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GALLERY ONE
Laurie & McBride
13 March to 24 April 2010
An exhibition developed and curated by Tamworth Regional Gallery which showcases recent works by Walcha artist Ross Laurie and Mendooran artist David McBride. Inspired by their respective environments, both artists use colour intuitively creating works of things seen and experienced. Laurie creates heavy impasto surfaces with paint while McBride uses thin washes but both create paintings that engage the eye and the mind simultaneously.
ARTEXPRESS
1 May to 31 May 2010
An exhibition of 2009 HSC Visual Arts students work. This work has been created by students from government and non-government schools for the Higher School Certificate Examination in Visual Arts. The works demonstrate exceptional quality across a broad range of subject matter, approaches, styles and media including painting, photography, drawing, graphics, sculpture, wearables, ceramics, design, film and video, computer generated works and collection of works.
Max Dupain on Assignment
5 June to 24 July 2010
A new touring exhibition from the National Archives of Australia features many Max Dupain photographs that have never been seen before.
While Dupain is now famous for his artistic photographs, over the years he also used his camera to earn a living, working for Commonwealth government departments and companies such as CSR Limited. This exhibition features eye-catching examples of his government images along with photographs he took for CSR Limited. During this time Dupain created some of his most imaginative works.
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Ross Laurie Long Paddock 2008 oil on canvas 170 x 210 cm Courtesy of the artist
10 April to 15 May 2010
McCumstie is an artist who challenges our concepts of who we are and where we are heading as a society. McCumstie reflects on the past 100 years and by utilising images of popular culture from previous decades creates works that provoke, question, and at times confront audiences.
McCumstie employs a number of mediums to in these works; collage, painting and dioramas, and suggests we can’t change where we have come from, but we can change where we are going.
Above and Beyond: Terry Allen and Georgina Altona
22 May to 26 June 2010
An interesting exhibition which showcases the unique talent and works of Tamworth based Gomeroi painters Terry Allen and Georgina Altona (1959 – 2008).
Their different and distinctive styles are combined to produce a thought provoking exhibition.
Image below Brendan McCumstie Living hand to mouth. 2006 collage on paper.10.2 x 22.6 cm
Courtesy of the artist
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GALLERY ONE
ZHONGJIAN MIDWAY
Zhongjian Midway
16 January to 6 March 2010
A Wollongong City Gallery touring exhibition
Zhongjian: Midway, curated by Jin Sha, is a timely exhibition that reveals the mesh of associations and influences that operate in our trans-cultural world.
This exhibition consists of works by fourteen contemporary artists from China and Australia, and features painting, sculpture, installation and video projections. Five of the artists are Chinese nationals living and working in China, four are Chinese-born artists living and working in Australia, and five identify themselves as Australian artists whose work has been closely informed by Chinese culture.
Zhongjian: Midway includes work by several of China’s and Australia’s most notable contemporary artists: Guan Wei, Liu Xiao Xian, Guo Jian, Jin Sha, Xifa Yang, Sally Smart, Kate Beynon, Lionel Bawden, Laurens Tan, Julie Bartholomew, Lü Peng, Shen Shaomin, Liu Qinghe, Zhang Qing.
Australia’s proximity to and relationship with Asia has a major impact on our economy, politics and culture. In recent years, the economic and cultural powerhouse of China has been a potent force helping to reshape Australia’s evolving global identity.
The strength of this influence can be seen in the keen interest in contemporary Chinese art and culture within the Australian art world. Led by a growing number of expatriate Chinese artists who investigate notions of traditions, globalisation and identity in their work, these artists have developed a creative and unique voice within the contemporary Australian art scene. Similarly in China, the country’s relatively new associations with other nations has promoted an extraordinary rich and lively investigation by contemporary Chinese artists of the diverse experiences, influences and art styles on offer from those cultures.
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Kate Beynon
Guardian Tattoo
2006 acrylic & aerosol enamel on canvas
183 x 183cm Michael Buxton Collection, Melbourne
Video
image below installation view galley 1 Zhongjian Midway. PDB
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GALLERY TWO
Bronwyn Woodley Graham
27 February to 3 April 2010
Bronwyn Woodley Graham: shifting light
Much of my inspiration is to do with light and the effect as it’s played out both on and within a subject. Often this can be fleeting and transient in nature, yet able to invoke a mood or memory, a feeling or emotion.
I love the journey and beauty found in trying to capture the energy and atmosphere of my subject. It can be turbulent and moody, peaceful and contemplative, or ethereal and intangible.
These works each capture a
moment in time for me where nature and my imagination connect through paint.
Colour, temperature and tonal values all play a vital role in my work but perhaps the most exciting aspect for me is the manipulation of transparent and opaque pigments.
As light reacts differently with each pigment it can further enhance the atmospheric effects of the subject. “Shifting Light” is an exhibition which explores light in it’s many aspects. Not only its more obvious source within the subject but also the resultant tonal values, the reaction through the pigments applied and the enhancement of the three dimensional space within the two dimensional plane.
My work is not attempting to make a statement of any kind. Apart from this brief explanation of my inspiration it is the viewer who ultimately creates the final story.
Whatever my own interpretation, my aim is to invite you to enter the space within each painting, creating your own personal journey and dialogue.
Bronwyn Woodley Graham
Image above Bronwyn Woodley Graham Road Home oil on linen 56 x 56cm. Image courtesy of the artist.
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Installation view Gallery 2 Bronwyn Woodley Graham shifting light. PDB
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COMMUNITY SPACE
at Ray Walsh House
Ray Walsh House Community Gallery
437 Peel Street Tamworth
ART IMPRESS TAMWORTH 2009
A select of works from last years HSC candidates from High Schools from within the Tamworth Regional Council area.
Enquiries: Pam Brown, Public Programs Coordinator Tamworth Regional Gallery
ph 6767 5519 Tamworth Regional Gallery 466 Peel Street Tamworth 2340 gallery@tamworth.nsw.gov.au
Ray Walsh House Community Gallery
Open: Monday to Friday 8.30am – 5pm. FREE ADMISSION
Images above Art Impress Tamworth 2009 installation view
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Image Below Amber Simon R.I.P. Mother Nature acrylic on canvas Image PDB
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