Plastic Fantastic – Prospect Gallery 5th May – 23 June 2013
‘Plastic Fantastic’ is a major solo exhibition of recent work by prominent South Australian artist and designer, Annabelle Collett.
Plastic in all its forms produces enormous amounts of waste from use in our everyday lives. Annabelle Collett uses recycled ‘trash’ to fashion a vast array of artworks from all types of plastics. She utilises discarded materials from domestic items such as plastic lids, old children’s toys, broken jewellery pieces and dumped containers and implements to make bold and vibrant statements highlighting the aesthetics of waste.
Annabelle’s studio has become a repository for found plastic, which she sources on trips around regional South Australia and Victoria. This domestic detritus is stored by colour and provides both the material and inspiration for Annabelle’s fantastical creations. Her sculptures, installations, wall pieces, lighting and clothing use many methods and processes that link art, craft and design, evoking a range of cultural associations with fashion, interior decorating and the crafted object.
Annabelle Collett has worked full time for over 30 years as a professional artist/designer/craftsperson. The main concepts that inform her art are contained within the historic/symbolic significance of motif, the social/political meaning of pattern on textiles and the abstract overlaying relationships between fashion, visual art and design.
Annabelle Collett has exhibited extensively since 1979 and is represented in the collections of Ararat Regional Art Gallery, Art Gallery of South Australia, Mildura Arts Centre, Northern Territory Museum and Art Gallery and the Victorian State Craft Collection.
Plastic Fantastic will be opened by Jenny Ramos, Lecturer, Diploma for Costume for Performance, TAFE SA, Adelaide College of the Arts.
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