What Is Sally Smart's Work
Sally Smart is an artist located in Victoria and was born in 1960, Quorn, SA.
Sally utilises collage, screen-printing, drawing and photography throughout her artwork and photography. She illustrates theatrical installations that employ a cinematic visual style. She is known for her large-scale installations.
Sally Smart graduated from the South Aus. School of art during 1981; she then completed postgraduate studies at the Victorian College of the Arts in 1988, followed by a Master of Fine Arts in 1991.
Sally’s installations explore corporeality, gender and identity politic.
Sally uses an array of different mediums throughout her works while most artists generally use one or two (this makes her work unique). While creating het artwork,
Sally doesn’t pin or glue her work straight away; she waits until she explores her options.
Smart works with a range if materials to create large cut-out constructions of painted canvas, felt and fabric, which she pins to a wall of the exhibition space. The types of techniques she uses relates to ideas that concern her. Many of Smart’s recent works are installation made up of hundreds of pieces precisely, cut felt, fabric and paper.
Sally Smart often uses the word ‘femmage’ in reference to her work. This was originally the title of an important exhibition of the work of women artists in New York during the 1970’s.
Sally utilises collage, screen-printing, drawing and photography throughout her artwork and photography. She illustrates theatrical installations that employ a cinematic visual style. She is known for her large-scale installations.
Sally Smart graduated from the South Aus. School of art during 1981; she then completed postgraduate studies at the Victorian College of the Arts in 1988, followed by a Master of Fine Arts in 1991.
Sally’s installations explore corporeality, gender and identity politic.
Sally uses an array of different mediums throughout her works while most artists generally use one or two (this makes her work unique). While creating het artwork,
Sally doesn’t pin or glue her work straight away; she waits until she explores her options.
Smart works with a range if materials to create large cut-out constructions of painted canvas, felt and fabric, which she pins to a wall of the exhibition space. The types of techniques she uses relates to ideas that concern her. Many of Smart’s recent works are installation made up of hundreds of pieces precisely, cut felt, fabric and paper.
Sally Smart often uses the word ‘femmage’ in reference to her work. This was originally the title of an important exhibition of the work of women artists in New York during the 1970’s.