Memento Mori, Memento Amare
Isabel Peppard - "The Rose" - silicone & resin - 65 x 46 x 12cm (25.6”x18.1”x4.7”) |
Isabel Peppard is a Melbourne, Australia based multidisciplinary artist who works across the
mediums of film, sculpture and stop-motion animation. As a silicone technician
she has worked with luminary local artists such as Sam Jinks, Adam Elliot and
Patricia Piccinini. Her work in film has screened at top-tier festivals,
including MIFF, Sitges and Annecy, and has been broadcast on national
television. Her short film Butterflies won the Dendy award at the Sydney Film
Festival and received an Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts award
nomination. Through her diverse practice, Isabel creates rich narrative imagery
that explores themes of love and psychological pain, emotional viscera and the
monstrous feminine.
On October 21st, 2017, Isabel will be showing with BeinArt Gallery in
Australia taking part in Memento Mori, Memento Amare; a three-person exhibition
featuring her art nouveau body horror sculptures. Alongside the absurdist
vanitas paintings by Beau White and neogothic etchings by Jonathan Guthmann.
Isabel Peppard - "Gloomy Sunday" - silicone & resin - 73 x 47 x 14cm (28.7”x18.5”x5.5”) |
Isabel Peppard - “Cherub 3: Surrender” - silicone, wire, resin & artists own hair - 15 x 15 x 12cm (5.9”x5.9”x4.7”) |
Isabel Peppard - “Cherub 2: The Ordeal” - silicone, wire, resin & artists own hair - 35 x 12 x 17cm (13.8”x4.7”x6.7”) |
Isabel Peppard - “Cherub 2: The Ordeal” (view 2) - silicone, wire, resin & artists own hair - 35 x 12 x 17cm (13.8”x4.7”x6.7”) |
Artist Site 👉 Isabel Peppard
beinArt Gallery Presents
Beau White | Isabel Peppard | Jonathan Guthmann
MEMENTO MORI, MEMENTO AMARE
OCT 21- NOV 12
MEMENTO MORI, MEMENTO AMARE
OCT 21- NOV 12
Melbourne, Australia