JINKS AGAIN
Arts
By Melissa Walsh
T
he work of Sam Jinks draws on our shared fascination with the human figure, a fascination that has long pervaded the history of Western sculpture, with the work constructed from silicone, fibreglass, resin and often using human hair, the viewer becomes suspended in an intense moment of intimacy with it, a moment that cannot ordinarily be achieved amongst strangers.
As we stare at the figures frozen in states of vulnerability – be it babyhood, old age or quiet contemplation – we glimpse our own vulnerabilities reflected back. The Mornington Peninsula will be privy to some of the works of this master sculptor at the Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery, where he will join an exhibition called Obsession: Devil in the detail which runs all the way through to February 17. continued next page...
December 2018
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