Bruce [cabinet on stand]
Malaysia/Australia
1952 – 11 December 2023
Bruce Nuske, ceramist
Australia
1949
Bruce [cabinet on stand]
from the series Collec+tors
2010
American white oak, porcellaneous stoneware, sgraffito decoration
- Place made
- cabinet: Norwood, South Australia
- Medium
- American white oak, porcellaneous stoneware, sgraffito decoration
- Dimensions
- 130.0 x 212.0 x 50.0 cm
- Credit line
- Gift of Michael Armitage, Susan Armitage, Philip Bacon AM, Colin and Robyn Cowan, Julian and Stephanie Grose, Andrew and Hiroko Gwinnett, Jim and Andrea Katsaros, Diana Laidlaw AM, Sonia Laidlaw, Macquarie Group Foundation, David McKee, Pam McKee, Jillian Russell, Peter and Mary Sutherland, Janet Worth to the Collec+ors Appeal through the Art Gallery of South Australia Foundation 2012
- Accession number
- 20124F7A
- Signature and date
- Cabinet and tiles not signed, not dated.
- Media category
- Furniture
- Collection area
- Australian decorative arts and design
- Copyright
- Courtesy the artist
- Image credit
- Photos: Grant Hancock
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This cabinet, titled Bruce [cabinet on stand], is the central work in furniture designer Khai Liew’s seminal Collec+tors series, the series itself a consequence of
a visit made by Liew and the renowned South Australian ceramicist Bruce Nuske to London’s Victoria & Albert Museum. Six exquisite collaborations by Liew with some of the most important Australian craftspeople of the early twenty-first century make up the series, these individuals including Julie Blyfield, Prue Venables, Kirsten Coelho, Gwyn Hanssen Pigott, Jessica Loughlin and, of course, Bruce Nuske.
This cabinet combines Liew’s refined, yet simple, contemporary aesthetic in furniture with Nuske’s stoneware, resulting in a harmonious exchange of ideas and style. Liew has used silvery American white oak, which enhances the pallor of Nuske’s pale stoneware tiles. The simple sgraffito details of the tiles acknowledge the fine grain and simple form of the wooden cabinet.
The entire Collec+tors series of six works was acquired by the Gallery in 2012.
Rebecca Evans, Curator of Decorative Arts & Design
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[Book] 2011 Brit Insurance design of the year awards.
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[Book] Liew, Khai, Walker, Wendy. Collec+ors.
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[Journal] Articulate.
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[Book] AGSA 500.
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Khai Liew (designer) 1952 – 11 December 2023 , Bruce Nuske (ceramist) 1949American white oak, porcellaneous stoneware, sgraffito decorationAccession no: 20124F7AOn display, Gallery 6
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Khai Liew (designer) 1952 – 11 December 2023 , Gwyn Hanssen Pigott (ceramist) 1935 – 2013
Gwyn [serving table]
2010Queensland blackbean, kangaroo hide, waxed linen, porcelainAccession no: 20124F5A(a-h) -
Khai Liew (designer) 1952 – 11 December 2023 , Jessica Loughlin (glass artist) 1975
Jessica [screen]
2010European limewood, glassAccession no: 20124F6A -
Khai Liew (designer) 1952 – 11 December 2023 , Julie Blyfield (jeweller) 1957Queensland blackbean, silverAccession no: 20124F3A
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Khai Liew (designer) 1952 – 11 December 2023 , Kirsten Coelho (ceramist) 1966
Kirsten [armchair]
2010American white oak, linen, porcelainAccession no: 20124F4A(a-e)On display, Gallery 6 -
Khai Liew (designer) 1952 – 11 December 2023 , Prue Venables (ceramist) 1954
Prue [cupboard]
2010Canadian rock maple, porcelainAccession no: 20124F8A