Sunday Arts Magazine

28 Feb 2022

Brad Gunn – Sculptor

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Solo exhibition by sculptor BRAD GUNN
Where:
Red Gallery
157 St Georges Rd, Fitzroy North VIC 3068, Australia
Dates: 9th – 27th March
Official opening night : Friday 11th March 6-9pm
Soft opening night: Friday 9th March 6-8pm
Synopsis
“Shameless explores the culture surrounding our innate response to shame and how it directly
affects our choices. The theme depicts characters in various contexts depicting our most
questionable thoughts and behaviours. ”
A series of scale figurative statues and wall sculptures
Each piece has been sculpted in oil-based clay, moulded in silicone and fibreglass, cast in
gypsum/resin and covered in a synthetic flock. Each piece can take up to a month to complete.
Brad Gunn is a Melbourne sculptor working in a range of contemporary materials and techniques.
His works are often figurative and explore the psychology of interactions and identity through
surreal characters and imagery. The work is very process driven involving sculpting, moulding and
casting and the pieces are hand painted or finished in a velvet flock. His 5th solo show
‘Shameless’ will be at Red Gallery in September 2022. He has exhibited most recently ‘Small
Works’ and ‘Lucid’ at Beinart Gallery. His work ‘Flopsy’ was selected for both the 2021 Gippsland
Sculpture Award and the 2021 Wyndham Art Prize.