Name/TitleKathy Temin: Wall drawings, objects and videos: made in New Plymouth 1995
MakerPitts, Priscilla
Maker RoleAuthor
About this objectSlim publication titled 'Kathy Temin: Wall drawings, objects and videos: made in New Plymouth 1995', with text by Priscilla Pitts, produced to accompany an exhibition of the same name at Govett-Brewster Art Gallery, New Zealand (9th September - 23rd October 1995). Withdrawn from Glasgow School of Art (GSA) Library.
Medium and MaterialsOrganic, paper
MeasurementsH: 208 x W: 148 mm
Date Made1995
Place MadeNew Zealand, New Plymouth
PublisherGovett-Brewster Art Gallery
Publication Date1995
Publication PlaceNew Zealand, New Plymouth
Subject and Association Descriptionhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kathy_Temin:
Kathy Temin (born 1968) is an Australian artist who uses synthetic fur to create sculptural objects and installations. She is represented in a number of public collections in Australia and New Zealand and is a professor and Head of Fine Art at Monash University in Melbourne. Temin has described how exposure to her father's work as a tailor work helped her to learn the sewing and craft techniques that she later utilised in her art. Temin predominantly works with faux fur. Temin says that she uses this fabric, which is associated with children's toys, to generate an emotional response. Writing on Frieze.com, Kit Wise has described the appearance of her sculptural works as "roughly cobbled together or misshapen, deliberately undercutting any idealism associated with the art object and positing instead something far more anxious and awkward." Writing for the Sydney Morning Herald on the Royal Academy of Arts show "Australia" in London, esteemed Australian art critic John MacDonald referred to Temin's work simply as "three large furry things."
Temin has also worked with other textiles such as felt.
Subject and Association Keywordsart & creativity
Subject and Association KeywordsTextiles
Named CollectionGlasgow Women's Library
Object TypeCatalogue
ISBN/ISSN0-908848-13-7
Object numberGWL-2014-7-1
Copyright LicenceAll rights reserved