In Iru profunden aŭ iru hejmen (Go deep or go home), 2023, Zilverster continues its ongoing exploration of intricately engraved glassware. Over 150 pieces of new and existing vessels appear across two cabinets in The Ian Potter Centre: NGV Australia’s colonial galleries, as well as five framed drawings in the duo’s idiosyncratic, hyper-meticulous style. Esperanto scripts, ancient annotations, historic illustrations and even pop-culture references materialise on the vessels – some pristine, others cracked and many in calculated disarray. Alone, each vessel signifies a distinct message, but en masse their ambition becomes much more sinuous and complex; a visual code for the viewer to decipher.
NTRO Output Category
- Original Creative Work : Visual artwork
Place
MelbourneVenue
National Gallery of Victoria (NGV), Melbourne, VictoriaNTRO Publisher
https://www.ngv.vic.gov.au/melbourne-now/artists/zilverster-goodwin-and-hanenbergh/Start Date
2023-03-24End Date
2023-08-20Medium
Drawings in custom engraved frames and a large installation consisting of engraved glasswork and other vessels in custom museum vitrineResearch Statement
In Iru profunden aŭ iru hejmen, Zilverster’s intricately engraved glassware appear alongside 5 hyper-meticulous framed drawings. Esperanto scripts, pop-culture references, some pristine, others cracked, appear in the work. Each vessel conveys a distinct message, but collectively they form a complex visual code for the viewer to decipher.
Zilverster is an ongoing collaborative project known for its elaborate, fantastical and meticulously rendered drawings, paintings and more. The duo was established in 2010 by Melbourne-based artists Sharon Goodwin and Irene Hanenbergh. What started out as an exquisite corpse–style collaboration between the two artists has evolved over the past decade into a rich shared practice culminating in drawings and detailed imagery etched into furniture, glassware and sculptural objects.
Irene Hanenbergh has exhibited extensively over the past 35 years, including at the NGV, University of Queensland Museum, Centre for Contemporary Art and other in Australia, as well as in galleries in Sweden, Greece and the Netherlands. Represented by Neon Parc, Melbourne, Hanenbergh has been named twice by Australian Art Collector as one of Australia’s 50 Most Collectable Artists. Her work is held in public and private collections in Australia, the Asia-Pacific, Europe and the USA including the National Gallery of Victoria (NGV), University of Queensland Museum, Brisbane; Museum of Old and New Art, Hobart, Tasmania; Geelong Gallery, Geelong; Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery; ARTBANK Australia; ABSOLUT European Collection, Sweden; Centre for Contemporary Art, Netherlands; Collection ASKT, Greece; and Rabobank, Netherlands.Size or Duration of Work
175+ plus, engraved glass works and other glass vessels and 5 large custom framed drawings, exhibited for 5 months.
