louise paramor

supermodel

24 april - 24 may 2014

We are very pleased to welcome Louise Paramor back to Perth to exhibit an exciting new body of work: Supermodel.

Louise Paramor is a prominent figure in contemporary Australian sculpture. Formerly from Perth, Louise studied at WAIT, now Curtin University, in the early 1980s and moved to Melbourne a few years later to study at the Victorian College of the Arts. Her works are represented in major public gallery and museum collections including the National Gallery of Victoria, Art Gallery of WA, Heide Museum of Modern Art, Artbank, Curtin University and Monash University Museum of Art.

Supermodel is an exhibition of eighteen small assemblage sculptures constructed from found plastics, and nine still-life paintings that are interpretations of these sculptures or 'supermodels'. The 'supermodel', which have figurative leanings and therefore Christian names, will be presented on a long thin platform in the gallery, alluding to a catwalk or runway. The brightly coloured paintings, which are painted on the back of glass, are based on photographs taken by the artist and depict a pair of the supermodels.

Louise's art practice has had an ongoing engagement with everyday domestic objects and the changing of their scale for the past couple of decades. Early works included fold-out paper decorations remade on a substantial scale, or recreating in hand-painted collage sections, the covers of old Mills & Boon romance novels. In more recent years she has been creating sculptural assemblages out of brightly coloured found objects. Her works often have a joyous or celebratory quality and are inspired by domestic and kitsch culture. Louise's keen eye for colour, form and balance has also resulted in several commissions and awards.

Her artwork of a polar bear standing on his head, with coloured objects balanced on his feet, was the winning submission in the March 2014 Lorne Sculpture Biennale. She has been awarded $75,000 to create a new permanent sculpture for Lorne. In 2012 she was awarded the Peninsula Link / East Link freeway sculpture commission in Melbourne for her monumental sculpture Panorama Station. Other recent awards include the prestigious McClelland Sculpture Award for her majestic assemblage sculpture Top Shelf in 2010.

In 2013 Louise's contribution to the arts in Australia was acknowledged with a major survey exhibition, covering works from 1990 to 2013, at the Glen Eira City Council Gallery. She has participated in numerous important group exhibitions, including Melbourne Now in 2014, Forever Young at the Heide Museum of Art in 2011 and Mix Tape at the Art Gallery of WA in 2005.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

louise paramor supermodel installation
louise paramor supermodel installation
louise paramor supermodel installation
maxine found plastic assemblage 52.5 x 32 x 32cm 2014 $2,200	bryan found plastic assemblage 53 x 36 x 28cm 2014 $2,200
victoria found plastic assemblage 60.5 x 33 x 33cm 2014 $2,200	eric found plastic assemblage 37 x 19 x 20cm 2014 $2,200
maybellene found plastic assemblage 51 x 32 x 38cm 2014 $2,200	roberto found plastic assemblage 59 x 24 x 24cm 2014 $2,200
barbara found plastic assemblage 81 x 28 x 28cm 2014 $2,200	maximilian found plastic assemblage 78 x 29 x 29cm 2014 $2,200
uma found plastic assemblage 50 x 25 x 25cm 2014 $2,200	aaron found plastic assemblage 52 x 16 x 2cm 2014 $2,200
sugar found plastic assemblage 59 x 16.5 x 16.5cm 2014 $2,200	alfons found plastic assemblage 43 x 20 x 20cm 2014 $2,200
hank found plastic assemblage 52.5 x 28 x 32cm 2014 $2,200	fredereike found plastic assemblage 48 x 32 x 23.5cm 2014 $2,200
dick found plastic assemblage 62.5 x 25 x 16cm 2014 $2,200	wanda found plastic assemblage 61.5 x 30 x 30cm 2014 $2,200
jerry found plastic assemblage 53 x 40 x 20cm 2014 $2,200	bing found plastic assemblage 41 x 44 x 21cm 2014 $2,200
maxine and bryan gloss enamel on glass 62 x 43cm 2014 $3,500	victoria and eric gloss enamel on glass 62 x 43cm 2014 $3,500
maybellene and roberto gloss enamel on glass 62 x 43cm 2014 $3,500	barbara and maximilian gloss enamel on glass 62 x 43cm 2014 $3,500
uma and aaron gloss enamel on glass 62 x 43cm 2014 $3,500	sugar and alfons gloss enamel on glass 62 x 43cm 2014 $3,500
hank and fredereike gloss enamel on glass 62 x 43cm 2014 $3,500	dick and wanda gloss enamel on glass 62 x 43cm 2014 $3,500
jerry and bing gloss enamel on glass 62 x 43cm 2014 $3,500