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Artists' Artists is a podcast where contemporary artists shed light on works of art from the national collection that inspire, move or intrigue them.
Juz Kitson was born in Sydney, and divides her time between the Australian south coast and Jingdezhen the ‘porcelain capital’ of China. Her intricate, evocative sculptures—which she creates from materials including porcelain, fur, paraffin wax, silk, resin, glass and bone—begin, she says, from ‘gathering resources, experiences, and connections—human connection, connection to land, and connection to different customs and culture’. The result is a body of work that explores, in the artist’s words ‘sex, the nature of humans and animals, ideas of womanhood, birth and death’. The National Gallery has five of her works in its collection.
Works of art discussed: Sarah Lucas,TITTIPUSSIDAD 2018, National Gallery of Australia, Kamberri/Canberra, purchased 2021 © Sarah Lucas, courtesy Sadie Coles HQ, London Rosemary Laing, flight research #6 1999, National Gallery of Australia, Kamberri/Canberra, purchased 2001 © Rosemary Laing Louise Bourgeois, Tracey Emim, Carolina Nitsch Editions, Dyenamix, And so I kissed you 2009-10, National Gallery of Australia, Kamberri/Canberra, purchased 2020 © Tracey Emin/Copyright Agency Paul Greenaway, Sumo and Sabrina 1977, National Gallery of Australia, Kamberri/Canberra, Crafts Board Collection donated by the Australia Council 1982 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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