Boring, very boring
Susan Cohn wrong way 2000 anodised aluminium 130mm diameter Photo: Greg Harris
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Map reference number: 07
Anna Schwartz Gallery
185 Flinders Lane, Melbourne 12 August – 3 September
Tue–Fri 12–6pm, Sat 1–5pm Artist/s: Susan Cohn
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You can make with passion, you can break rules along the way, you can be inventive, but what if, what you make is boring, or even worse, very boring. How do you know? What is boring? Predictable, spiritless, repetitive, trendy or uninteresting? There is no clear code or guideline. No matter what your intention is, the viewer or wearer will decide for you. And what one person may find inspiring another thinks is boring.
When you have been making for a long time how do you make work that is fresh? Perhaps the only way to unravel what might be boring is to make a body of work back to front. The starting point becomes ‘this work is boring’. In this exhibition, I will try to take the meaning out of my work, to shift focus on the predictable and sameness. I will attempt simply to make jewellery as jewellery.
When you have been making for a long time how do you make work that is fresh? Perhaps the only way to unravel what might be boring is to make a body of work back to front. The starting point becomes ‘this work is boring’. In this exhibition, I will try to take the meaning out of my work, to shift focus on the predictable and sameness. I will attempt simply to make jewellery as jewellery.
About the Artist
Susan Cohn is an artist jeweller, designer and curator. She is director of Workshop 3000, an access metal working workshop based in Melbourne since 1980. Her broad experience of making and design has enabled her to combine traditional craft skills with mass production industrial technologies in jewellery and everyday objects. She is represented by Anna Schwartz Gallery, Melbourne, Australia
Susan Cohn is an artist jeweller, designer and curator. She is director of Workshop 3000, an access metal working workshop based in Melbourne since 1980. Her broad experience of making and design has enabled her to combine traditional craft skills with mass production industrial technologies in jewellery and everyday objects. She is represented by Anna Schwartz Gallery, Melbourne, Australia
