2008/2009 calendar
This Everything WaterKay Lawrence with Aubrey Tigan and Butcher Joe Nangan Exhibition Launch Exhibition Open |
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This Everything Water explores the symbolic resonances and material qualities of pearl shell through artwork by Kay Lawrence and carved pearl shell by Aubrey Tigan. Exhibition invite (PDF file
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'This
is rain' (detail), 2007, grey woollen blanket, mother-of-pearl
buttons, cotton by Kay Lawrence
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Gathering LossIrmina Van Niele Exhibition Launch Exhibition Open
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'carrying loss' (detail), 2006, |
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An installation consisting of two obliquely interrelated works: a
hand-knitted textile work for the gallery floor and a composite
collage work for the three gallery walls. In this exhibition the
gallery space becomes the open space, or agora. It may be thought of
as a transit region, where destinations are unknown.
The work addresses cultural memory and loss. Its particular focus is on the experience of cultural loss in relation to basic human belonging; it deals with the meanings attached to the experience of being in and out of place, and the memories of city spaces, traversed in the past, re-imagined in the present. The wall piece consists of thousands of paper cuts that together form a vast cityscape, suggesting an 'everywhere/nowhere' urban world made small. Another collection consists of random human figures that together form crowds in which each individual is at once anonymous and present. The floor piece comprises colourful hand-knitted patches, made from cut up used plastic shopping bags. This knit-work attempts to recover what is lost, but cannot provide it in essence. While the 'homely' quality of this work may invite touch, this comforting aspect is deceptive: it is incapable of offering any nurturing warmth. This work attempts the impossible: to re-construct completeness, by any available means. But the collections remain incomplete and may be understood as metaphors for the perpetual sense of loss that is at the heart of all human experience. Exhibition invite (PDF file 122kb) More information |
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Cinderella II - The DreamerGosia Wlodarczak
Guest Scholar Exhibition Open
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Desire 2: Phantom, detail (3 of 506 panels) Pigment marker, acrylic
on wallpaper on cardboard |
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'Cinderella II - The Dreamer' is a hybrid of drawing with
interaction and performance, installation, video and sound. It
represents a further investigation of issues addressed in the
installations: Living Edge (2006) and Skin of The Wall (2006). The
work explores perceptions of the home and domestic space as a site
of dreaming and habitation, where the imaginary and the real
co-exist and how one informs the other. During course of the
creation process, I was inviting friends and colleagues to
collaborate in the project by sharing their desires with me. The
goal was to 'materialize' these dreams by converting them into
installation objects. Exhibition invite (PDF 150kb) This project has been assisted by the Australian Government through the Australian Council, its arts funding and advisory body. |
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Line DrawingJulie Henderson, Dr Bianca Hester, James Geurts, Dr Teri Hoskin Exhibition Launch Line Drawing engages with notions of line, spatiality and drawing
from a range of interdisciplinary perspectives. This project focuses
on process and generative open-ended possibilities. Exhibition invite (PDF file 35kb) |
'Continuous Waves: Forms For A Dialogue' (installation &
performance) 21-29 April 2007 by Julie Henderson |
The Constance Gordon-Johnson Sculpture and Installation Prize
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The fifth annual exhibition and award recognises outstanding achievement within Sculpture and Installation specialisation of the Bachelor of Visual Arts Degree at the South Australian School of Art. The award has been made possible by a generous donation from the estate of the late Constance Gordon-Johnson. Exhibition invite (PDF file 73kb) Exhibition catalogue (PDF file 559kb) |
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ShardsJudy Watson, Nici Cumptson, Yhonnie Scarce Exhibition Launch Exhibition Open |
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The Green CandleDr John Barbour & Paul Hoban Exhibition Launch Exhibition Open |
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Dark Dreams and Florescent Flesh
Bianca Barling, Pat Brassington, Jane Burton, Mimi Kelly and
Monica Tichacek |
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Sound GalleryDr Stephen Loo and Michael Yeun |
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A collaborative sound and light installation exploring 'spatial
interference, intrusion and crossing boundaries'.
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