PAINTER/SCULPTOR Kael Stasce is the winner of the Capital Arts Patrons Organisation’s inaugural Emerging Artists’ Prize, it was announced by Gordon Bull at Thursday night’s opening of the prize’s exhibition at M16 Artspace in Griffith.
Kael Stasce, Frame 4, 2015, bike frame, acrylic and oil paint.
The exhibiting artists were Joel Arthur, Estelle Briedis-Spelman, Mimi Fairall, Sanne Koelemij, Chelsea Lemon, Millán Pintos-Lόpez, Kael Stasce, Gemma Sue, Madeleine Ward, Madisyn Zabel and Yioryios and in a beautifully-hung show, their work has been shown to maximum advantage by curators Hannah Web and Ella Morrison, who chose a theme of geometric abstraction, allowing all eleven artists express a sense of geometry through their application of line, form, and colour in materials ranging from steel to canvas and from paper to string.
Estelle Briedis-Spelman, detail of “Circle” series 2014, powder coated steel, wood, digitally printed fabric, made up of assembled tables each 47×91×45 cm
I caught up with the show on Friday afternoon without the cocktail hour crowd to impede my vision and it is well worth a look.
Chelsea Lemon, Triangulation chair, 2014, American white oak, edible plants
Judges, Canberra Museum and Gallery curator Mark Bayly and Megalo’s Megan Jackson, commented, “one artist’s work was a stand-out for its aesthetic and conceptual strength and its refined attention to detail. Having moved his practice forward considerably in his graduating year, this artist has continued to develop evident links to art historical models, while maintaining a firm eye on the future.”
Millán Pintos-Lόpez, The holy conception of Barbola Coya and Capitan Garci Diaz Castro, 2015.
Over the weekend there was a further chance to meet some of the participating artists when Estelle Briedis-Spelman and Millán Pintos-Lόpez spoke about their work on Saturday, May 30 at 1:30pm.
CAPO Emerging Artists’ Prize, M16 Artspace, Blaxland Crescent Griffith, until Sunday, June 14, Wednesday to Sunday, 12-5pm. All artwork and an exhibition catalogue will be for sale via the M16 Artspace office.
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