Winner of the 2006 Photographic Portrait Prize and a commended finalist for the 2005 Helen Lempriere Travelling Scholarship, Vanila Netto will be presenting a new body of work, Tensile Struts at Arc One Gallery on the 12th September, 2006.
Vanila Netto reinstates value to forgotten objects by playfully assigning architectural and design ideas to otherwise discarded waste products. Heavily influenced my minimalist icons such as Le Corbusier and Brancusi, Netto creates sculptural works in a performative
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Augmented objects can shift between categories of meaning and value, depending on their mode of display, their relationship to the model, and on the viewerÕs experience of them. NettoÕs openness to free interaction of experience of both her subjects and viewers with the material properties of the objects in the photographs allows the objects to move in and out of commodification, high and low cultural value, and ultimately from being removed and related to the viewerÕs experience. Uros Cvoro
Born in Brazil in 1963, Netto arrived in Australia in 1987 and completed a Bachelor of Fine Arts ( Honours) at the College of Fine Arts, University of NSW in 2001.Recently undertook a PhD in Research Fine Arts/School of Media Arts/ Photomedia, at the College of Fine Arts, University of NSW, 2002. Highly commended finalist for the Helen Lempriere Travelling Art Scholarship, Artspace Sydney, 2005 and awarded the 2006 Citigroup Private Bank Australian Portrait Prize at the Art Gallery of NSW.
An environmentalist at heart, NettoÕs work explores the perpetual concern surrounding excessive waste production and economic culture in modern day. |
