Australian artist James Angus has long been interested in how the visual forms of physics, biology and mathematics inform our perceptions of time, space, scale, mass and movement. In viewing this sculpture we become aware of our innate capacity to recognise and respond to the faces of others, and of our tendency to see figurative shapes in the abstract forms of nature.
The sculpture was commissioned for this site in celebration of the launch of the National Portrait Gallery in December 2008.
Commissioned with funds donated by L Gordon Darling AC CMG 2009
© James Angus
James Angus (age 39 in 2009)
L Gordon Darling AC CMG (38 portraits supported)
On one level The Companion talks about the most famous and frontline Australians, but on another it tells us about ourselves.
James Angus discusses his major sculpture commission Geo Face Distributor with Christopher Chapman.
The Darling Prize is a new biennial prize for Australian portrait painters, painting Australian sitters. The winner receives a cash prize of $75,000.
