The 2003 Anne & Gordon Samstag
International Visual Arts Scholarships
| Callum Morton | Simon Pericich | Samantha Small |
Artist: ANKE KINDLE
Anton and Effie 2001
foam, woollen upholstery fabric
65 x 65 x 110 cm
© the artist
Ensemble of three 2002
each 180 x 90 x 60 cm
© the artist
The design work of Anke Kindle draws together the tasks and needs of everyday life with a surreal vision in funky biomorphic furniture with a distinct and animated presence. She is concerned to blur the boundaries between furniture design and sculpture by mixing up methodological approaches and techniques. Kindle's work questions the edges of practicality, the limits of utility.
The soft seat sculptures Anton and Effie (2001-2002) lie on the floor like bodies we know from a cartoon. From a distance they appear to be made from plasticine, as if they could easily form themselves into a ball and roll away. Then there are Tulled Lena, Precious March and Quilted Venus (2001-2002), respectively a lipstick mirror, a jewellery storage unit and a clothes stand. Each 1.8 metre object is like a large tongue, an organ of extension, friction and potential pleasure. They suggest fetish objects that may have uses other than the ones for which they are signposted.
Stephanie Radok
from her Samstag catalogue essay;
The Point of Knowing
| Anke Kindle Born 1972, Freiburg, Germany |
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| 2003 | Anne & Gordon Samstag International Visual Arts Scholarship MFA, Edinburgh College of Art, Scotland, UK |
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| 2001 | Bachelor of Fine Arts (Honours), University of Tasmania, Hobart | |
| 2000 | Bachelor of Fine Arts, University of Tasmania, Hobart | |
| 1997 | Diploma of Arts (Furniture Design), Box Hill Institute of TAFE, Melbourne |
| Callum Morton | Simon Pericich | Samantha Small |