Barely Hanging On, 2020
glazed earthenware.
6 x 14 x 12 cm
My Mother Told Me
Stockroom Kyneton, ceramic gallery
14 March / 05 April 2020
ALICHIA VAN RHIJN
My Mother Told Me (Never Wear Pink and Red Together)
(solo exhibition)
Alichia van Rhijn is a South-African born Australian artist and a recent graduate of the National Art School in Sydney. With a background in architecture and design she has a passion for creating sculptural and installation-based objects and forms that examine memory, trace, trauma, experience and loss. Her installations catalogue her experience of displacement through the materials, the oddly comforting forms and the textures of both worked ceramic, metal, felt and wood.
Memory and experience of place and ‘space’ are key elements in van Rhijn’s installations. Unconscious rediscovery of memory and place is explored and distilled into minimalist gestures and forms. Her method of ‘making as thinking’ paired with an experimental approach to process and technology underpins the creation of objects that float between the real and a child-like whimsical world that elicits an urge to interact and play.
Cracked and Exposed, 2020
glazed earthenware.
8.5 x 4.5 x 4.5 cm
Hiding In The Castle, 2020
glazed earthenware.
24 x 13 x 13 cm
Kings and Queens and In-Betweens, 2020
glazed earthenware.
7 x 15 x 15 cm
Kings and Queens and In-Betweens, 2020
glazed earthenware.
7 x 15 x 15 cm
Contradictions, 2020
glazed earthenware
14 x 21 x 4 cm
When You Say One Thing But Mean Another, 2020
glazed earthenware.
15.5 x 19 x 4 cm
Line Drawing #1, 2020
glazed earthenware.
15 x 15 x 1 cm
Line Drawing #3, 2020
glazed earthenware.
18 x 9 x 2 cm
Portrait (Mother and Daughter), 2020
glazed earthenware, diptych
27 x 40 x 3 cm
The Hypocrite, 2020
glazed earthenware.
20 x 28 x 1.5 cm
In my home (be still), 2020
felt, foam, timber, brass, acrylic paint
230 x 80 x 80 cm
Collage (Lonely in a crowded room), 2020
earthenware, stain (individually priced – enquire)
dimensions variable
Bottle It Up, 2020
glazed earthenware.
26 x 10.5 x 12.5 cm
Bottle It Up, 2020
glazed earthenware.
26 x 10.5 x 12.5 cm
Court Jester, 2020
glazed earthenware.
13.5 x 11 x 11 cm
Inescapable (Surrounded By You), 2020
glazed earthenware
3.5 x 15 x 15 cm
My Mother Told Me (Never Wear Pink and Red Together)
Line Drawing #2, 2020
glazed earthenware.
22 x 7 x 2cm
Sunny Side Up, 2020
glazed earthenware
2 x 15 x 13 cm
The Balancing Act, 2020
glazed earthenware
15.5 x 14 x 10 cm
The Games We Play, 2020
glazed earthenware
18.5 x 12 x 11.5 cm
The Red Queen, 2020
glazed earthenware.
20 x 11 x 11 cm
Too Sad to Cry, 2020
glazed earthenware
20 x 17 x 11 cm
You Took Something and Painted It Red, 2020
glazed earthenware
15 x 17 x 17 cm
The Hypocrite, 2020
glazed earthenware
20 x 28 x 1.5 cm
Line Drawing #3, 2020
glazed earthenware.
8 x 9 x 2 cm
Contradictions, 2020
glazed earthenware
14 x 21 x 4 cm
When You Say One Thing But Mean Another, 2020
glazed earthenware
15.5 x 19 x 4 cm