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Artist Profile: Nic Moon

Friday, September 19th, 2008

Nic Moon graduated with an MFA from RMIT University Melbourne in 2002, and a BFA Canterbury University 1990. Her work employs developments of the modern industial age, using objects like large 3 metre long, commercial-scale saw blades, and turning them on themselves. As she sets to work on them with a plasma cutter they become the victims of their own function. By cutting into the saw blades she transforms them into decorative objects with a serious message. Hers is a comment on deforestation and the impact of her material on the environment. (more…)