What They Wanted was an exhibition of glass works by Yhonnie Scarce. Scarce works with blown glass and other media, drawing on her personal family history to investigate the idea of the “containment” of Aboriginal people as a legacy of colonization. Many of her works take the shape of Australian fruits and vegetables such as bush bananas, bush plums and long yams to metaphorically represent Aboriginal bodies, people, culture and traditions.
Yhonnie Scarce visited Kluge-Ruhe as a resident artist in October 2012. She delivered several community lectures and worked with UVA sculpture students and Professor William Bennett on learning to blow glass in partnership with artist Chip Hall at McGuffey Art Center.
Yhonnie Scarce visited Kluge-Ruhe as a resident artist in October 2012. She delivered several community lectures and worked with UVA sculpture students and Professor William Bennett on learning to blow glass in partnership with artist Chip Hall at McGuffey Art Center.
Yhonnie Scarce is a Kokatha and Nukunu artist who lives and works in Melbourne. She holds a Bachelor of Visual Arts from the South Australian School of Art, University of South Australia and a Masters of Fine Art from Monash University. She has received several prestigious awards and her work is in major private and public collections in Australia and abroad. She is represented by Dianne Tanzer Gallery.
Yhonnie Scarce is a Kokatha and Nukunu artist who lives and works in Melbourne. She holds a Bachelor of Visual Arts from the South Australian School of Art, University of South Australia and a Masters of Fine Art from Monash University. She has received several prestigious awards and her work is in major private and public collections in Australia and abroad. She is represented by Dianne Tanzer Gallery.
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