Louis Grant

About the work

The newly commissioned work is the first large scale public art work for Louis Grant. Expanding on Grant’s glass practice, creating compositions of related, mobile, and modular forms that find both connection and attrition in the pairings. 

Staged on the raised lawn bed of the Legislative Plaza, the forms bleed and blend from sculpture, urban furniture and signage, developing as an installation of a unique colour palette (in powder coating and lighting) creating a whole space environment. The range of weights, forms, and scales used in the work creates flirtation, provocation, unease, and speculation. 

About the artist

Louis Grant is a queer early career artist whose work seamlessly crosses between studio glass and inter-disciplinary practice. He recognises the importance of traditional craft skills and uses them to push the boundaries of both glass making and contemporary sculpture.

Graduating in 2018 with a Bachelor of Visual Art (Honours) from the Australian National University School of Art and Design, Grant works professionally within the Canberra arts community and as an independent studio artist. 

Exhibiting nationally and internationally, having been selected in Hatched National Graduate Show 2019 at PICA, the Klaus Moje Glass Award 2019 at Canberra Glassworks, National Emerging Art Glass Prize (Highly Commended) 2020 at Wagga Wagga Art Gallery, and Talente 2022 at Internationale Handwerkmesse Munich.

Grant has had his work featured in publications such as Art Monthly Australasia, Art Collector Magazine, Frankie magazine, The Design Files and most recently Assemblage: the art of the room.