Eva Rothschild
Eva Rothschild brings together new sculptural commissions with recent work spanning the last decade of the artists’ diverse yet distinctive practice. Shaped by a myriad of influences from minimal art of the 1960s and 70s to classical architecture, spiritualism and pop-culture, Rothschild has developed an international reputation for sculptural forms that are both striking and spare, as sharp geometric shapes morph into flamboyant, enigmatic compositions. Stripped of excess, Rothschild’s abstract arrangements draw the mind into spaces where power, ritual, the architectural and the existential intersect.
Alongside the artist’s interest in the materiality of sculpture – encompassing ideas of form, mass and scale – is a questioning of the physicality of the body and its role both in the act of making, as well as experiencing, an artwork. Rothschild’s striking forms, assembled from a variety of materials including concrete, leather, jesmonite, fabric and plastic, encourage an energetic as well as aesthetic response from the viewer, as they navigate their own corporeality in relation to the work, the composition of the exhibition, and the architecture of the gallery. Several works consider the social potential of sculpture as spaces in which to convene and converse; to relax within or, more actively, play.
RELATED EVENTS:
Eva Rothschild: In conversation
Sat Sep 22, 3pm
Clemenger BBDO Auditorium, NGV International, 180 St Kilda Road, Melbourne
Free admission, booking recommended
In conversation with Max Delany Artistic Director and CEO, ACCA, Eva Rothschild will explore her interest in the social aspect of sculpture and play, along with the influence in minimalism, classical architecture and popular culture, which are just some of the contexts which inform her work, including the major installation, An Array, 2016, recently acquired by the NGV.
Jo Lloyd & Eva Rothschild: Cutout
Mon Oct 1, 6:30pm
ACCA Main Exhibition Gallery
$15 concession / $20 full
Join us in the galleries for Jo Lloyd & Eva Rothschild: Cutout, a unique performance developed by Melbourne choreographer Jo Lloyd in response to the solo exhibition by Eva Rothschild at ACCA (28 September – 25 November 2018). This major new choreographic work will explore urbanism and the tension between real and imagined histories through movement.