CONTEMPORARY ART STOCKROOM Jon Eiseman

Jon Eiseman’s sculptures extend beyond the physical, encompassing notions of time, spirituality and emotion. Cast in bronze his figurative sculptures have a whimsical and poetic quality in which the common man - often represented as a suited figure or solitary head - is fused with iconic symbols of the vessel, fish, bird, tower, tree, flag and ladder to suggest contemplation, humour and internal struggle. Drawn from the shadow world of dream and the inner landscape of the unconscious, his work creates an intriguing open-ended sense of narrative.

'At the edge of the desert ripples the ocean, which, for Eiseman, echoes our vast subconscious sea of thoughts and dreams. Standing solemnly in boats ill-equipped for a voyage, figures drift toward the unknown, absorbed in contemplations of spirituality, the state of the world and the future of mankind. In these poetic compositions, the trope of the bird alludes to myths and legends about spiritual guides, while the feather and the egg emblematically locate death and life as ever-present companions in our search for meaning. Precarious pilings of figures, birds and objects perched amidst gnarled leafless trees carves a space for ontological questions that cannot be answered. Eiseman considers how as humanity departs from nature, we lose part of our very being in the process.'
Excerpt from essay by Elli Walsh, 2020

'A recurring theme in my work is the metaphorical search for meaning and spirituality in the borderland between the rational world and the surreal lands of dreams and imagination. Within my current work I continue to explore the theme of a journey through strange and unfamiliar landscapes, inhabited by people travelling in a timeless world. Their voyage, through forests and oceans seems mysteriously purposeful yet enigmatic. Through the development of symbolic images I aim to create sculptures that have a dreamlike and poetic quality as if drawn from the inner landscape of the subconscious.'
Artist Statement, Jon Eiseman

REVIEW: Jon Eiseman and Anne Conron's August 2018 exhibition After the Rain reviewed in the Daily Review

ARTIST PROFILE:
Jon Eiseman has been a practicing artist since 1985, receiving a Bachelor of Arts Honours [Fine Arts] in 1998 and a Master of Fine Arts in 2000, both from Monash University. He worked in the sculpture department at Monash University for twelve years and after leaving continued with his personal practice to the present day. During this period he has had many solo exhibitions and completed public and private commissions as well, including a major work in 2022. He has exhibited in the Lorne Sculpture Biennale, the McClelland Small Sculpture Fair, the McClelland Sculpture Survey Exhibition and has been a finalist in the Williamstown Festival Contemporary Art Prize, the Deakin University Small Sculpture Award and the Alice Art Prize.

Eiseman has completed several public, corporate and private commissions throughout Australia. His sculptural work features in the permanent collections of The Constable & Hershon Vineyard & Sculpture Garden, Hunter Valley, NSW, La Trobe University Collection, Parliament House, Hobart, Tasmania, Geelong Regional Gallery, Burnie Regional Gallery, the Point Leo Sculpture Park in Victoria, Whitehorse Art Collection and in private collections in New Zealand, USA, Asia and Europe.

EISEMAN'S PUBLIC ART PROJECTS

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Media Highlights

And the Boat is Waiting 2021
unique bronze
77cm x 27cm x 44cm
$17,000 AUD

Dancing Through Eternity 2021
unique bronze
48cm x 43cm x 21cm
$13,500 AUD

Dancing Under the Trees 2021
unique bronze
45cm x 17cm x 14cm
$8,500 AUD

Exploring the Labyrinth 2023
unique bronze
52cm x 23cm x 13cm
$8,500 AUD

Out of the Forest 2022
unique bronze
84cm x 60cm x 50cm
$19,000 AUD

Stories of Redemption 2021
unique bronze
53cm x 36cm x 23 cm IN ARTIST'S STUDIO
$11,000 AUD

Through the Ocean of Dreams 2021
unique bronze
38cm x 56cm x 28cm IN ARTIST'S STUDIO
$13,500 AUD

Return Journey 2023
unique bronze
45cm x 28cm x 12cm
$8,500 AUD

The Crow King 2021
unique bronze
50cm x 20cm x 15cm
$6,000 AUD

After the Storm 2020
Bronze edition of 6
77cm x 33cm x 25cm
$18,500 AUD

I See You In My Dreams 2020
unique bronze
53cm x 40cm x 15cm
$13,500 AUD

Lost Dreams 2020
unique bronze
57cm x 46cm x 26cm
$15,000 AUD

Floating Landscape 2020
unique bronze
41cm x 40cm 20cm
$12,000 AUD

Petrified Landscape 2019
unique bronze
36cm x 28cm x 17cm
$9,500 AUD

Sharing Secrets 2018
Unique Bronze
39cm x 20cm x 14cm
$8,500 AUD

After the Rain 2018
Unique Bronze
44cm x 17cm x 16cm
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Crossing the Border 2018
Bronze, Ed of 5
33cm x 17cm x 13cm
IN ARTIST'S STUDIO
$4,500 AUD

Adrift 2018
Unique Bronze
27cm x 19cm x 16cm
$8,000 AUD

ANNE CONRON - Worship 2020
archival cotton rag paper, unframed
84cm x 56cm , edition of 5
$950 AUD

ANNE CONRON - Seeking Forgiveness 2020
archival cotton rag paper, unframed
84cm x 56cm , edition of 5
$950 AUD

ANNE CONRON - I Give You My Heart 2020
archival cotton rag paper, unframed
84cm x 56cm , edition of 5
$950 AUD

ANNE CONRON - Listen To My Heartbeat 2020
archival cotton rag paper, unframed
84cm x 56cm , edition of 5
$950 AUD

ANNE CONRON - Bush Church 2020
archival cotton rag paper, unframed
56cm x 84cm
$950 AUD

ANNE CONRON - Muster 2020
archival cotton rag paper, unframed
84cm x 56cm , edition of 5
$950 AUD

ANNE CONRON - Resurrection Project 2020
archival cotton rag paper, unframed
84cm x 56cm , edition of 5
$950 AUD

ANNE CONRON - Trespassing 2020
archival cotton rag paper, unframed
56cm x 84cm , edition of 5
$950 AUD

ANNE CONRON - Storyteller 2018
Type C printed on archival photographic paper
mounted on Kappa board
100cm x 67cm (unframed $950)
(IN ARTIST'S STUDIO)
$1,650 AUD

ANNE CONRON - Surveying Lake Heart 2018
Type C printed on archival photographic paper
mounted on aluminium composite board (Dibond)
100cm x 67cm
ed of 5, ($1,650 framed)
(IN ARTIST'S STUDIO)
$1,150 AUD

ANNE CONRON - Engineering Lake Heart 2018
Type C printed on archival photographic paper mounted on aluminium composite board (Dibond)
67cm x 100cm
ed of 5, ($1,650 framed)
(IN ARTIST'S STUDIO)
$1,150 AUD

ANNE CONRON - Crossing the Border 2018
Type C printed on archival photographic paper mounted on aluminium composite board (Dibond)
67cm x 100cm
Ed of 5, ($1,650 framed)
IN ARTIST'S STUDIO
$1,150 AUD

Lightness Of Being 2014
C-Type photograph, unframed. In collaboration with Anne Conron
100cm x 67cm ed of 5,
$950 AUD