Fantastic Forms Room Guide
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Rubyrose Bancroft
7 Deadly Sins, 2020 stop motion & claymation music by Rose Dingle-Moss 5:50 minutes
Courtesy of the artist . Collection of the National Art School
Accompanying Figures, 2023
plasticine
Courtesy of the artist
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Merric Boyd
Top row: left to right
Blue cat, date unknown coloured pencil on paper
Blue tree, date unknown pencil & coloured pencil on paper
A pony, 1950 pencil & coloured pencil on paper
A perfect family of country place, date unknown pencil & coloured pencil on paper
Cow, date unknown pencil on paper
Tree, date unknown coloured pencil on paper
Cats, date unknown pencil & coloured pencil on paper
Beach fun, date unknown coloured pencil on paper
Merric Boyd
Bottom row: left to right
A rural scene with post-and-rail fence, 1958 pencil & coloured pencil on paper
Where holidays take step, 1949 pencil & coloured pencil on paper
A kelpie dog, date unknown coloured pencil & pen on paper
The gum takes to pic, date unknown coloured pencil on paper
Cats, 1950 pencil & coloured pencil on paper
Where moo milk babies play, 1949 pencil & coloured pencil on paper
Ti-tree in blossom, date unknown pencil & coloured pencil on paper
A white gum tree, date unknown coloured pencil on paper
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Nabilah Nordin
Pavilion, 2023
timber, white rags, beeswax, pigment, acrylic paint, spray paint, mouldable plastic, epoxy modelling compound, cotton rope & ecrylimer
MIIA Collection
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Merric Boyd Left to right
Blue tree, date unknown pencil & coloured pencil on paper
View through our home window, date unknown coloured pencil on paper
Trees, date unknown watercolour on paper
Gum Tree and Palms, date unknown coloured pencil on paper
Post-and-rail fences and trees, 1950 blue & orange coloured pencil
Country gum, date unknown coloured pencil on brown paper
Tree, date unknown coloured pencil on paper
Sparrow, 1952 pencil & coloured pencil on paper
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Nabilah Nordin
Thick Fight, 2023
epoxy modelling compound, synthetic resin solvent based enamel, timber, vinyl paint & Bundanon charcoal
Courtesy of the artist
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Merric Boyd Left to right
Tree and post-and-rail fence, 1949 pencil & coloured pencil on paper
Trees, date unknown watercolour on paper
Tree and rooftop, 1950 pencil & coloured pencil on paper
Harkaway Grange, 1951 coloured pencil on paper
Kookaburras, date unknown pencil & coloured pencil on paper
Tree and post-and-rail, date unknown coloured pencil on paper
The blue gum tree, date unknown coloured pencil on paper
Love governs all, 1950 pencil & coloured pencil on paper
Murrumbeena Park, date unknown coloured pencil on paper
The Red Gum, 1953 coloured pencil on paper
All perfect life, date unknown pencil & coloured pencil on paper
Kangaroo, date unknown pencil & felt pen on paper
Landscape with palms, date unknown pencil & coloured pencil on paper
Trees, 1944 coloured pencil on paper
Tree, date unknown pencil, coloured pencil & ink on cardboard
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Merric Boyd Left to right
Trees, date unknown pencil & coloured pencil on paper
Perfect love, 1950 pencil & coloured pencil on paper
Tree, date unknown coloured pencil & watercolour on paper
Rural landscape with post-and-rail fence, 1951 pencil & coloured pencil on paper
San Remo, 1950 pencil & coloured pencil on paper
Cat, date unknown coloured pencil on paper
Two dogs, date unknown coloured pencil & paint on paper
Truth, date unknown watercolour on paper
Our koala bear, 1952 coloured pencil on paper
When beach and willow take cooperation, date unknown coloured pencil on paper
