helen britton + david bielander

the rage of dekoration + a room of lies

25 october - 23 November 2019

Helen Britton Artist Information >

David Bielander Artist Information >

Helen Britton and David Bielander have shared atelier space and life for 20 years in Germany and Australia, and are known predominantly for their autonomous practices as jewellers.

Both artists engage however in a diversity of artistic forms, addressing from different angles a niche of artistic practice that has formed outside classic genres.

They often source their ideas from mutual experiences; conversations, books, exhibitions films and travel, each going on to interpret the subject matter that has crossed both their paths in their own unique way. The dialogue between the works is not a result of direct and deliberate communication but a digesting of collective experience set out in this space to form an associative network of connections.

Both share a very sophisticated and deeply understood relationship to materiality and skill, which is used to explore the themes of desire, excess, humour, trickery, ambiguity and identity as encountered in everyday life.

Helen Britton and David Bielander will be joining us in Perth for this joint exhibition, and for Helen to undertake a residency with Turner Galleries, proudly sponsored by the Turner Galleries Art Angels, North Metropolitan TAFE and Plastic Sandwich.

 

Helen and David are represented by Gallery Funaki in Melbourne.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

helen britton trinkets acrylic + gesso on paper 35 x 50cm [x12] 2019
helen britton fly acrylic + gesso on paper 74 x 55cm 2019	david bielander cardboard patinated silver, white gold 8 x 7 x 5cm 2015
helen britton the rage of dekoration vintage plastic, gold plated silver 70cm long 2019	david bielander cardboard patinated silver, white gold bangle 9.5 x 7 x 3cm 2015
helen britton comfort and chains: plenty silver, paint, anodised aluminium 11 x 8 x 1.5cm 2019	david bielander cardboard patinated silver, white gold bangle 8 x 8 x 4.5cm 2015
helen britton comfort and chains: prosperity silver, paint, anodised aluminium 6 x 8 x 1.5cm 2019	david bielander paper bag [wine] patinated silver 37 x 10 x 7cm 2016
david bielander paper bag [croissant] patinated silver 25 x 13 x 7cm 2016
helen britton trophies acrylic + gesso on paper 74 x 55cm 2019	david bielander rat patinated silver 14 x 6 x 5cm [+ tail] 2010
helen britton comet acrylic + gesso on paper 106 x 78cm [x2] 2019	david bielander pinocchio #8 hand carved + varnished wood from confessional 21 x 5 x 6cm 2019
helen britton pegasus forming acrylic + gesso on paper 106 x 78cm 2019	david bielander pinocchio #7 hand carved + varnished wood from confessional 20 x 5 x 6cm 2019
helen britton golden greeting 18k gold 7x x4 x 1.5cm 2017	david bielander crucifix patinated silver, white gold 25 x 15 x 5cm 2015
helen britton downfall paper, acrylic 140 x 250cm 2015
helen britton pegasus silver, vintage plastic 13 x 7 x 1cm 2019	david bielander gentian flower [large] titanium, gold 9 x 6 x 6cm 2011
helen britton ghost of a lead girl with the blood of Medusa acrylic + gesso on paper 140 x 200cm 2019	david bielander gentian flower [small] titanium, gold 8 x 5.5 x 5.5cm 2014
helen britton mediterranean or innocent no more acrylic + gesso on paper 106 x 78cm 2019	david bielander scampi titanium earrings 8 x 4 x 5cm 2019
david bielander snake charmer [including python] mixed media mechanism 180 x 180 x 14cm 2017-19
helen britton coral sea silver, paint, vintage plastic, vintge glass 13 x 7 x 1.5cm 2019	david bielander slug family silver repousse patinated brooches dimensions variable 2004
helen britton last fish silver, paint, vintage plastic, vintge glass 13 x 7 x 1.5cm 2019	david bielander blackberries necklace patinated silver, plastic 2014 41cm long
helen britton wisdom's blindness silver, paint, diamonds 12 x 7 x 1.5cm 2019	david bielander tortoise shell tin plate [1850 with rose leaf edge], repousse, patinated 25 x 18 x 8cm 2014-19
david bielander dung beetle steel [teaspoon], gold 4.5 x 3 x 2.5cm 2007
helen britton money pig 18k gold 7 x 9 x 2cm 2017	helen britton last refuge silver, paint, vintage plastic, vintage glass 16 x 7 x 4cm 2019
helen britton dolphin creoles acrylic + gesso on paper 106 x 78cm 2019	helen britton necklace silver, paint, plastic 57cm long 2016
helen britton last bird acrylic + gesso on paper 106 x 78cm 2019	helen britton the chrysophrase reliquies silver, hand carved chrysophrase 4.5 x 2.5 x 2cm 2019
helen britton wisdom's despair acrylic + gesso on paper 106 x 78cm 2019	helen britton the chrysophrase reliquies silver, hand carved chrysophrase 6.5 x 5.5 x 3.5cm 2019
helen britton pinocchio's demise acrylic + gesso on paper 106 x 78cm 2019	helen britton the chrysophrase reliquies silver, hand carved chrysophrase 4.5 x 2.5 x 2cm 2019
helen britton our friends the trees acrylic + gesso on paper 74 x 55cm 2019