Marea Gazzard, Paddington c.1975. Photo Howard Bruce.Source: National Library Australia archive.
Aged 85, Marea Gazzard AM passed away early Monday morning, 28 October, after prolonged illness.
Born in 1928 and of Greek extraction, Gazzard came to sculpture from ceramics. The energy locked in the patina of her sculptures, overwhelmingly impregnated with fingerprints and vigorous lines scored into the clay, describe an emotional relationship Gazzard had with her medium, pots that have grown well beyond any association of use to command the space of sculpture.
