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Project Name | Anchor Ceramics | Posted in | Sculpture | Design Studio | Anchor Ceramics |

Photo by Alexandra Strong.

Photo © Bruce Rowe.

Photo by Sean Fennessy.

Bruce Rowe, Structures 2015-16. Photo by Lisa Cohen.
The studio also creates more sculptural pieces, as seen in the recent “Structures” series of ceramic objects that were presented at two separate exhibitions in Melbourne in 2016. Working on the intersection between art, design and architecture, Rowe creates elegant architectural tableaus that look like naïf abstractions of old towns and houses, complete with graceful arches, flights of steps and windows. Coming from an artist who is self-admittedly “motivated by form, quietness, light, materiality and beauty”, these simple objects are indeed understated and architectural in their execution, while possessing a certain aura that makes them look like they have a story to tell —perhaps like fragments from an old Mediterranean town or cliff-hanging village, whose windows and terraces have witnessed the passing of many summers and generations.

Bruce Rowe, Structures 2015-16. Photo by Lisa Cohen.

Bruce Rowe, Structures 2015-16. Photo by Lisa Cohen.

Bruce Rowe, Structures 2015-16. Photo by Lisa Cohen.

200 Cut Series Tile, Speckled white glaze finish. Photo by Liza Cohen.

Photo © Bruce Rowe.

Photo © Bruce Rowe.

Photo © Bruce Rowe.

Photo © Bruce Rowe.

Bruce Rowe portrait in his Northcote studio. Photo by Sean Fennessy.