VCA ART 2020

LOZ

Graduate Certificate of Visual Art

This semester my art practice has focused on Maude, a marionette puppet. Maude pirouetted into my art as a result of the limitations of freedom brought on by COVID-19.

Maude dances her way through personal, political and public spaces, seeking to escape the multiplying strings of social controls, discipline and government rule. Maude has a transcendental quality as she explores how social pressures and expectations influence the self and the subjective psychological state. Previously I have explored these threads of self and other through painting, sculpture, design and textiles. Maude has allowed me to tease out these connections using puppetry and multimedia.

LOZ, MAUDE, video, marionette puppet constructed from wire and dacron pillow casing, 2020
LOZ, *MAUDE* (installation view), video, marionette puppet constructed from wire and dacron pillow casing, 2020. Documentation by Christo Crocker, Eliza Dyball and Aaron Rees.
LOZ, MAUDE (installation view), video, marionette puppet constructed from wire and dacron pillow casing, 2020. Documentation by Christo Crocker, Eliza Dyball and Aaron Rees.
LOZ, *MAUDE* (installation view), video, marionette puppet constructed from wire and dacron pillow casing, 2020. Documentation by Christo Crocker, Eliza Dyball and Aaron Rees.
LOZ, MAUDE (installation view), video, marionette puppet constructed from wire and dacron pillow casing, 2020. Documentation by Christo Crocker, Eliza Dyball and Aaron Rees.
LOZ, *MAUDE detail two*, video, marionette puppet constructed from wire and dacron pillow casing, 2020
LOZ, MAUDE detail two, video, marionette puppet constructed from wire and dacron pillow casing, 2020
LOZ, *VELAZQUEZ 2020*, oil on canvas, 2020
LOZ, VELAZQUEZ 2020, oil on canvas, 2020
LOZ, *VELAZQUEZ 2020* (detail), oil on canvas, 2020
LOZ, VELAZQUEZ 2020 (detail), oil on canvas, 2020
LOZ, *UNTITLED*, oil on canvas, cotton printed fabric, machine stitching, 2020
LOZ, UNTITLED, oil on canvas, cotton printed fabric, machine stitching, 2020
LOZ, *UNTITLED* (detail), oil on canvas, cotton printed fabric, machine stitching, 2020
LOZ, UNTITLED (detail), oil on canvas, cotton printed fabric, machine stitching, 2020
LOZ, *PARROT VS QUINCE*, oil on canvas, machine stitching, 2020
LOZ, PARROT VS QUINCE, oil on canvas, machine stitching, 2020
LOZ, *PARROT VS QUINCE* (detail), oil on canvas, machine stitching, 2020
LOZ, PARROT VS QUINCE (detail), oil on canvas, machine stitching, 2020

We acknowledge and pay respect to the Traditional Owners of the lands upon which our campus is situated, the people of the Boon Wurrung and Woi Wurrung, who have created art, made music and told their stories here for thousands of generations. We also acknowledge and extend our respect to the Traditional Owners of all lands on which our work is viewed, shared and enjoyed, and to all Elders, past, present and emerging.

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