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HSC Visual Art - Case studies: Penny Byrne

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Journal articles:

"...Penny Byrne relies on this initial cringe-factor before she assails you with her politically charged and subversive version of this amiable, essentially benign and much-beloved art form...." from Walton, I, 2008, 'Vicious Figurines: Penny Byrne's Ceramic Advocacy',  Ceramics, Art and Perception, vol. 72, August, p. 15-22, in Proquest database, accessible via Wollongong City Library databases collection

"...takes antique or vintage porcelain figures and uses skills honed during a 20-year career as a ceramic and glass restorer and conservator to give the figures a political or satirical edge..." from O'Connor, S, 2011 'Tweaking the china', Herald Sun, 30 March, p. 86 in Proquest database, accessible via Wollongong City Library databases collection

 

"..."Art is an opportunity to say something about the way I'm feeling in a way that a lawyer is not necessarily able to do..." fromMorgan, J, 2007, 'Beware, these pretty things bite', 

Sydney Morning Herald, 06 March, p. 14 in Proquest database, accessible via Wollongong City Library databases collection