CONTEMPORARY ART STOCKROOM Peter Syndicas

Peter Syndicas’ sculptures are inspired by his fascination with organic shapes in their simplest forms – fractals of nature. Twigs – fragile, precious, shaped by the elements. Delicately carved, the revealed forms are translated on a magnified scale and immortalised in bronze, steel or stone – a stark contrast to their fragile nature.

“I search specifically for twigs that portray a human figure as it gives each sculpture of mine a unique duality. On the one hand they are magnified reproductions of fragile twigs, while at the same time they display these very expressive abstract human forms… I love that my sculptures allow people to see fragments of plant life, as works of art”
Artist Statement

Since beginning his sculptural practice in 1997 Peter Syndicas has shown widely within both curated and award exhibitions. In 2018 he was announced as the winner of the Sculpture for Sight Award held within the grounds of St Marks College in North Adelaide and was also a finalist in the Toorak Village Sculpture Exhibition. He had been a finalist in the Waterhouse Natural History Prize (2014, 2008, 2007, 2005) and has most recently participated in the South Australian Living Artists Festival (2018) and the Heysen Sculpture Biennial, located at the historic Hans Heysen studio and gardens in the Adelaide Hills (2019).

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Ten Mile Creek 2019
woven and welded stainless steel rods
50cm x 217cm
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Fairfield 2019
Polished bronze on a granite base
98cm x 73cm series of 8
$5,500 AUD

Kew 2018
polished bronze
87cm x 40cm x 18cm, edition of 10
$2,900 AUD

Lone Ranges 2019
Mild steel mounted on Flinders Ranges rock
135cm x 40cm
$2,800 AUD

Yin 2019
Woven and welded mild steel
104cm x 144cm wall hanging 6.5kg
$3,300 AUD

Yang 2019
woven and welded mild steel polished
157cm x 90cm wall hanging 6kg
$3,300 AUD

Winds of Change 2019
Gold plated bronze on granite base
40cm x 21cm series of 10
$3,100 AUD

Matador 2019
Gold plated bronze on stone base
28cm x 19cm series of 10
$3,000 AUD

David 2019
Patinated bronze on granite base
19cm x 15cm series of 10
$1,900 AUD

Striving for Imperfection 2019
polished bronze on dark granite base
30cm x 30cm x 30cm. Ed of 10
$3,000 AUD