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September 18 2009

SA artists give back to our art community

Some of the pieces of art on display for the First of Friends exhibitionThe various creative skills of 28 artists have been brought together for the first exhibition hosted by the Friends of the South Australian School of Art (SASA).

The exhibition, titled First of Friends, includes photography, paintings and 3-dimensional works, all by artists who are members of the Friends group.

President of Friends SASA, Jack Condous, says this first exhibition is an exciting opportunity to show the work of its members.

“Over the years SASA has produced and been associated with many artists of diverse talents, skills and profiles who work in an array of mediums,” Condous says.

“This exhibition showcases the work of many of these artists, highlighting the diversity of skills within South Australia’s visual art community.”

The curator of the exhibition is Gloria Goddard who has been a visual art practitioner and lecturer in South Australia for many years.

Former Head of SASA, Max Lyle commented at the artists talks on September 13 that the diversity of styles and visual outcomes in this exhibition makes for interesting viewing.

“The technological and digital imaging inputs evident in the production of some of the works in this exhibition are just as notable as those works which use more traditional hands-on methods,” Lyle said.

“The excellence of the work of human hand and connected intellect have a real value.”

The exhibition is being held at on the City West campus at the Kerry Packer Civic Gallery at UniSA’s Hawke Centre. It is open daily until October 2.

Funds raised from the sale of the artwork will go towards a major history project and eventually scholarships for emerging artists. The final product of the history project will be a publication that documents an influential, stimulating and exciting period of time for the South Australia School of Art when it was located at Stanley Street in North Adelaide (1963 to 1978).

Condous says that during that time, a number of highly skilled and capable teachers were at the school, as well as many students who have gone onto great success.

One of the lecturers at the school in these years was Bert Flugelman who designed the well-known Rundle Mall silver spheres.

Many of the artists involved with the school during that time, either as lecturers or students, are among the artists in the First of Friends exhibition, including Geoff Brown, Jack Condous, Kon Heyer, Rita Hall, Doriano Lopresto, Max Lyle, Peter McWilliams, Helen Mickan, Ann Newmarch, Christopher Orchard, Philippa Robert, Ron Rowe, Helen Stacey, David Washington and Geoffrey Wilson.

Condous says they hope to have enough funds raised within the next few years to establish a significant annual scholarship for emerging artists.

 The Friends of SASA group has been in operation for just over a year now, with 170 members already joining. For more information about the group, see http://www.friendsasa.com/.

Artwork displayed above (from left to right):
1. Avis Smith, "The Perfest Pie" ceramic sculpture (sold)
2. Helen Stacey, “Chauncey’s Line – with signs of settlement” impasto, arche paper and soil, 60x50cm, price $850
3. Max Lyle, "Voyager 2" welded brass, 67cmx47cmx23cm, price $8500
4. Toni Corso, "Art Deco" acrylic on board, 108cm x75cm (sold)

 

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