exhibitions

studio glass

25 March – 11 April 2021

about the exhibition

The history of human engagement with the landscape, both before and after European settlement, is a rich source of inspiration for glass artist Holly Grace. Holly sandblasts and etches landscape imagery into the surfaces of her glass forms to reveal subtle tones and shadows within. The addition of gold lustre and metal leaf creates another play on light as the pieces appear to glow from within. Holly’s artwork “begins with a walk”, both real and imagined, as she traverses remote parts of the Australian highlands. The small, mountain huts built and occupied by early European settlers in these regions form a potent symbol of colonial encounters with the Australian landscape and “are a physical testament to our pioneering past and a people’s history”. This exhibition is an intimate memoir of places within the Australian highlands and, for Holly, both “a portrait of myself and of this increasingly fragile landscape that I yearn to belong to.” In reflecting on her connection to land, Holly explores belonging in a country of mixed and transplanted cultures where the landscape can act as a shared binding experience.

Holly Grace completed her Bachelor of Fine Arts at Curtin University in Perth in 1996, then went on to further study in glass at Monash University in Melbourne, completing her Masters in 2004. During this time, she also worked as studio assistant to renowned glassmakers in Australia, Denmark, Sweden and the UK. In 2010, Holly was a finalist in the Tom Malone Prize at the Art Gallery of Western Australia and received a Pilchuck Glass Scholarship. Her work is in many collections including the National Gallery of Australia, Australian National Glass Collection (Wagga Wagga, NSW), Parliament House, Artbank, Art Gallery of Western Australia and the Glasmuseum (Ebeltoft, Denmark).

exhibition images

  • 1. $450 - $550 Bogong moth series - blown glass with sandblasted glass powder and gold lustre surfaces, I - 12 x 8 x 4cm ($550), II - 10.5 x 6 x 4cm ($450)

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  • 2. $5,750 Into the Clouds I/II - blown glass with glass powder, metal leaf surfaces and sandblasted landscape imagery, 47 x 37.5 x 37.5cm

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  • 3. $5,550 Into the Clouds II/II - blown glass with glass powder, metal leaf surfaces and sandblasted landscape imagery, 29 x 41 x 41cm

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  • 4. $450 - $550 Alpine Darner series - blown glass with sandblasted glass powder and gold lustre surfaces, I - 16 x 18 x 4cm ($550), II - 12 x 13 x 4cm ($450), III - 16 x 18 x 4cm ($550), IV - 12 x 13 x 4cm ($450)

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  • 5. $7,500 Memoir III - Four Mile - cast glass fired with glass lustres and sandblasted imagery, 75 x 86.5 x 3cm

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  • 6. $7,200 The Jagungal Wilderness - blown glass with glass powder, metal leaf surfaces and sandblasted landscape imagery, 3 pieces, 66 x 40 x 13cm

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  • 7. $4,500 Memoir I - Treescapes - cast glass fired with glass lustres and sandblasted imagery, 32.5 x 51 x 3cm

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  • 8. $5,250 Dusk - Ramshead Range I/II - blown glass with glass powder, metal leaf surfaces and sandblasted landscape imagery, 43 x 31 x 31cm

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  • 9. $450 each, Eastern Bentwing Bat series- blown glass with sandblasted glass powder and gold lustre surfaces, I - 16 x 7 x 4.5cm, II - 18 x 7 x 4.5cm

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  • 10. $8,200 Black Friday 1939 - billycan and three bottles, blown glass with painted glass enamel and lustre surfaces and sandblasted imagery, integrated LED light source and aluminium base, 4 pieces, 31 x 48 x 31cm

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  • 11. $6,900 Wheelers Hut - The Shangri-la of the Jagungal Wilderness – frying pans, blown glass with painted enamel surfaces, sandblasted imagery and gold leaf interiors, 4 pieces, 55 x 110 x 10cm

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  • 12. $2,000 The Blue Hour - blown glass with glass powder, metal leaf surfaces and sandblasted landscape imagery, 17 x 26 x 26cm

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  • 13. $7,900 The Wedding Ring - Red Robin Mine – saucepan and billycan, blown glass with painted enamel and lustre surfaces, sandblasted imagery, integrated LED light source and aluminium base, 2 pieces, 27 x 48 x 31cm

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  • 14. $5,250 Summers Herald I/II - blown glass with glass powder, metal leaf surfaces and sandblasted landscape imagery, 40 x 33 x 33cm

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  • 15. $550 Masked Devil Cicada - blown glass with sandblasted glass powder and gold lustre surfaces, 14 x 6 x 4cm

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  • 16. $4,250 Memoir II - Solitude - cast glass fired with glass lustres and sandblasted imagery, 21.5 x 64 x 3cm

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  • 17. $5,250 Summers Herald II/II - blown glass with glass powder, metal leaf surfaces and sandblasted landscape imagery, 30 x 38 x 38cm

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  • 18. $5,250 Dusk - Ramshead Range II/II - blown glass with glass powder, metal leaf surfaces and sandblasted landscape imagery, 27 x 37 x 37cm

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