Peter Bauhuis, Simultanea vessel, 2022, sterling and fine silver, copper, image courtesy of Gallery Funaki

Vessels & Heads Past Event

Presented by Funaki Gallery

Dates

Thu 23 May 12:00pm - 5:00pm
Fri 24 May 12:00pm - 5:00pm
Sat 25 May 12:00pm - 4:00pm
Wed 29 May 12:00pm - 5:00pm
Thu 30 May 12:00pm - 5:00pm
Fri 31 May 12:00pm - 5:00pm
Sat 01 Jun 12:00pm - 4:00pm

Tickets

Free, No Booking Required

Venue

Funaki Gallery
33/27 Flinders Lane, Melbourne VIC 3000, Australia

Access

All gender bathroom, Assistance animals welcome, Low sensory / relaxed, Seating available

Funaki Gallery presents new works from acclaimed German maker Peter Bauhuis. These new works comprise vessels and jewellery that examine states of being both physical and metaphorical, from the confluences of metal alloys to the shifting play of dubious archaeological narratives that underpin Bauhuis’s ideas.

With a selective library of forms – tri-legged, squat or tall vessels; solid, chunky, chains, ‘blobs’ reminiscent of fungi, stones – Peter brings decades of technical mastery and intuition to bear, making each new work entirely unique. Sometimes painstakingly building up a complex internal structure through which a molten metal outer skin will flow, sometimes working directly with prepared moulds, he results of these lost wax castings reveal the characteristics of metal in an entirely fresh way. Some of the works in this exhibition come from Peter’s residency through March and April this year, at Melbourne’s Fundere Foundry.

Participants

Peter Bauhuis
Peter Bauhuis was the recipient, in 2020, of the Danner Foundation Prize of Honour in Munich and the 2018 Schoonhoven Silver Award in the Netherlands. He was shortlisted for the Loewe Prize in He has received numerous other awards since graduating from the Staatliche Zeichenakademie Hanau, School for Jewellery Design in 1988. Peter’s work is held in public collections including the National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, Die Neue Sammlung, Munich, the Fonds national d’art contemporain, Paris and the Rotasa Foundation, California.