I have always enjoyed the geometry of my surroundings. As a child I was often on my father’s building sites. There I saw the geometry of wall and roof frames, bricks and windows for placement in the construction of homes.
This interest in geometry was invigorated by the plentiful display of flags during my time studying in the US. A flag is often visually portrayed as two-dimensional; a flat geometric patterned rectangular image. However, in a real landscape when activated by the wind, the flat patterning of the flag changes into a mesmerising organic flowing form.
Flags obviously have powerful levels of meaning embedded in the colour and symbolism of their geometry. Each flag contains a ‘narrative’; sculpture has a long tradition of the ‘narrative’.
In embarking on this series of works I have endeavoured to take on a challenge; to wed geometry and symbolism into visual sensation.
Geoff Ireland
- Miniature Show 2007
- 2008 Sculpture Show
- Tim Allen
- Angus Adameitis
- Tom Arthur
- Janik Bouchette
- Andre Bowen
- Grace Burzese
- Pamela Cowper
- Lyndon Dadswell
- Rachel Douglass
- Mark Draper
- Ivor Fabok
- Lea Ferris
- Peter Godwin
- Ulvi Haagensen
- Madeleine Halliday
- Debra Headley
- Paul Hopmeier
- Dave Horton
- Geoff Ireland
- Orest Keywan
- Tara Klein
- Brian Koerber
- 2008 Landscape Show
- Anita Larkin
- Ian McKay
- Russell McQuilty
- Michael Le Grand
- Ingrid Morley
- Brian O'Dwyer
- Tony Phillips
- Campbell Robertson-Swann
- Ron Robertson-Swann
- Tony Slater
- Phil Spelman
- Dave Teer
- Charlie Trivers
- Willemina Villari
- Jennifer Watson
- Cathy Weiszmann
- David Wilson
