Maree Clarke wins $60,000 Melbourne urban sculpture prize for detailed glass renderings of nature
A river reed harvested from Victoria’s Maribyrnong River in Boonwurrung Country opens up alternative universes for Maree Clarke when she views it through a microscope. “You see other worlds, you see galaxies, you see your grandmother’s doilies,” said the Mutti Mutti, Yorta Yorta, BoonWurrung/Wemba Wemba artist now living in Melbourne. Clarke’s capacity to translate the microscopic world of nature into works of fragile, intricately detailed glass has earned her the $60,000 Melbourne prize for urb
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