Amanda Alderson

curator, artist, arts management

Shield : Protect

shield : protect explores notions of apotropaic magic.

Following an ongoing interest in how to ward off/ protect against unseen ‘evils’, miasmas, hexes, curses, death, with a focus on maintaining physical, mental and spiritual health for the maker/ wearer/ holder. These works were created late 2019 to early March 2021, with a force to maintain a creative outlet during the dislocation of the pandemic.

They hint on ritualistic and altered religious practices and how we may create assertive, if not superstitious, actions to protect ourselves.

Exhibited in 2021 in Safe Keeping, Mundaring Arts Centre. Acquired for the Shire of Mundaring Art Collection. In various private collections.

Protect : ShieldShield : Protect  | Curious and Rare Articles | Flora / Fauna | Distant and Far off Lands | Tokens: A Decade of Rings 2005 – 2015 | Experiments in Fancy