In the process of creating artworks Dianne Fogwell rejects the idea of pre-imagining an image or an idea, preferring to think about something; a tree, wind, drought. From the first drawn or carved line, through to the choice of forms and colour and the building of layers, her images and ideas start to emerge. For [...]
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Elements: Dianne Fogwell
02.01.08The exhibition title, ‘ELEMENTS’, refers firstly to the numerous intricately-carved blocks of linoleum and wood that make up the imagery of Fogwell’s larger works. Secondly, to the assemblage of these individual matrices that interact to evoke the four natural, corporeal, or worldly elements of earth, water, fire and air. These elements are combined with a [...]
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A Plate Never Ends: The Drawings of Dianne Fogwell
01.01.04Dianne Fogwell likes to draw. Once she liked to draw on etching plates, and then she began to draw on linoleum. Now she has moved to drawing on woodblocks. It is not with a view to print an edition of the image — although sometimes an edition is printed. Rather, she enjoys drawing on printing [...]
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Dreams and Swords: The Artists Books of Dianne Fogwell
07.01.01The American poet, Amy Lowell (1874-1925), once noted that “All books are either dreams or swords” and in the case of Dianne Fogwell’s artists books, they are both…
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Signature Songs
01.01.01Sisters. Friends or not, like other family relationships, our lives are entwined for a lifetime. Those lives are punctuated by ritual, we gather at birthdays, Christmas, funerals. These sisters were invited to a different ritual, a creative project by the youngest. They began to narrate their own lives. Conversation was recorded, photography and video captured [...]
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Biography
Dianne Fogwell has been an exhibiting artist since 1979. She is in the midst of a successful career as a master printmaker, having already produced over 200 editions for prominent Australian artists including Jason Benjamin, Margaret Olley and Robin Wallace-Crabbe. Through her long association with the ANU School of Art and her other endeavours, Fogwell is one of the most respected printmakers and artists book practitioners in the country. read on...
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