Helen Nairn

Artist Helen Nairn, who recently won the $4000 abstract category of the 2010  Crockett art prize http://www.bman.org.au/

 My art practice is installation work that explores constructions and associations of forms of everyday material and objects either found, bought, gathered or made, combined with domestic ready-mades that emphasise relationships within communities of things. My art is representational and symbolic. What may appear as one thing could be something else entirely. Found objects are representational of things other than what they are – for example the chair could represent a person or a tree --- multiple objects are placed together to represent something greater than the sum of the parts ---- for example multiple chairs could represent the church or a rainforest. I will attempt to integrate abstract and traditional ways of working within a given space (which will impact final form and content). The resulting work will be a powerful statement of my personal vision of Christianity and the world around me.

To view more of my work go to   http://helennairn.yolasite.com/

I exhibited with other Advanced Diploma students, at Penrith Regional Gallery and Lewers Bequest in an exhibition called "Framed " in 2010.This is a set from that exhibition. http://www.flickr.com/photos/wsifineart/sets/72157624170320971/