2006 Cicely and Colin Rigg Contemporary Design Award

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Media release

Craft ACT Gallery One: 25 May - 1 July 2007

Beaten metals, baked enamel, carved plastics, blown glass and taxidermy are just some of the varied techniques and materials used by the contemporary jewellers in the 2006 Cicely and Colin Rigg Contemporary Design Award, a touring exhibition from the National Gallery of Victoria.

The 2006 Cicely and Colin Rigg Contemporary Design Award will be opened by Emeritus Professor David Williams, Chair Australian National University Foundation for the Visual Arts at 6pm Thursday 24 May 2007. The exhibition continues until Sunday 1 July 2007 in Craft ACT's Gallery 1, Level 1 North Building, Civic Square. Craft ACT is open Tuesday to Friday 10am to 4pm and Saturday to Sunday 12 noon to 4pm.

A generous legacy of the late Colin Rigg (1895 - 1982), a former Secretary of the Felton Bequests' Committee for the NGV, the award focuses on contemporary design practice in Victoria.

In 2006 the exhibition - now showing at Craft ACT - was dedicated to jewellery and the participating artists are Roseanne Bartley, Nicholas Bastin, Susan Cohn, Simon Cottrell, Marcos Davidson, Julia deVille, Mari Funaki, Stephen Gallagher, Kiko Gianocca, Kirsten Haydon, Marian Hosking, Carlier Makigawa, Sally Marsland, Mascha Moje, Jessica Morrison, David Neale, Tiffany Parbs, Dan Scurry and Blanche Tilden.

Jane Devery, Co-Curator, says: "The group of artists on show represents a cross-generational mix of emerging and internationally established artists. Stylistically and conceptually diverse the works in the exhibition display a variety of approaches, from traditional gold and silversmithing techniques to playful transformations of unconventional materials."

"All of the works created for this award are unique and distinct, resulting in an exhibition that challenges ideas about what jewellery is, and what it can be," suggests Co-Curator Danielle Whitfield.

Image credits (top to bottom)

• Tiffany Parbs, gesture, 2005-06, sterling silver.
  Photo: Terence Bogue
• Mari Funaki, Space between, 2005-6, mild steel.
  Photo: courtesy of the artist.
• Blanche Tilden, Necklace 3, 2006, glass, 9ct gold, nylon coated stainless steel cable.
  Photo: Courtesy of the artist;