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Linde Ivimey<\/h1>\n <\/div>\n
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Linde Ivimey<\/strong> is a sculptor of uncommon originality. Working with found materials \u2013 bone, fabric, wax, metal, hair \u2013 Ivimey creates powerful figurative sculptures that are equal parts raw, tender and deeply personal. Her practice draws on a wide skill set that includes welding, carving, sewing and taxidermy, resulting in works that feel both ancient and immediate.<\/p>\n

Ivimey\u2019s figures, often built around steel armatures, explore themes of identity, resilience, memory and transformation. Her materials \u2013 at times unsettling \u2013 are handled with care and reverence, always in service of storytelling. Autobiographical elements frequently run through her work, including experiences of illness, recovery and emotional endurance.<\/p>\n

Since emerging in the early 2000s, Ivimey has exhibited widely across Australia and internationally. Major solo exhibitions include Close to the Bone<\/em> at Heide Museum of Modern Art (2003) and If Pain Persists<\/em> at the University of Queensland Art Museum (2012), which coincided with the publication of the artist’s most monograph by the University of Queensland in 2012.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn its day, the Melbourne Art Fair was staged in the Victorian \u2018wedding cake\u2019 grandeur of the Royal Exhibition Building in Carlton \u2013 a structure so decoratively immense it could at times overwhelm the art within,\u201d says Michael Reid OAM<\/strong>, recalling an early encounter with Ivimey\u2019s work. \u201cYet in 2004, amid all this intricate splendour, the primal, breathtakingly original sculptures of Linde Ivimey \u2013 one of Australia\u2019s most distinctive contemporary sculptors, celebrated nationally and internationally for works that fuse intricate craftsmanship with an unflinching exploration of the human condition \u2013 shone through. That moment remains vivid in my memory, for the emotion of great art endures.\u201d<\/p>\n

Ivimey\u2019s sculptures are held in major public collections, including the National Gallery of Australia, National Gallery of Victoria, University of Queensland Art Museum, Rockhampton Museum of Art, Newcastle City Art Gallery, Wanneroo City Council, Western Australia School of Art, Design & Media, and the Reydan Weiss Collection, as well as important private collections in Australia, Germany and New Zealand.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

For all enquiries, please email dean@michaelreid.com.au<\/a><\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n
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