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A gift of a Byzantine art book was love at first sight. Until recently I have been interested in images of recent popular culture sourced online. But Byzantine popular culture blew my mind.

Byzantine art in the mid-1400’s had most artists beholden to the church, creating religious iconography and retelling biblical stories. However, I discovered artists painting mythological stories, and semi- human religious figures too. I found bizarre characters that remain unexplained – dog priests and headless men with faces in their bodies. From frescos, sculptures, jewellery and vessels I uncovered refined beauty and macabre images. The treatment of their materials was highly sophisticated but also had a cartoon-like quality. I adored this combination.

These images gave me a visceral response, dragging me. I wanted to respond to them in clay and drawing. My drawings in this series are a direct reflection of the Byzantine period, their myths and cartoon-like quality working to give them a contemporary feel. These influences mix and blend into something new and contemporary for me. My ceramic pieces, both two and three dimensional have developed from drawing and printmaking.

My work is about the story and the materials that can hold the stories. Whilst the Byzantine period is past our relation to story and myth still maintains us.

DRAWINGS

01 Anne Kwasner ‘Sculpture’ – $130
02 Anne Kwasner ‘Morning Paper with Zeus’ – $130
03 Anne Kwasner ‘Water Monster’ – $130
04 Anne Kwasner ‘Water Monster 2’ – $130
05 Anne Kwasner ‘Portrait’ – $130
06 Anne Kwasner ‘Snake Creature 2’ – $130
07 Anne Kwasner ‘Monster Eating Human’ – $130
08 Anne Kwasner ‘Portrait of Zeus’ – $130
09 Anne Kwasner ‘Mother & Child’ – $180
10 Anne Kwasner ‘Harpy Too’ – $130
11 Anne Kwasner ‘Sea Goddess’ – $180
12 Anne Kwasner ‘Man with Sheep’ – $130
13 Anne Kwasner ‘Snake Eating Bird’ – $130
14 Anne Kwasner ‘Hera and Selfie’ – $130
15 Anne Kwasner ‘Man’ – $130
16 Anne Kwasner ‘Soldier’ – $130
17 Anne Kwasner ‘Strange Creature’ – $130
18 Anne Kwasner ‘Hare and Crucible’ – $130
19 Anne Kwasner ‘Angel’ – $130
20 Anne Kwasner ‘Temple Dancer’ – $130
21 Anne Kwasner ‘Zeus with Selfie’ – $130
22 Anne Kwasner ‘Snake Creature’ – $130
23 Anne Kwasner ‘Sculpture of Woman’ – $130
24 Anne Kwasner ‘Fountain’ – $130
25 Anne Kwasner ‘Harpy’ – $130
26 Anne Kwasner ‘Profile of Man’s Head’ – $130

CERAMICS

27 Anne Kwasner ‘Serpent Chalice’ – $900
28 Anne Kwasner ‘The King that Lost His Crown’ – $1900
29 Anne Kwasner ‘Harpy on Perch’ – $825
30 Anne Kwasner ‘Rose’ – $420
31 Anne Kwasner ‘Sea Horse Person’ – $650
32 Anne Kwasner ‘Strange One’ – $700
33 Anne Kwasner ‘Grey & White Bird Feet’ – $230
34 Anne Kwasner ‘Person Driven to Abstraction’ – $650
35 Anne Kwasner ‘Not Just an Object’ – $680
36 Anne Kwasner ‘Hunter and the Hare’ – $700
37 Anne Kwasner ‘Women of Steel’ – $690
38 Anne Kwasner ‘Three Feet’ – $420
39 Anne Kwasner ‘Kembla Pot’ – $690
40 Anne Kwasner ‘Pink and Bling Feet’ – $350
41 Anne Kwasner ‘Senator’ – $275
42 Anne Kwasner ‘Orchid’ – SOLD
43 Anne Kwasner ‘The Person Who Loved Gum Trees’ – $650
44 Anne Kwasner ‘Black & White Bird Feet’ – $230
45 Anne Kwasner ‘Small Figure on Pink’ – $340
46 Anne Kwasner ‘The Hand with a Plan’ – $680
47 Anne Kwasner ‘Creature 1’ – $420
48 Anne Kwasner ‘Two Headed Serpent’ – $660

ABOUT ANNE KWASNER

I have been exhibiting consistently since 2006, with a strong history of working with independent spaces.

In 2024 I exhibited in several group shows, including a three person show at Scratch Art Space. In 2024, I finished a residency Burnt Dirt at Clay Wollongong and participated in Sydney Ceramics Market 2024. In 2025, I was selected as a finalist for the Adelaide Perry Drawing Prize for my work made at the Burnt Dirt Residency.