Wendy Fairclough Acquiesence 2010, Hand blown glass, sandblasted. Image courtesy the artist and Narek Galleries, Tanja.
The work of Adelaide based glass artist, Wendy Fairclough will be on display in a new exhibition opening this week at the Drill Hall Gallery at ANU. Curated by Karen O?Clery, much of the work in the Commonalities exhibition was created in the course of Fairclough's residency this year at the Canberra Glassworks. Fairclough uses a range of glass-working techniques such as hand-blowing, cold working, engraving and casting to make facsimiles of utilitarian artefacts like buckets and brushes. These objects are presented as tableaux or installations that refer to, and subvert, their original contexts. Glass is often considered by artists to be a dangerously seductive medium because of its inherent beauty. However, Fairclough succeeds in being both rigorous in the way she addresses strong ideas about the environment or contemporary political events while at the same time elicits subtle unexpected qualities in the glass. Fairclough has been a finalist in the annual Ranamok Glass Prize exhibitions held at the Canberra Glassorks.
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