Marilyn McGrath
sculpture
1 – 26 August 2020
Marilyn McGrath was born in Sydney in 1939 and has been exhibiting since 1972. Using mostly traditional materials including marble, bronze, and solid wood, her works can be found in a number of important public collections such as The Art Gallery of New South Wales, Newcastle City Art Gallery and Queensland Art Gallery
McGrath lived in the regional city of Newcastle north of Sydney for many years and has a number of large scale public works around the city such as Wheeler Place Plaza and The University of Newcastle
My central artistic concern has been to communicate sculptural images, which evoke a sense of strength and timelessness out of volume and form
My interest is in the composition of the piece, using different design techniques to intensify the visual impact of the sculpture but still achieving a connection with the viewer. I spend about same amount of time making a small marquette of my idea as I do to making the final enlarged sculpture
With the lockdown I made smaller sculptures, on the dinning room table which are in my collection of sculptures currently on display at Robin Gibson Gallery
Marilyn has been exhibiting with Robin Gibson Gallery Sydney since 1981, and currently lives and works between Sydney and Melbourne