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Plastic replicas make an art form of the copy

Artist Sarah Goffman reuses plastic in a clever pun that references history, while criticising contemporary society.

20 Mar 2017 12:00

Gina Fairley

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Visual Arts

Sarah Goffman, Scholars Desk 2016/17, PET plastics, enamel paint, permanent marker; Installation view I am a 3D Printer at Wollongong Art Gallery; courtesy the artist.

Plastic is a material ubiquitous to contemporary life, but not always one we associate with fine art. Ironically, ceramics and sculpture were at one point described as ‘les plastique artes’, a term largely forgotten today.

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Gina Fairley

Gina Fairley is ArtsHub's National Visual Arts Editor. For a decade she worked as a freelance writer and curator across Southeast Asia and was previously the Regional Contributing Editor for Hong Kong based magazines Asian Art News and World Sculpture News. Prior to writing she worked as an arts manager in America and Australia for 14 years, including the regional gallery, biennale and commercial sectors. She is based in Mittagong, regional NSW. Twitter: @ginafairley Instagram: fairleygina