Vouyer Exhibition Profile

Megan Ransom to exhibit “risque” bronze sculpture


Nine works by bronze sculptor Megan Ransom will feature in Voyeur, an exhibition aimed at Wellington’s alternative and artistic communities, and opening at the S & M's Cocktail Bar in Cuba Street on 27 March.


Megan says she is deliberately targeting the alternative market in Wellington with her first solo exhibition in bronze sculpture. She describes the work as “a bit naughty and risque” and says she wanted to have some fun making the pieces.“The works will definitely be conversation pieces in people’s homes,” she says. “Sculpture can be fun, voluptuous and erotic. What I’m doing is pushing the boundaries and breaking with convention.
“I love art deco and art nouveau. This show was inspired by the famous illustrator Aubrey Beardsley, whose work was extremely risque in the nineteenth century.” An artist for the past 20 years, Megan has been a fashion designer and contemporary visual artist. She turned to sculpture three years ago and believes she is the only female sculptor in New Zealand, if not in Australasia, involved in the complete process of sculpting – from the moulding and the bronze pour to the grinding, welding and finishing.
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