The current exhibition draws on the art and archives at the Duldig Studio to showcase some highlights of this nationally significant collection. On display are rare student works by Slawa Horowitz-Duldig, who trained both as a painter and as a sculptor and went on to have her own design career. While Karl Duldig was known and respected as a sculptor, highlighted here are less well- known aspects of his creativity and his openness to play and experimentation.

See in the Gallery space:

• Karl’s portraits in marble and terracotta, carving and modelling sculpting techniques, including the bust of Slawa in marble (traditional ‘pointing’ technique) done here in Australia in 1945 and exhibited at Kosminsky Galleries and the sculpture in terracotta of humanitarian Raoul Wallenberg, now at Kew Junction.
• The opportunity to view an artist’s favourite theme and compare its treatment over a career of 50 years.
• A sculptor at play – Karl’s woodcuts made using wooden palings, and Japanese paper – the influence of materials on outcome and artistic choices.
• The conservation challenges faced by museums.
• The creative processes of the artist as seen in the preparatory drawings for Karl Duldig’s significant bas-relief, the Carlton War Memorial.