Un/Natural

Eora/Sydney-based ceramic artist Elizabeth Lewis has returned to Murrurundi with a bold and brilliant new collection of sculptural clay pieces titled Un/Natural.

An alumnus of Kil.n.it Experimental Ceramic Studios, Lewis has exhibited across Australia and internationally, most recently with the first instalment of Un/Natural at Michael Reid Murrurundi.

Exploring collage, coiling and hand-building techniques to create her work, Lewis is interested in using materiality and archetypal vessel forms to examine how objects can contribute to a greater sense of wonder and connectedness with history.

A mix of writhing, organic elements with classical urn-like structures invites a dynamic interplay between history and modernity, wildness and control, nature and culture, and the balance of malleability and hardness inherent to her medium.

The artist’s stylised vessels and sculptural vessels command attention with their voluptuous forms, playfully off-kilter proportions and striking palette of intensely pigmented pastels enriches by soft tonal gradations and moments of metallic sheen.

For enquiries, please email colinesoria@michaelreid.com.au