From the exhibition catalogue:
Lecturer in the Bachelor of Contemporary Art Michael Kutschbach presents us with a conundrum, a chandelier of exquisite materiality that rises out of the floor rather than suspended from the ceiling. Built only for the duration of the exhibition, B. Conifera (flying spaghetti monster), 2021, turns on its head the lavish and majestic nature of the chandelier — presenting an ephemeral and entropic object in a state of decay or flux. Kutschbach’s practice is material and process-based, resulting in haptic outcomes that play on the borders of abstraction. His ongoing search for forms that are new, unfixed and in a literal or suggestive state of flux challenge the longevity and historically grandiosity of chandeliers whilst presenting us with an object that exhibits the same level of mastery of materials and processes as the artisans of the past. These forms are presented as historically ambiguous and are reminiscent at once of odd, ancient cultural artefacts or of futuristic science fiction fragments whose function is long lost and left open to interpretation.
https://www.jamfactory.com.au/marmalade/2020/11/11/exhibition-insight-inhouse
This work was a part of the group exhibition In-House
In-House was the University of South Australia’s fourth biennial research exhibition held at the JamFactory and was supported through the well-established partnership between the two important South Australian institutions. This exhibition features responses by artists and designers to the function, history and meaning of the chandelier as a signifier of luxury and wealth, as well as the object’s significance in a contemporary context.
Featuring: Stephen Atkinson, Chris Boha, Louise Bird, Julie Collins, Melanie Cooper, Ron Corso, Matt Huppatz, Mark Kimber, Michael Kutschbach, Joanna Majchrowska, Peter Schumacher, Peter Walker and Hanah Williams.
