Fantastic Forms
3 October – 7 December
John Curtin Gallery
Rubyrose Bancroft, Stephen Benwell, Merric Boyd and Nabilah Nordin

Colourful, and brimming with shapes that sway, teeter and slump, Fantastic Forms celebrates the endless creativity of the human imagination through drawing, ceramics, sculpture and animation. Opening 2 October
The starting point for Fantastic Forms is the expansive selection of multi-hued drawings and curvilinear ceramics by Merric Boyd, collected by his son, Arthur Boyd, which form a cornerstone of the Bundanon Collection. Bringing this lyrical work into conversation with the very different practices of three living Australian artists, Fantastic Forms explores the joy of artmaking and its connection to everyday life.
Boyd’s drawings and ceramics are on tour from the Bundanon Collection and sit in dialogue with new large-scale sculptures by Nabilah Nordin, a series of ceramic figures by Stephen Benwell and stop-motion videos by emerging Bundjalung artist Rubyrose Bancroft. Beginning with Merric Boyd’s idiosyncratic approach to artmaking, Fantastic Forms expands from well-known ceramic work into his energetic and playful drawing practice, all of which was underpinned by the spiritual philosophy of love and connection, that ran through his life and work.
Open : Mon - Fri : 10am - 5pm
Sun : 12pm - 4pm
Sat : Closed
John Curtin Gallery
John Curtin Gallery, Curtin University, Kent Street, Bentley WA, Australia
