melbourne art fair

Melbourne Art Foundation funds an artist to create ambitious new work to be unveiled at the Melbourne Art Fair. The Melbourne Art Foundation Artist Commission is later donated to a major Australian art institution.

Ian Burns was the recipient of the 2012 Melbourne Art Foundation Artist Commission with the work being gifted to the Art Gallery of South Australia. 

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  Clouds

  Ian Burns

  One of Australia's most exciting international exports, Ian Burns created Clouds for the 2012 Melbourne Art Foundation Commission.
  
  Against the cultural backdrop of the increasingly virtual nature of the screen-based image, Ian Burns presented a sculptural work that links the technological screen with embodied experience. An imposing sculptural form, Clouds presented the viewer with a pseudo-cinematic series of scenes that suggest a narrative but without end. Generated within the sculpture itself, the scenes are based on images of motion, specifically flight: ladders, toys, tables, lights, salad bowls and other everyday items are repurposed towards the live re-creation of imagery of the clichéd cinematic sublimity of air travel.

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The convenience alone would justify the event, as you get to see and compare galleries of a great range that would take you many kilometres and days to cover, especially, of course, the international galleries.

Robert Nelson, Melbourne Art Fair, The Age, Entertainment, Page 3, Wednesday 30 July 2008