NARRATIVE OBJECTS AND SURFACES
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.”
Leslie's latest exhibition titled Narrative Objects and Surfaces is opened till April 4.
For more information please visit: www.brendamaygallery.com.au
“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. A story is about revealing a character.
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. I want the viewer to connect emotionally with my sculptures and then discover the other ideas within them.“ Leslie Oliver
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