Local orchard, date unknown coloured pencil on paper
A Dandenong Road, date unknown coloured pencil on paper
An apple tree and cream moo cow, date unknown pencil on paper
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Nabilah Nordin Palace, 2023
acrylic paint, epoxy modeling compound, timber, mirror polished stainless steel. MIIA Collection
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Stephen Benwell left to right
Statue, red fist, 2017 earthenware
Statue, holding a severed head, 2017 earthenware
Torso on plinth, 2017 earthenware
Ring box, 2018 earthenware
Figure with arm extended, 2018 earthenware
Head study, 2021 ceramic
Allegory, 2022 earthenware with porcelain slip
Celadon, 2022 ceramic
Overcoat, 2022 bronze
Mystic, 2022 earthenware
Figure in cloak, 2022 earthenware
Two busts, 2022 earthenware with porcelain slip
White figure, 2022 earthenware
Broken, 2022 earthenware with porcelain slip
Dancer, 2022 earthenware with porcelain slip
Blue figure, 2022 earthenware
Red, 2022 earthenware with porcelain slip
Pose, 2022 bronze
Blue hat, 2022 earthenware with porcelain slip
Rockface, 2022 earthenware with porcelain slip
Stocking, 2022 earthenware with porcelain slip
Pink green grey, 2022 earthenware with porcelain slip
Infanta, 2023 earthenware with porcelain slip
Crouch, 2023 earthenware with porcelain slip
Bend, 2023 earthenware with porcelain slip
Hamlet, 2024 earthenware
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Stephen Benwell Introspection, 2022 earthenware with porcelain slip
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Merric Boyd Left to right
Landscape and road, 1948 coloured pencil & watercolour on paper
Conscious, date unknown coloured pencil on paper
Blue landscape, 1950 coloured pencil on paper
Trees, date unknown watercolour on paper
Yacht with dinghy, 1943 pencil & watercolour on paper
Trees, date unknown watercolour on paper
Trees and hills, date unknown watercolour on paper
Cat, date unknown pencil & coloured pencil on paper
Birds, date unknown pencil, coloured pencil & watercolour on paper
Trees, date unknown watercolour on paper
Hillside, date unknown pencil & coloured pencil on paper
Landscape, 1944 pencil & coloured pencil on paper
Open Country, 1956 pencil, coloured pencil & paint on paper
Landscape, date unknown watercolour & pencil on paper
Landscape with rabbit, date unknown pencil, coloured pencil & watercolour on paper
Trees, 1948 watercolour on paper
Cat and figure, date unknown pencil & coloured pencil on paper
Blue trees, date unknown watercolour & coloured pencil on paper
Bird and figure, date unknown pencil & coloured pencil on paper
Country road, 1942 coloured pencil, watercolour & oil crayon on paper
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Merric Boyd
Top row: left to right
Looking up Dandenong Road, 1950 pencil & coloured pencil on paper
Trees and fence, date unknown pencil & coloured pencil on paper
Landscape, c1950s watercolour on paper
Merric Boyd
Bottom row: left to right
Tree, 1949 watercolour & coloured pencil on paper
Australian blue gum tree, 1949 pencil & coloured pencil on paper
Jetty, 1951 pencil & coloured pencil on paper
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Merric Boyd
Top row: left to right
Murrumbeena, 1949 pencil & coloured pencil on paper
In the park at Murrumbeena, date unknown coloured pencil on paper
All the strength is showing, date unknown coloured pencil on paper
Dandenong Road, date unknown coloured pencil on paper
Church spire and roof top, 1952 pencil & coloured pencil on paper
Trees and post-and-rail fence, date unknown pencil & coloured pencil on paper
Palm tree, 1951 pencil & coloured pencil on paper
The perfect gum, 1952 pencil & coloured pencil on paper
Horse and cart with post-and-rail fence, date unknown coloured pencil on paper
Merric Boyd
Top row: left to right
