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Tom Malone Prize 2018
Tom Moore Pyrotechnic puffer fish 2016 (detail). Blown and solid glass, epoxy 50 x 51 x 28 cm (largest). Courtesy the artist, © the artist. Photographer: Grant Hancock.
Tom Malone Prize 2018
Our annual showcase of contemporary Australian glass.
Glass is one of the most exciting and dynamic art forms in this country. It is a uniquely captivating medium, capable of almost endless transformation. Glass provides a perfect vehicle for the exploration of a range of themes, from the personal to the observational, and Australian makers are some of the world leaders in the medium.
Now in its sixteenth year, the Tom Malone Prize is a highly respected and eagerly anticipated event for contemporary Australian glass artists. An acquisitive prize, each year’s winning entry becomes a part of the State Art Collection and the winner artist is awarded a prize of $15,000. This year, and for the next four years, the Prize is supported by Art Gallery of Western Australian Benefactor, Sheryl Grimwood.
The Tom Malone Prize 2018 brings together many of Australia's best glass artists. This year's 13 short-listed artists are Joanna Bone (QLD), Benjamin Edols and Kathy Elliott (NSW), Judi Elliott (ACT), Holly Grace (VIC), Gerry King (SA), Peter Kovacsy (WA), Marc Leib (WA), Jeremy Lepisto (ACT), Tom Moore (SA), Nick Mount (SA), Jason Sims (SA), Blanche Tilden (VIC) and Kayo Yokoyama (NSW).
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Winner of the 2018 Tom Malone Prize
Tom Moore was awarded this year’s honour for his work Pyrotechnic puffer fish.
The judges commented:
"Tom Moore is arguably the country’s most consistently humourous and out-there glass artist. His practice moves across installation in locations as diverse as galleries and gardens, and also includes output in drawing and animated video.
Over the years, he has given Australian and international audiences access to new creatures in glass as he has been responsible for the evolution of countless strange types of hybrid species. And now we have his Pyrotechnic puffer fish. It is a remarkable breed that comes into being via a gamut of historical Italian references to the famed properties of glass that would shatter if touched with poison and more modern and contemporary surrealism. We love it for its detail, its evidence of glass mastery, its straight-faced hilarity, dazzling technical spirit, and, above all, for seeming to come straight out of a dream as most of Tom’s creatures do. It really is like nothing we have seen before.
Tom won the Tom Malone Prize in 2013. He is now, therefore, the fourth of the double winners of the Prize, joining Cobi Cockburn, Jessica Loughlin and Clare Belfrage in this position. With this award he is part of a truly elite group of Australian artists excelling in this most demanding of mediums."
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Joanna Bone Urchins 2017. Blown glass, Swedish overlay (purple urchin) and cane roll-up technique, cold-worked on lathe and engraver then sandblasted, green urchin: 7.5 x 10 x 10 cm; purple urchin 9 x 11 x 11 cm; red urchin 11 x 13 x 13 cm. Courtesy the artist. © the artist. Photographer: Aaron Micallef.
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Benjamin Edols, Kathy Elliott Fear rises like an unbridled sea 2017. Blown glass with cane applications, wheel carved, 34 x 23 x 23 cm. Courtesy the artist. © the artist. Photographer: Greg Piper.
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Judi Elliott Ceremonial vessel 2016. Kiln-formed glass [with glass footring by Benjamin Edols], 7 x 59 cm diameter. Courtesy the artist. © the artist. Photographer: Rob Little.
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Holly Grace Gulf hut - remnants 2017. Blown glass, fired on glass enamel paints and decals, with sandblasted imagery, gilded gold leaf interiors and found metal handle, Billycan I: 19 x 19 x 19 cm; Billycan II: 31 x 10.5 x 10.5 cm; Billycan III: 17 x 15 cm. Courtesy the artist. © the artist. Photographer: David McArthur, Parallax Photography.
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Gerry King Above clouds 2017. Kiln-formed glass, machine polished, 38 x 100.5 x 1 cm. Courtesy the artist. © the artist. Photographer: Grant Hancock.
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Peter Kovacsy Eternal ties 2017. Clear lead crystal, kiln-cast in a mould, Australian red cedar, carved and scorched, 37 cm x 16 cm x 9 cm. Courtesy the artist. © the artist. Photographer: Peter Kovacsy.
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Marc Leib Routines, patterns, sequences 2017. Kiln-formed glass, cold-worked, two panels: 86 x 43 x 0.9 cm each. Courtesy the artist. © the artist. Photographer: Kevin Gordon.
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Jeremy Lepisto Alongside (from the Container series) 2016. Kiln-formed glass and fabricated metal, 76.2 x 28 x 25.4 cm. Courtesy the artist. © the artist. Photographer: Adam McGrath.
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Tom Moore Pyrotechnic puffer fish 2016. Blown and solid glass, epoxy, 50 x 51 x 28 cm (largest). Courtesy the artist. © the artist. Photographer: Grant Hancock.
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Nick Mount Duck Egg and enamel white still life 2017. Blown, carved and polished glass, with murrini, resting on a Black Heart Sassafras base, 59 x 63 x 22 cm. Courtesy the artist. © the artist. Photographer: Pippy Mount.
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Jason Sims 4ft link 2017. Qubelok aluminium, acrylic tube, reflective glass, LED lighting and electronics, 76.5 x 100 x 72 cm (including plinth). Courtesy the artist. © the artist. Photographer: Pippy Mount.
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Blanche Tilden "Circularity" necklace 2017. Waterjet cut, cold-worked and flame-worked borosilicate glass, oxidised, 925 silver, 3.5 x 3.8 cm diameter. Courtesy the artist. © the artist. Photographer: Grant Hancock.
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Kayo Yokoyama Rabbit Monday 2017. Blown and engraved glass, 52 x 19 cm (outer dome); 19 x 12 cm (inner dome). Courtesy the artist. © the artist. Photographer: Keith Rowe.
