Saturday 31 October 2015

Radial series, 2015


Fields of corn suddenly give way to finely mown grass and in the sunlight bright airsocks flutter over what becomes apparent is a private airstrip.  Nearby in a seemingly endless series of huge interconnected sheds are hundreds of airplanes, their parts and memorabilia.  From fading photographs smile the enthusiasts who designed, hand-built and piloted all these machines before donating them to the Airpower Museum.  Complete planes are wheeled up to one another with wings and tails interleaved, drones and gliders hang from the rafters, and racks of propellers stand opposite glass cabinets filled with unique scale models.  Wing frames are hooked to the walls and an experimental amphibious plane sits adjacent to a circa World War II flight simulator.  Bolted to heavy, solid stands are various configurations of radial engine waiting to once again spin into action.



Jana Roman, Radial 3C303, 2015
Pendant
Mild steel, copper, PVC
H77 x W73 x D19mm



Jana Roman, Radial 5C304, 2015
Pendant
Mild steel, copper, PVC
H76 x W72 x D19mm



Jana Roman, Radial 5C305, 2015
Pendant
Mild steel, copper, PVC
H77 x W72 x D19mm



Jana Roman, Radial 5C306, 2015
Pendant
Mild steel, copper, PVC
H76 x W72 x D19mm



Jana Roman, Radial 3C307, 2015
Pendant
Mild steel, copper, PVC
H77 x W73 x D19mm



Jana Roman, Radial 3C308, 2015
Pendant
Mild steel, copper, PVC
H76 x W72 x D19mm



Jana Roman, Radial 5C309, 2015
Pendant
Mild steel, copper, PVC
H77 x W73 x D19mm


Tuesday 13 October 2015

Radial

Jana Roman, Radial 5C305, 2015
Pendant
Mild steel, copper, PVC
H77 x W72 x D19mm


From a new series of works to be premiered as part of the exhibition
A group design expo
Brunswick Street Gallery
30 October to 12 November 2015


Monday 27 July 2015

Sakura-cha



Jana Roman, Sakura-cha, 2013
Teapot
Fine silver, 925 silver, silver and gold plated copper, japanned brass, cherry stone
H165 x L135 x W85 mm


Selected for exhibition in the Contemporary Australian Silver & Metalwork Award 2013, Bendigo Art Gallery.



Sunday 26 July 2015

Meet Me...

Jana Roman, Meet Me..., 2015
Pocket object
Repoussé, reclaimed steel container, plastic, 925 silver, paint
H62 x L67 x D27mm

Jana Roman, Meet Me..., 2015 (showing inside)

Jana Roman, Meet Me..., 2015 (showing outside)



The proposal for the exhibition re:make at First Site Gallery was for each exhibitor to randomly draw from a hat the name of another of the artists in the group.  I drew Sue Buchanan and then selected one of her existing works to re:make.



Sue Buchanan, Meet Me in Eagle Alley Assemblage, 2014
(detail of selected object)
Steel, vitreous enamel

Visit suebuchanan8 on Instagram.


I make memory devices using repoussé to record landscapes or events on reclaimed steel containers.  Last year Sue gave me an unusual heart-shaped steel tin her husband had received at a conference.  Handing it to me, Sue said 'I think you could do something interesting with this.'  For the re:make exhibition I used this tin given by Sue and accepted her invitation to meet her in Eagle Alley by making for her a 'site specific body object.'


The tin in its original condition.