Cube Anomallly

The Deakin University Contemporary small sculpture award is a prestigious national competition with a growing reputation within the arts community of Australia. In 2010 Simon Perry's work 'Cube Anomally' was selected to be part of the shortlisted finalists exhibition from over 350 national and international applicants. The exhibition featured 39 high profile artists including Lisa Roet, William Echoltz, Jock Clutterbuck, Adrian Mauriks and Augustine Dall'Ava. The prize was selected and judged by a highly respected panel comprising of Ken Scarlett OAM (curator & writer on Australian Sculpture) Geoffrey Edwards (director of the Geelong Gallery) and Leanne Willis from Deakin University.

The Artwork 'Cube Anomally', is designed to represent a conflicted landscape of exploration. It metaphorically links the process undertaken by an artist with that of exploration in other fields such as historical expeditions, mining, geology, etc. Formally the work represents a conflation of organic and industrial structures to create a psychological landscape. This original work of art is simultaneously dark and playful, it is reminiscent of dense truncated forests, industrial architectures, subterranean interiors and geological/biological models. It represents a continuation of Perry's research interest into the themes of Utopia, Dystopia, Nature and Culture, illusion and dissolution.

迪肯大学当代小型雕塑奖（Deakin University Contemporary Small Sculpture Award）是一项极具声望的全国性赛事，在澳大利亚艺术社群中的声誉与日俱增。2010年，西蒙·佩里（Simon Perry）的作品《Cube Anomally》从350余名国内外参赛者中脱颖而出，入选终选作品展。该展览汇聚了39位知名艺术家，包括丽莎·罗特（Lisa Roet）、威廉·埃霍尔茨（William Echoltz）、乔克·克拉特巴克（Jock Clutterbuck）、阿德里安·莫里克斯（Adrian Mauriks）与奥古斯丁·达尔·瓦瓦（Augustine Dall'Ava）。本次奖项由三位备受尊崇的专业人士组成的评审团评选：澳大利亚雕塑领域策展人兼评论家肯·斯嘉丽OAM（Ken Scarlett OAM）、吉隆美术馆（Geelong Gallery）总监杰弗里·爱德华兹（Geoffrey Edwards），以及迪肯大学的莉安·威利斯（Leanne Willis）。
作品《Cube Anomally》旨在呈现充满矛盾张力的探索景观，其隐喻将艺术家的创作过程与历史探险、采矿、地质学等其他领域的探索行为相联结。形式上，该作品融合有机结构与工业结构，打造出一处心理景观。这件原创艺术作品兼具冷峻暗黑与戏谑趣味的特质，令人联想到茂密的矮林、工业建筑、地下空间，以及地质与生物模型。它延续了佩里一贯的研究旨趣，涵盖乌托邦、反乌托邦、自然与文化、幻象与消解等主题。