Tree and tall grass in wind, 1951 pencil & coloured pencil on paper
Trees, date unknown watercolour, pencil & coloured pencil on paper
A Gum Tree, date unknown pencil & coloured pencil on paper
Fence and trees with tall grass, date unknown pencil & coloured pencil on paper
Up in the Dairy Planes, date unknown coloured pencil on paper
Merric Boyd
Bottom row: left to right
On the beach, 1950 coloured pencil on paper
Leaves and blackberries, 1949 pencil & coloured pencil on paper
Trees and seat, date unknown pencil, coloured pencil & felt pen on paper
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Rubyrose Bancroft Mud, 2019
stop motion & claymation, sound 4:23 minutes Courtesy of the artist
Merric Boyd
Bottom row: Left to right
Willow and post-and-rail fence, 1952 pencil & coloured pencil on paper
Trees and bird, c1951 pencil & coloured pencil on paper
Poultry farm, 1950 pencil & blue coloured pencil on paper
Merric Boyd
Left to right
Teapot with tree trunk handle, 1945
ceramic, buff earthenware, wheel-thrown, hand carved & modelled, coloured underglaze, clear glaze
Bookends, 1944
ceramic, buff earthenware, handformed, carved & modelled treeforms, coloured underglaze, thin clear glaze
Vase with double handle, 1948 ceramic, buff earthenware, wheel-thrown, with coloured engobe, incised, green colours underglazed, clear glaze
Jug with connected saucer, date unknown ceramic, buff earthenware, wheel-thrown, hand carved & modelled, coloured underglaze, clear glaze
Jug with tree trunk handle, date unknown ceramic, buff earthenware, wheel-thrown, hand carved & modelled, coloured underglaze, clear glaze
Vase with trees, 1940 ceramic, buff earthenware, wheel-thrown, white engobe, blue underglaze colour, clear glaze
Vase with blue and white landscape, 1932 ceramic, earthenware, wheelthrown, blue & white underglaze colour, clear glaze
Vase, Horse and figure with plough, 1949
ceramic, buff earthenware, wheel-thrown, cream engobe, incised, blue & brown colours under clear glaze, blue glazed interior
Merric Boyd
Left to right
Jug with tree trunk handle, 1944 ceramic, buff earthenware, wheelthrown, hand carved & modelled, blue & grey underglaze, clear glaze
Jug with tree trunk handle, c1912 ceramic, earthenware, wheelthrown, hand carved & modelled, coloured underglaze, clear glaze
Jug, Hut, early settler, c1949 ceramic, buff earthenware, wheel-thrown, brown engobe, incised, cream & green colours underglazed, clear glaze
Jug with trees, 1912 ceramic, earthenware, wheelthrown, incised, underglaze, clear glaze
Vase with landscape, 1945 ceramic, buff earthenware, wheelthrown, hand carved & modelled, coloured underglaze, clear glaze, unglazed interior
Jug, Australian Gum Tree, 1938 ceramic, buff earthenware, wheelthrown, hand carved & modelled, coloured underglaze, clear glaze
Vase with landscape, 1935 ceramic, earthenware, wheelthrown, incised, underglaze, clear glaze
Vase with blue and white landscape, 1926 ceramic, earthenware, wheelthrown, underglaze, clear glaze
Vase with post-and-rail fence, 1935 ceramic, earthenware, wheelthrown, hand modelled, coloured underglaze, clear glaze
Vase with swooping bird, 1945 ceramic, earthenware, wheelthrown, coloured underglaze, clear glaze
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Merric Boyd
Trees, date unknown watercolour on paper
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Merric Boyd
Frieze (yellow landscape), c1950 watercolour on paper
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Merric Boyd
Top row: left to right
Our pussy, 1951 coloured pencil on paper
The blue gum, 1952 pencil & coloured pencil on paper
The power of the universe, 1951 pencil & coloured pencil on paper
Tree and red road, date unknown pencil & paint on paper
Landscape with houses, date unknown coloured pencil on paper
Horse, date unknown pencil & coloured pencil on paper
