5 EASY PIECES
Leslie Oliver, our Head of Teaching and Production and also an amazing sculptor, is exhibiting his latest work as part of the 5 Easy Pieces exhibition at the Defiance Gallery in Newtown.
5 Easy Pieces features 36 artists. Every sculptor was given the same 5 pieces of metal to make a piece. The outcome is an exciting and diverse exhibition that reflects the depth of innovation and intellectual rigour in Australian sculpture today.
Leslie has enjoyed juggling the disciplines of film and sculpture for over three decades. As a sculptor, he has attracted numerous corporate and private commissions, been included in over 40 group shows in Australia and abroad and lectured in sculpture at the Australian Catholic University.
He believes "sculptures, like films cannot be experienced in a still photo". Therefore, “you need enter their world, move around and through them creating your own series of tracking shots.”
“As a filmmaker I work with teams of people on written scripts that are then worked into storyboards (visual ideas that inform the shots of actors captured with cameras). This material is then re-worked again in the editing room. At every stage of the process we are trying to build ‘characters’ that stand, live, are credible, engaging and reveal fundamental human qualities. “
“As a sculptor I am thinking more and more in the same way, though my characters are seemingly static, they need to have a narrative to generate a sense of life and engage the viewer. A sculptor works alone so the processes appear less apparent however they remain the same; a sketch or thought (a script); collecting and capturing material/s (shoot); assembling them (edit); seeking a narrative, a struggle, a test of character, a story.”
5 Easy Pieces exhibition runs until 15 October!
Venue: Defiance Gallery (47 Enmore Road, Newtown)
For more information please visit: http://www.defiancegallery.com/
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