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Blue ribbon bangle 1996

Artwork Blue ribbon bangle this artwork made of Anodised aluminium, created in 1996-01-01
Accession No.
2000.133
Date Created
1996
Gallery location
Not on public display
Department
Contemporary Australian Art
Dimensions A
16 x 16 x 6cm (irreg.)
Media Category
Jewellery
Secondary Media Category
aluminium
Medium
Anodised aluminium
Place Created
Sydney, NSW
Credit Line
Purchased 2000. Queensland Art Gallery Foundation Grant

Blue ribbon bangle, an example of Yuri Kawanabe's anodised aluminium jewellery pieces, represents a refinement of her design and problem-solving skills, as it was worked from a single sheet of aluminium. Writer John McPhee describes Kawanabe's series of ribbon bangles as 'wild explorations of the nature of jewellery owing much to the traditions of Black Africa and Polynesia,' and compares them with giant springs or parts of flowers.(1)

1. McPhee, John. 'Ancient art's new Broome'. The Sydney Morning Herald, 16 December 1997, p.15.

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