Author: Natalija Apponyi

Luke Zwolsman’s portal for the Bluestone Estate at Mt Barker.

Hwang Seung-Woo’s folded cloth for the Onkaparinga Woollen Mill site at Lobethal…People’s Choice Winner

Craig Medson’s Winged Piece for the good people of Hahndorf.

Jaya Schuerch’s Pricklies will surely be a talking point in Gawler Street, Mt Barker!

Yoshin Ogata’s water piece for Crystal Lake at Macclesfield.

Kemal Tufan’s piece for Mt Barker…quirky!

Work is well underway up on The Ridge at The Cedars at the 2012 Adelaide Hills International Sculpture Symposium.  Besides Silvio we welcome Queenslanders Craig Medson and Luke Zwolsman, Spaniard Miguel Isla, Yoshin Ogata from Japan, Jaya Schuerch from Switzerland via the USA, South Korean Hwang Seung-Woo and Kemal Tufan from Turkey.  On until the 29th April…visiting hours 10am to 4pm (closed Mondays).  Gold coin donation.  While you’re up there visit the Heysen Biennal Sculpture Exhibition “Homage to Nature” and the exhibition of our symposium artists’ small sculptures in the Nora Heysen gallery; enter through The Cedars shop.

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Silvio also has installed  two farm gates on the Fleurieu for the Alexandrina Farm Gate festival.  One gate depicts a vineyard scene and the other incorporates the ghost of a sheep departed.   http://www.alexandrina.sa.gov.au/page.aspx?u=1954 for maps and information.  Also on till the 29th April.

Silvio’s granite sculpture “Peleton” is one of over 50 created by local artists and which are installed in the extensive grounds of The Cedars at Hahndorf, Hans Heysen’s former home and studio, as part of the Heysen Biennial.  Silvio’s piece is on top of the hill above the studio.  This Fringe exhibition will run for 2 months and overlap the Adelaide Hills International Sculpture Symposium which begins on the 10th April and runs until the 29th (closed Mondays).

Silvio will be interviewed  by Peter Goers at the Stirling Spring Ball on Friday night 21st October.  This gala night will raise funds for the Stirling Business Association’s commission of a sculpture to be created at the 2012 Adelaide Hills International Sculpture Symposium.

On the 25th October Silvio will be addressing the gallery guides at the South Australian Art Gallery.  The gallery bookshop has a selection of his small works for sale.

Silvio’s exhibition at Art Images Gallery, 32, The Parade, Norwood, opens on Friday 28th October at 6.00pm and runs until the 20th November. Rod Bax will also be showing with his wildlife paintings.  http://artimagesgallery.com.au/artist_gallery

On the 4th November the Fleurieu Biennale Water Prize & Sculpture Exhibition will open at 6.00pm at Signal Point Gallery, Goolwa Wharf, Goolwa.

Silvio will hold his Open Studio at Gleneden, corner of Swamp Road and Fenwick Road, Balhannah on Saturday and Sunday 6th & 7th August from 10am -5pm to celebrate SA Living Artists’ Festival.  Also apprearing will be John Nelson, Peter Syndicas & Sally Wickes.

During August Silvio will also be showing at the Adelaide Town Hall and at Rockford Winery, Krondorf Road Tanunda where he will be exhibiting an exciting new series of woodblock and lino-cut prints.