Writing

While recently viewing the documentary Chasing Ice, I experienced the extreme emotional states of being uplifted and then utterly disheartened.

During recent decades, art that draws upon an aesthetic language of beauty has been associated with dispair-aging criticism in contemporary art practice and Postmodern art theory.

Chen Guanghui
Associate Professor of Ceramics Shanghai University

My studio practice is based upon a long-term interest in bodies as a site for the expression of sociaI and culturaI change.

'History' is a contemporary view of the past. In a strict sense you cannot call history a science.

The conceptual aspects of my installations tend to flow f rom the work itself, rather than the other way around ...

Objects of utility saturate our daily lives yet we continue to pursue titillation by purchasing or
making more.

Material Deceptions is a recent exhibition of Nicole Lister’s work at the Object
galleries, Customs House, Circular Quay in Sydney.