To celebrate International Women’s Day on March 8, I have selected a few of my favourite artists to share with you. Once I started thinking about it there were so many more that have been an important part of my journey as an artist. And there are those that honour woman by recognizing the importance of art as a vehicle for sharing a message – in this I am thinking about Kate Just’s Furies which is opening today at St Kilda Town Hall, Caroline Phillips and her extraordinary F-Word exhibitions, and Elvis Richardson’s COUNTess project.
Performance artist Jill Orr, Southern Cross – To Bear and Behold, 2009. Image taken from http://jillorr.com.au
Susan Dimasi, Creative Director and Designer, MaterialByProduct.
Image is taken from an internet article by ZDnet http://www.zdnet.com/article/a-melbourne-fashion-house-redefines-luxury/
Louise Heaman, Portraits of Bill Henson which won the Doug Moran Portrait Prize. Image from http://www.heraldsun.com.au/entertainment/arts/paintings-of-bill-henson-wins-150000-doug-moran-portrait-prize/story-fni0fcgk-1227105829260.
Patricia Puccinni speaking about her work The Carrier, 2012 at Melbourne Now, 2014
Fiona Hall representing Australia in the 2015 Venice Biennale. Image taken from http://w3.unisa.edu.au/unisanews/2005/August/main2.asp
Rosslynd Piggot, La Somnambule also known as The sleepwalker, 1996-1997
Mixed media, silk, hooks, coat hangers, Perspex, stainless steel. Dimensions variable.
Not signed. Not dated.Contemporary Collection Benefactors 2003 From the website of AGNSW.