Objects of Substance – Artists-in-Residence Program

Sculptor, Jan King, visited BGGS in 1988 and gifted her abstract sculpture in steel, Fandango, to the School. The artwork still lives in the School gardens, in Gehrmann Lane. What many observers found interesting about this fluid work is that the artist saw the spaces to be as important as the pieces of steel: a magical fusion of hard and soft, solid and transparent.

'Fandango' by Jan King

The following year, artist and alumna, Ruth Benson (1951), was an Artist in Residence for four weeks. Benson created a large ceramic work using the inspiration of the transient sand patterns to create the moulds that give her work such a distinctive look. The work she produced is a beautifully meditative and tactile piece.

Ceramic work, 'Untitled', by Ruth Benson (1951)