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COFA's Submission For the 2005 National Sculpture Prize

Article released: Monday, 02 May, 2005

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The National Sculpture Prize (NSP) is one of Australia's most significant showcases for contemporary Australian sculpture. The exhibition is on view 3-6 May at the COFA Exhibition/Performance Spaces.  It will highlight the works submitted by COFA Faculty, staff and students for this prestigious and generous prize ($50,000 award to the winning artist).

Among the exhibiting sculptors are three finalists -  Bonita Ely, Richard Goodwin and Ian Howard. Other outstanding artists in this exhibition include Terry Culver, Ella Dreyfus, Gunter Hojdyssek, Damian King, Francois Limondin, Martin Sims, Kerry Smith and Deborah Clare Veronica West.

The exhibition is not simply comprised of works grouped under a single curatorial theme or statement. Rather, both finished sculptures and plans for proposed new artworks are shown with a view towards showcasing the diversity of creative ingenuity and methodologies taken by long-established practicing artists and by those just getting their artistic careers underway. The exhibition focuses on sculpture in flux, the "states of transformation" from concept to creation.

There are few creative restrictions to National Sculpture Prize submissions, e.g. works must be indoor, not site-specific and not weigh more than one tonne. The works exhibited in States of Transformation highlight the unique and innovative approaches taken by the above artists to translate inspired concepts into three-dimensional works.

Opening:  Monday, 2 May, 5 - 7pm
Exhibition Dates:  3 - 6 May 2005, 10am - 5pm
COFA Exhibition/Performance Spaces
EG01 & EG03 (E Block, ground floor)
corner Oxford Street & Greens Road, Paddington, NSW 2021