Morphogenesis – the sculpture of Joy Georgeson
Nourishing the soul. By George Georgeson
Joy Georgeson studied the Higher Diploma of Teaching Secondary Arts and Crafts course with an extraordinary group of lecturers at Melbourne State College (MSC) in the early 1970’s. The Sculpture and Ceramics Department were on the same floor next to each other and ideas and friendships flowed between both.
John Teschendorff, Noel Flood and Don Wordsworth were the dynamic teachers at that time who nurtured an environment of experimentation, daring, excitement and professionalism.
They were all practicing artists who communicated their love of the medium but embraced other disciplines and unusual methods of solving problems.
In 1975 Agi Yoeli, an Israeli ceramic sculptor who was Artist-In-Residence introduced Joy to the technique of hollow hand-building that inspired her to create a life size Giant Anteater, much to the delight of the lecturers.
More animals followed, often based on observations made at Melbourne Zoo where her husband worked, and on the cats that roamed her studio.
After moving to a bush block in southern NSW in 1980 her work became less literal as she explored visual metaphors inspired by Australian native mammals.
Joy has exhibited in most Australian states and has work in many private and public collections: National Gallery of Victoria, Newcastle and Shepparton Regional Galleries, various tertiary collections.
International Ceramic Exhibition in Faenze, Italy, 1980.
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- Date written:
- 2021
- Last updated:
- 2021
