While repeatedly destroying and repairing this ceramic, I mend my soul a bit at a time, seeking acceptance for its fragility.
Artist Statement
Essence is of being vulnerable, accepting trauma and its scars, growing towards a future, and opening up for new possibilities. Cast in porcelain, followed by repeated steps of destruction and building up using glaze and epoxy, this work contemplates the essence of SICK AF.
Rejected I am lost, unable to focus. I am sorrowful for the cracks in the world and my soul. I wish to repair and mend, restoring beauty to my world.
I patiently piece together and built my ceramics, finding ingenuity and beauty in the flaws. Fractures guide the narration of this piece, allowing a new aesthetic to emerge from imperfection. While repeatedly destroying and repairing this ceramic, I mend my soul a bit at a time, seeking acceptance for its fragility.
The resulting vessel explores the liminal space between malfunction, beauty, acceptance, and growth. It is an antidote to the easily discarded items left behind by those seeking power or perfection. This vessel evolves and changes in front of you and strives to be simultaneously fragile, robust, complex and straightforward.
I am sorrowful for the cracks in the world and my soul. I wish to repair and mend, restoring beauty to my world.
Biography
Annemieke’s sculptural works explore the interconnectedness and richness of the world, and her process of destruction and building up creates forms that are simultaneously fragile, robust, complex and simple.
Born in the Netherlands, Annemieke is drawn to science and the visual arts, enjoying their experimental and creative exploration. She moved to Australia as a scientist and lecturer in quantum physics before becoming a ceramic artist ten years ago.
Annemieke regularly exhibits across Australia. Her works were curated as part of Manifest at the Australian Ceramics Triennale, Hobart TAS; Fluid State at Gallery Central, Perth WA; the National Emerging Art Prize in Sydney NSW; and the Bunbury Biennale in Bunbury.
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Annemieke Mulders
Essence
2013
Porcelain, glaze, stains, epoxy
26cm x 26cm x 26cm
$950
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