Carolyn Menzies

Lives and works in Melbourne VIC, Australia

Artist statement

Carolyn Menzies is fascinated with the process of transformation. In particular, when metaphorise occurs in the slippage between the boundaries of human beings and nature. She creates abstract sculptures using craft processes with industrial materials and found objects. Producing multi-piece human-scale sculptures for gallery spaces Carolyn uses materials harvested from under the sink to create a delicate play of mass and volume in shimmering stainless-steel that follow the forms of growth and change we see in nature. In our postcapitalist world the high-status objects with which we surround ourselves create a choreographed story of self. With little assigned value, everyday objects and throw-away materials are a less rigidly controlled space of meaning and experience. Through the transformation of these elements the artist seeks to surprise the viewer in the belief that to experience the world made strange challenges the status quo makes space for new stories.

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