Kim Robertson’s painted and printed boxed assemblages evoke memories of home, faraway places and stages of life through the playful juxtaposition of found objects such as coins, souvenirs and toys.
Ian Dowling, a recipient of an ArtsWA Mid Career Fellowship, presents an ambitious new body of work comprising huge, modular ceramic pieces, which interpret the Tantric aphorism “form is the envelope of pulsation”.
Australia’s most prestigious award and exhibition for prints and artists’ books, in any print medium, celebrates the vitality of printmaking today. Judged by Jenepher Duncan (Curator, Contemporary Art, Art Gallery of Western Australia); Dennis Nona, (artists); and Jasmin Stephens (Acting Exhibitions Manager), Fremantle Arts Centre.
Working alongside artist and exhibition curator Olga Cironis, the members of Ancien T’Arts – Sue Arvidson, Nola Bennett, Honorine Fumo, Jean Leary, Helen O’Neil, Bilie Peterson, Trudi Pollard, Elizabeth McLoughlin, Elizabeth Wood Russell – present an installation which re-evaluates the traditional skills of lace making, beading and felting.
Nineteen renowned Australian artists show photographic works that reflect their special and enduring relationship with France. Covering architecture, romance and politics, the works range from John Williams’ 1994 shots of Paris street life, to Carla Coulson’s 2005 Moulin Rouge images. Artists include Phil Bayley, Paul Blackmore, Vivienne Cole, Maria Christou, Stephen Dupont, Regis Lansac, Jon…
Caitlin Yardley presents a series of paintings which investigate ideas of fluid paint representing nothing outside of itself, yet allowing human inconsistency and variation to inform processes of making, indicating a bodily presence. Her works are process-based and give rise to formal issues that arise out of paint as matter, embracing the tensions, variables and…
This installation examines the crossroads where art, fashion and sculpture intersect. The working methodologies of each artist are diverse; one uses cutting, dying and printing, the other building, drawing and weaving. When installed the works exert a tension: a structure so delicate as to seem in danger of collapse, illustrating the difference between physical and…
Six Western Australian artists of Dutch heritage present works which explore the ocean, the coast, floating and metaphors of migration in an exhibition curated by Nien Schwarz. Featuring inspiring coastal studies by photographer Richard Woldendorp, new digital prints by Rick Vermey, assemblages by Theo Koning, installation works by Aadje Bruce, with sculpture by Hans Arkeveld…
This audiovisual installation, a collaboration between Munsie and Roberts, explore the relationships and interactions that comprise our life, through gesture. The work will use a variety of digital video footage to bring into focus the body as the primary vehicle for expression and meaning.
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