Artwork: Cushion 2023
Artist: David Jensz
Medium: stone, lead
Dimensions: 18 x 40 x 17cm
Acquisition: An acquisition of the ACT Legislative Assembly Art Advisory Committee, 2023
Asset no: OLA002641
About the Work
In a departure from his well-known and highly regarded large sculptural works, David Jensz exhibited a new series of small sculptures in 2023. He says: ‘I resolved to work smaller and recycle materials where possible...The geological forces that created river stones at the heart of each sculpture, combined with the effects of weathering and water erosion connect them to deep time. I animate the stones adding constructed elements made of recycled corrugated iron, steel, copper or lead. The combinations create a sense that they may spin, hover or even walk away.’
About the Artist
David Jensz is an acclaimed Canberra-based artist, whose sculptures are a large part of the public art landscape around Canberra, the grounds of the ANU, and at sites in Australia and overseas.