The surrounding local industrial environment inspired the design of the Gate for West Footscray Neighbourhood House. Read more…

Reverent Numbers, formerly Casualty Numbers, a work which made acclaim by coming 3rd in the 2007 Helen Lempriere Awards, has recently been purchased by ConnectEast; the commissionaire for the new Eastlink freeway.

The work is expected to be installed soon. We will keep you posted when it will be available to the public.

Having recently attended an artist luncheon at the beautiful Elgee Park Winery owned and run by the Myer family, I was impressed and inspired by the diversity of the sculptural collection available to the public. Read more…

Bundanon Trust offers a residency in conjunction with the Helen Lempriere Sculpture Award.

As a Lempriere finalist, receiving the Encouragement Award in 2007 for the work titled Casualty Numbers, Jos spent some time as artist in residence.

The artist in residence program at Bundanon affords artists, from all disciplines and from all over the world, the opportunity to reflect on their practice; the time and space to meditate and the facilities to create. Bundanon’s original artist in residence program operated from the Riversdale property, with artists staying in the homestead and utilising Arthur Boyd’s former studio.

Helen Lempriere was one of Australia’s leading female artists in the mid 20th century, lauded nationally and internationally for her work as a painter, printmaker and sculptor. The Award was launched in her honour in 2000, as a result of a bequest by Helen’s husband, the late Kieth Wood.

The 2007 Lempriere Award Winner Julia Davis, Meniscii,

An installation of convex perspex mirrors reflects the sky and landscape, exploring art’s relationship with nature. Davis’ winning work will secure  a permanent place on the Werribee Park Sculpture Walk, in the company of previous winners.

Commended Works Louise Paramor, Industrial Jam Session

The six separate assemblages that form Industrial Jam Session each comprise four or five plastic parts, the majority of which were originally designed for industrial use. As the title suggests, for me this work possesses a musical and experimental dimension.

Encouragement Award Jos Van Hulsen, Casualty Numbers.

Made of steel, mirrors and enamel distance counters recycled from Victoria’s railways, Jos Van Hulsen’s piece Casualty Numbers explores how we have become immune to news of casualty numbers, unless they include someone we know.

To read more about the 2007 Helen Lempriere National Sculpture Award click here

Casualty Numbers, made of steel, mirrors and enamel distance counters recycled  from Victorian railways, this piece explores how we’ve become immune to news of casualty numbers, unless they include someone we know.

There is art in spare parts says sculptor Jos Van Hulsen, who gives industrial junk a new lease on life.

Article in The Age 4 November 1998 shows some earlier work and describes Jos and his wife Mary in the earlier days in Richmond.
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