Anna John
Inspiration for This Work
Social issues around public surveillance, classical figurative sculpture, anti-inventions. Made with assistance of Matthew P Hopkins.
Student Biography
I am a cross disciplinary artist, predominantly working in sculpture, video and installation. My work deals with the everyday through material and object experience - my earlier tertiary history included two years of industrial design. This hybrid studio learning has shaped my work into a unique combination of elements of (attempted) functionality with a lo-fi aesthetic, which is always in first draft and subject to flux. I cite Dada, Arte Povera and music/pop culture as core influences in my practise. Throughout my degree I have exhibited within the campus and outside at galleries including Firstdraft, Performance Space/Carriage Works, Space 3, Mori, Horus and Deloris, Wren, Joint Hassles (Melb) and at the Academy of Fine Arts in Beijing.



![[Image work: View points #1 and #2]](/2007/data/images/medium/z3097469_20071012130210.jpg)
![Watchmen #1 [Watchmen #1]](/2007/data/images/small/z3097469_20071012113954.jpg)
![Watchmen #2 [Watchmen #2]](/2007/data/images/small/z3097469_20071012114718.jpg)
![Rocky Outcrop Installation [Rocky Outcrop Installation]](/2007/data/images/small/z3097469_20071012115634.jpg)
![Rocky Outcrop Installation (Detail) [Rocky Outcrop Installation (Detail)]](/2007/data/images/small/z3097469_20071012121841.jpg)
![Peace Collective [Peace Collective]](/2007/data/images/small/z3097469_20071012122643.jpg)
![Peace Collective (detail) [Peace Collective (detail)]](/2007/data/images/small/z3097469_20071012123345.jpg)
![View points #1 and #2 [View points #1 and #2]](/2007/data/images/small/z3097469_20071012130210.jpg)
![View point #2 (detail) [View point #2 (detail)]](/2007/data/images/small/z3097469_20071012130627.jpg)
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