Inge King

Infobox Artist
name = Inge King

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caption = Inge King (2008)
birthname = Inge Neufeld
birthdate = birth date|1918|11|26|mf=y
location = Berlin, Germany
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nationality = flagicon|AustraliaAustralian
field = Sculpture
training = Berlin Academy of Fine Arts, Royal Academy London, Glasgow School of Art
movement = Centre 5
works = "Forward Surge" (1972-74), Melbourne Arts Centre.
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awards = AM (Member in the Order of Australia)

Inge King is a prominent Australian sculptor, who has many significant public, commercial, and private sculpture commissions to her credit.

Inge Studied sculpture with Herman Nonnenmacher during 1936-37, and in October 1937 she was admitted to the Berlin Academy of Fine Arts. She was forced to leave the academy a year later, shortly before "Kristallnacht". In 1939 Inge traveled to England, and spent two terms at the Royal Academy London until it was closed due to war-time bombing. Inge joined that sculpture classes of Benno Schotz at the Glasgow School of Art in 1941 and stayed until 1943. Inge met her husband, the Australian artist Grahame King, in London and they were married in 1950. Grahame and Inga returned to Australia and the settled in Melbourne in 1951.

Inge was a member of The Centre 5 group of sculptors grew from a 1961 meeting convened by Julius Kane in Melbourne to, 'help foster greater public awareness in contemporary sculpture in Australia'. Members of the Centre 5 group are included Lenton Parr, Inge King, Norma Redpath, Julius Kane, Vincas Jomantas, Clifford Last and Teisutis Zikaras. [ McClelland Gallery, http://www.mavic.asn.au/insite/bgeorgrouette.html]

Works

Forward Surge

Inge's most prominent sculpture is the monumental "Forward Surge" at the Melbourne Art Centre. It is made from 50mm mild steel and stands 5.2m high, 15.1m wide and 13.7m deep. The sculpture was commissioned by the Victorian Arts Centre in 1974; construction was completed in 1976 and the work was installed in its present position in 1981.

"Forward Surge" is the major sculptural drawcard for the Arts Centre precinct and one of our most prominent and valued works of art. It has been listed on the [http://www.nationaltrust.org.au/ National Trust] Register since 1992, and is noted by the National Trust as King’s "most monumental work of art, and probably most significant" [The Melbourne Arts Centre. [http://www.theartscentre.net.au/resources.ashx/newschilddatadownloads/41/document/85B5EDAEF8EF781D8E5D87F4759C590C/The_Beach_media_release_Forward_surge.pdf "The Beach media release Forward surge.pdf"] ]

Royal Australian Air Force Memorial

The Royal Australian Air Force Memorial, situated on [http://www.anzacday.org.au/education/tff/memorials/anzacave.html Anzac Parade] , Campbell, Australian Capital Territory, was designed by Inge King and unveiled in 1973. It is a free-standing abstract steel sculpture on a stone base. Three large stainless steel panels reminiscent of aircraft wings, rise vertically from the base to a height of almost eight meters. They represent the endurance, strength and courage of RAAF personnel. The panels enclose a polished basalt base on which rests a bronze plate representing man's struggle to conquer the elements. The inscription "per ardua ad astra" is the RAAF motto meaning "through adversity to the stars". [http://www.skp.com.au/memorials2/pages/00009.htm]

un Ribbon

Inge King’s "Sun Ribbon" provides the students of [http://www.unimelb.edu.au University of Melbourne] with a unique resting place among its massive unfurling bands, and is the focal point of one of the University’s busiest thoroughfares, the Union Lawn. [ UniNews Vol. 13, No. 8 http://uninews.unimelb.edu.au/articleid_1440.html]

The sculpture is formed in 19mm-thick steel, by two upright flat, circular bands, each 360 cm, in diameter, and three folder 'rectangular' planes comprising a total ensemble length of 600 cm. [Judith Trimble, Inge King Sculptor, (1996), Craftsman House N.S.W. p 116.]

External links

* [http://www.womensartregister.org/stat4.htm Inge King at the Womens Art Register] .
* [http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0268/is_n7_v31/ai_13904446 Article in Art Forum]
* [http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2003/11/20/1069027254616.html?from=storyrhs Article in The Age]
* [http://www.australiangalleries.com.au/ag/artist/inge_king/ Exhibition, Commissions and Awards list at Australia Galleries]

References

Judith Trimble, "Inge King Sculptor", (1996), Craftsman House N.S.W. ISBN 9766410488