Ebony and Ivory holding up peanut butter and jam on toast and milkshakes, modeling material, 2014
Not Titled (woman with snake skin shoes), ceramic, 290mm x 230mm x 250mm
Not titled (woman with snake), ceramic, 260mm x 170mm x 230mm
Not titled (standing nude), ceramic, 200mm x 220mm x 140mm
Bare Butt in a Beanie, modeling material, 13 x 21 x 15.5cm
Chris Mason’s small-scale sculptures describe his subjects with adoringly realistic attention to the nature of their forms. In miniature, he achieves the weight and feel of flesh in a manner that’s simultaneously idealized and strikingly true to life. Mason has had an active and accomplished career in Australia and exhibited previously in New York, Chicago, and Paris. Mason has been working at Arts Project Australia, a progressive art studio in Melbourne, since 1998. From Arts Project Australia:
“Chris Mason is an accomplished artist in a variety of media, including painting, drawing and ceramics. His eclectic subject matter ranges from trains and aircraft to mermaids and voluptuously large women. Mason has a demonstrated ability to render the exterior and underlying structure of the female body, particularly in his sculptural work. Mason has a passion for writing stories that often relate directly to the themes in his art making and this sense of narrative is apparent in his work.” (see More)