Maureen Quin

“My art is my life, and to evoke a response from the viewer is to share part of my life.”

“I wish,” said Miss Maureen Quin, “that people would not regard sculpture as something to be put on a pedestal apart from everything else. It is only because they see it that way in an art gallery that they never think of having as a part of their home which can be placed in many different places. The nice thing about sculpture, “she continued, “is that when you get tired of one aspect all you have to do is turn it around for an entirely different view.”

“My sculptures are not conceptual works, where thought is the main thing and sculptural form is ignored. My works are sculptures first and foremost, the result of deep emotional responses to the world around me. They are not illustrative, conveying their message to the viewer in a subtler way. My sculptures are triggered by human relationships and predicaments and they find expression through the human figure.

It’s difficult to explain the creative path. I normally start with drawings, and more drawings, where I compose shapes and forms and spaces between these: on paper and in my mind. I draw until I get under the skin of my subject – till I can “feel” that sculpture in me. After con...

DATE OF BIRTH:
March 1934
Bloemfontein, “Bishops Glen”, South Africa

SCHOOLING
Eunice High School
Art School, Technical College, Durban, South Africa
Goldsmith College of Art, London, Britain

1962 Kimberley
1962 Bloemfontein Rodericks Hall
1971 Pretoria South African Association of Arts
1971 Bloemfontein Museum Hall
1972 Grahamstown 1820 Settlers Museum
1972 Durban Private Home
1973 Pretoria South African Association of Arts
1973 Potchefstroom University for Christian Higher Education
1974 Cape Town South African Association of Arts
1974
Port Elizabeth Hallis Art Gallery
1975
Kimberley William Humphries Art Gallery
1976
Durban Lindsay Ave
1977
Pretoria South African Association of Arts
1977 Durban Exotica 1977
City Hall by invitation
1979
Johannesburg Total Gallery
1980 Umtata Hotel
1982 Plettenberg bay Look Out Gallery
1983
Pretoria South African Association of Arts
1983 Durban Private Home

1984
Stellenbosch Oude Libertas Center

1985
Durban Private Home
1986
Johannesburg Gallery 21
1986 Johannesburg Total Art Gallery
1989 Grahamstown 1820 Settlers Monument
1989 Johannesburg Gallery 21
1989
Pretoria S A Association of Arts
1989
Vanderbijlpark Association of the Arts, Vaal Triangle
1989 Durban Natal Society of Art
1989
Cape Town Cadres d’Espirit Galler, Camps Bay
1992 Pretoria Beuster-Orr Gallery
1993 Durban Grassroots Gallery
1994 Grahamstown Standard Bank Art...