Beach, date unknown coloured pencil on paper
A local place of Glen country, Murrumbeena, date unknown coloured pencil on paper
Merric Boyd
Bottom row: left to right
Boats, date unknown pencil & coloured pencil on paper
Trees, 1950 pencil, coloured pencil & watercolour on paper
Blue trees, 1948 pencil & blue watercolour on paper
Dandenong Road, date unknown pencil & coloured pencil on paper
Day Light, date unknown coloured pencil & watercolour on paper
Tree on the bay, 1951 pencil & coloured pencil on paper
The Red Gum, date unknown pencil & coloured pencil on paper
Tree and boat, date unknown pencil & coloured pencil on paper
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Merric Boyd
Top row: left to right
Truth holds me, date unknown pencil & coloured pencil on paper
Merric and kiln, 1951 pencil & coloured pencil on paper
Doris Boyd, date unknown pencil & coloured pencil on paper
John Perceval, date unknown pencil & coloured pencil on paper
A kelpie dog, a boundary rider out on the Riverina sheep country, date unknown pencil & coloured pencil on paper
Merric Boyds Family - Mummy, date unknown coloured pencil on paper
Mummy, 1951 pencil & coloured pencil on paper
Our Nik all ways, 1951 coloured pencil on paper
Gan Gan at rest by her pussy Dad dads, 1952 coloured pencil on paper
Mummy using a pot for cups, date unknown pencil & coloured pencil on paper
Mummy, date unknown coloured pencil on paper
Portrait of Grand Daughter, date unknown coloured pencil & oil crayon on paper
Merric Boyd
Bottom row: left to right
Mary and Mary’s jummy, date unknown coloured pencil on paper
A country lady, 1952 pencil & coloured pencil on paper
Portrait of a man, date unknown pencil on paper
Shearing practice, date unknown pencil, coloured pencil & watercolour on paper
Portrait of the Real Mummy, date unknown pencil & coloured pencil on paper
All perfect love, 1950 coloured pencil on paper
Figure with red hat, date unknown pencil & coloured pencil on paper
Portrait of a woman, date unknown pencil & coloured pencil on paper
Mentone Beach, 1952 pencil & coloured pencil on paper Romantic practice, date unknown pencil & coloured pencil on paper
Shearer, date unknown pencil & blue coloured pencil on paper
Mummy Resting, c1951 pencil & coloured pencil on paper
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Merric Boyd
Top row: left to right
Jug with gum nut decoration, date unknown pencil & coloured pencil on paper
Jug with grape decoration, date unknown pencil & coloured pencil on paper
Vase with tree design, date unknown pencil & coloured pencil on paper
Jug with gum nut decoration, date unknown coloured pencil on paper
Gum Leaf Jug, 1951 coloured pencil on paper
Two jugs, date unknown pencil & coloured pencil on paper
Vase with tree decoration, date unknown pencil & coloured pencil on paper
Merric Boyd
Bottom row: left to right
A gum tree branch jug, 1951 pencil & coloured pencil on paper
Jar with tree decoration, 1948 pencil on paper
Jug with tree decoration, date unknown pencil & coloured pencil on paper
Merric’s vase, date unknown pencil & coloured pencil on paper
Jug with tree trunk handle, date unknown pencil on paper
Jug with tree trunk handle, date unknown coloured pencil on paper
Two jugs, date unknown pencil & coloured pencil on paper
‘The first impulse of the maker of hand pottery is to obtain pleasure in making and decorating an article, and making that pleasure intelligible to others…’
–Merric Boyd, 1930
Fantastic Forms captures the energy, movement and colour in the expansive creative practice of Merric Boyd (1888-1959). Featuring over 200 drawings and ceramics from the Bundanon Collection, in dialogue with contemporary works by Rubyrose Bancroft, Stephen Benwell and Nabilah Nordin, this exhibition celebrates the endless creativity of the human imagination.
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