“An Ordinary Kind of Ornament”
Hannah Bertram
12 Oct → 3 Nov 2007
An Ordinary Kind of Ornament is an installation by Hannah Bertram transforming dust into an ornamental carpet.
The work explores the possibility of preciousness within the incidental. By symbolically using the language of ornament – which simultaneously adds value and is functionally superfluous – it seeks to highlight the ambiguities of preciousness.
At the end of the exhibition, visitors can watch the work being swept away. It is fragile and temporary existence, seeks to shift the value of the work from the concrete object, to the transient realm of experience and focus on the preciousness inherent within the everyday.
An Ordinary Kind of Ornament is supported by the City of Melbourne.
Hannah Bertram completed her Master of Fine Art at RMIT in 2005. Her decorative artworks often transform worthless materials in temporary installations to engage in a dialogue about value and worth.