colour into his sculpture and is the first show to omit glass, the material he studied at the University of Sydney. Colour was introduced by Shimeld to differentiate the sculptures from the shadows they cast upon the wall. He highlighted his method of constructing the studies through the process of 'sketching in styrofoam', which is then translated into outlines and planes of negative space or contrastingly, into a solid configuration of abstract shapes.
The floor talk by Sybil Curtis encompassed her entire body of work held at the Gallery, culminating with her current exhibition 'Inside Outside'. Curtis began her investigation of industrial architecture with the buildings of the
coal industry.
She was drawn to the the sculptural qualities of these structures. The traditional landscape does not appeal to Curtis, she believes there is little to add to enhance natural beauty and prefers urban scenes, which allow her to present her own, unique perspective to the viewer.
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