Strathnairn Arts has a current exhibition of sculpture that use lots of materials and approaches to representing our world. There are lots of nudes in various poses surrounded by abstract artifacts and lots of statues of animals of various kinds.
The exhibition includes lots of paintings of nudes and other subjects and is capped off with some vibrant abstract paintings.Overall the set of works is varied and delightful.
Below are some pics of selected items.
Sharron Peoples, Barbara Rogers, Julie Ryder have joined together in a current exhibition at Belconnen Arts Centre. All three artists work with textiles and thread.There are geometric designs, There are stories told in stitched net. Walking through the gallery space you are constantly struck by natural rustic tones, shapes that can be seen in nature and those that do not appear and thelives of people and their experiences woven into beautiful art works.
Below are some pics and some gallery materials
Geometric metal jewellery is popular and allows for very attractive objects reflecting design creativity. Ashley Kark has a few dozen beautiful designs on display in a small exhibition at Belconnen Arts Centre. They are accompanied by pictures with people wearing the items.
Below are some pictures to show Ashley’s work
There is a richly colourful set of totem like felt creations in the exhibition courtyard at the Belconnen Arts Centre right now. Each pole is unique and is created with a dominant colour. The poles are soft and variegated in texture and layout. The great thing is they are displayed in a concrete courtyard with lots of hard glass walls to contrast with the soft colourful felt poles
Some pics below
29 April -22 May 2016
Skye Gallagher has a set of ceramic creations on exhibition at the Belconnen Arts Centre. The works are small and few and feature back lit dilapidated looking constructions featuring lighting to add life to their features. The blurb says “A recent artist residency in New York has resulted in this new body of work by ceramicist Skye Gallagher. The artworks in this exhibition explore ideas of biomimicry, human habitats, sustainability, and connection to place. This project and residency were made possible through funding from artsACT.
Pictures below show the type of works that are features in the exhibition
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20 April – 8 May 2016
Forbidden Fruit featuring work by Prue Sailer and Susan Ryman is the current exhibition at the gallery in the Australian National Botanical Gardens. Both artists have PhDs in Natural History illustration. Th in new ways.e artworks are not the standard botanical drawings but both artists sink their art in their skills of portraying the natural world in art.
Salter’s art features colour matched sets of small and larger works featuring birds and still life scenes Susan Ryman’s work has a renaissance look to it but is anchored in the representing of plants. The sample pics below give you a sense of their styles.
10 March – 10 June 2016
The gallery in the Academy Library of the UNSW Canberra is currently housing a small exhibition of the varied work produced over the long career of Barbara Hanrahan. The exhibition features a set of a dozen linocuts and many other prints of various types.
Hanrahan had a collection of gifts writing of fiction and other arts. Part of the display features copies of her works supported by text panels to give a sense of her creative productivity.
The gallery blurb is below. there is another blog post of mine on this site that features her prints.
May 6- 28 2016
“An exhibition of drawings, design, fabric and fashion by artists from Erub Arts, Erub (Darnley Island) Torres Strait” is on at the ANU School of Arts gallery.
The gallery space vibrates with bright colours and tropical coastal inspried themes in the sparkling prints. The fabrics are supplemented with clothes and artwork that clearly prepare for the fabrics. I love the fact that the curators have installed large samples of the fabric on the walls so the visitor gets a sense of the scale and the consuming beauty of thesefabrics.
There is a pdf catalogue on the website
Sample pics below show the sparkling beauty of the products
Tue, 3rd May – Sat, 14th May
“Artists explore personal desires to have and to hold, sinful yearnings, urges to consume and possess through sensual and multi-disciplinary practices.”
The foyer gallery is currently showing a delightful collection of artifacts and handicrafts around the theme above. There is a gorgeous fabric recreation of a surf wave. There are pottery urns actually made out of yarn. There are jewel encrusted fabric flowers, There are objects made from seed heads. It is an enjoyable and inventive exhibition.
The pictures below are a representative sample of both the range and variety in the exhibition.
