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• Auction House:
  Mossgreen
• Sale Name:
  The Michèle Asprey Collection of Australian Contemporary Art
• Sale Date:
  10 Nov 2013 ~ 4pm
• Lot #:
  30
• Lot Description:
  Fiona Margaret Hall
  (Born 1953)
  Ear Shot, 2002
  pair of beaded ears with bath plugs
  each ear approx. 13 x 9cm ; on Perspex base 20cm x 15cm
• Provenance:
  Art Gallery of New South Wales Annual Contemporary Collection Benefactors (CCB) auction, donated by Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery
• Notes:
  Fiona Hall was born in Oatley NSW in 1953. During high school she decided upon a career in art. She studied at the East Sydney Technical School (ESTS) for a Diploma of Painting and then turned to photography. During the 1980's her work evolved by using a diverse range of art forms including sculpture, painting, installation design and video. Fiona Hall transforms everyday ordinary objects to address a range of contemporary issues such as globalization, consumption, politics, environment, nature and the body. Her work is represented in every major public art collection in Australia and she exhibits regularly nationally and internationally. The piece Ear Shot, 2002 belongs to a series of works 'Understorey' (1999-2004). Fiona Hall used glass beads threaded onto wire to create three-dimensional objects depicting elements of plant and human material. The use of camouflage patterning aptly depicts the juxtaposition of nature and the conflicts over territory threatening it. The beads, an emblem of trade and colonisation, are one of the artist's signature materials.
• Estimate:
  A$5,000 - 8,000
• Realised Price:
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• Category:
  Art

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