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These two objects face us every morning when we wake up. The lamp on the left
is by Alvar Aalto, his well known design from the 50's. The artwork on the right is
by a well-known Sydney artist Kurt Schranzer (who also happens to be a friend of
mine). Here are the details of his work:
KURT SCHRANZER
The Book of Stairs
2002, acrylic, nickel piano-hinge, wood, book object presented 17 x 12 x 12 cm
mounted under glass, 2 pack acrylic/wood box frame 44 x 39 x 18 cm
Signed and inscribed reverse with title, date, catalogue no. MCMLXXX
Provenance: Private Collection
Exhibited: 2002 The Great Library, Room 35, Sydney.
Kurt has an important project coming to an end: his new body of work (as in not
previously exhibited), 'The Great Walls', that has been in progress for a decade,
will be shown for the first time at Penrith Regional Gallery & The Lewers
Bequest (see here) in Sydney from the 16th of April till the 19th of June, 2011.
This truly is an important event for Australian art. For more information, please
see the interesting essay (with images), No Man is an Island, by Schranzer about
the work here.
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Work in progress on Star Walls (The Soul's Antechamber)
Dunheved, NSW, June 2008
Photography: Kurt Schranzer
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What spectacular pieces, made even more stunning by the way they complement each other.
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