Ames Yavuz
Cybele Cox
Australia
Cybele Cox’s practice explores representations of women in the Western art canon, blending motifs drawn from ancient feminine symbols, occult mysticism, classicism and fashion. Using hand built ceramic figures, painting, drawing and costume, Cox hybridises human and animal forms, fusing the mythic world with utopian fantasies. She reconstructs a new belief system from remnants of old ones, discarding broken, hegemonic narratives and elevating those which were previously underestimated or hidden. Her works invite viewers to unstick and unstack themselves in a call for a re-flowering of the spiritual, and ultimately, a new feminist order. Cox’s work has been part of curated exhibitions across Australia, including currently From the other side, Australian Centre for Contemporary Art (2023–24) as well as Once More With Feeling at Ngununggula Southern Highlands Regional Art Gallery (2023); the Australian Ceramics Triennale (2022); and Nothing Human is Alien to Me, Artspace, Sydney (2019).