Form and Shadow Basketry SA Inc - Titled: Transmission Many various coloured wires are bundled and stitched to a round gourd. These wires then separte and become individual swirls, disseminating information. The shadows cast imply that some of this news is good, some not so.

Form and Shadow Basketry SA Inc

Visual Arts and Design • Visual art
South Australia • Australian Premiere

Opening by Melinda Rankin, Director, Fabrik Arts & Heritage at 2pm on Saturday 
17 February.

Japanese author and novelist Jun’ichirō Tanizaki’s In Praise of Shadows written in 1933 (https://journal.rikumo.com/journal/2018/5/24/rikumo-book-club-junichiro-anizakis-in-praise-of-shadows) examines the idea that shadows are an essential and influential part of Japanese aesthetics. Shadows offer moments of mystery and trance in everyday life. A simple shadow is an art form unto itself: its mere existence relies on invisible details that are either carefully thought out or results of chance.
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Beauty is found not only in the form but in the shadows. Basketry SA members create practical baskets and sculptural forms using a variety of materials while contemplating the beauty that exists in shadows.
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Presented by: Basketry SA

Contemporary basketry has evolved from one of the oldest crafts known to humanity. Members of Basketry SA use traditional methods, including those of ethnic and indigenous cultures to create both practical baskets and sculptural forms.

Members' works have been acquired by galleries and museums throughout Australia and are included in private collections overseas:

The Australian National Gallery, Canberra
The Powerhouse Museum, Sydney
The Museum & Art Gallery, Northern Territory
The Alice Craft Acquisition Collection
The Art Gallery of South Australia
The Victorian State Craft Collection
The Gold Coast Arts Centre
The Museum of Economic Botany, Adelaide Botanic Gardens
Australia House, London