4 December 2014
Media
Peter Fish, Buyers wired up for Oliver, Barton, The Australian Financial Review, Thursday 4 December 2014
‘Copper is a vital commodity, useful for wiring, plumbing and a host of other industrial inputs. Its use in art is less recognised, yet copper wire sculptures by Bronwyn Oliver appear to be electrifying today’s art buyers – as are the hard-to-quantify paintings of Del Kathryn Barton, many of which feature female genitalia.
Two wire works by Oliver featured in the top 10 prices at Deutscher and Hackett’s auction in Melbourne last week, cementing her reputation as one of the most admired contemporary figures.
left: BRONWYN OLIVER, Bloom, 1998, Sold for $192,000 (inc. BP)
right: DEL KATHRYN BARTON, Satellite Fade-out 2, Sold for $204,000 (inc. BP)
