13 – 30 October 2016
The blurb on the web page below reads as follows:
Looking beyond the everyday, ‘Mutable Realities’ draws together artists who use their work to explore the inexplicable intangible realms where meaning might be found or reason lost. Patsy Payne, Trish Roan, Peter Jordan and Sara Freeman navigate different pathways through these threshold spaces in an exhibition of new work.
Tony Curran’s paintings are big colourful and lively. The exhibition at the Canberra Contemporary Arts Space, Braddon featured the works in the catalogue at the link below and there are some pic samples
http://www.ccas.com.au/exhibitions/almost-illegible
26 August – 1 August 2016
One of the delightful exhibitions held recently at the Braddon Canberra Contemporary Arts Space featured the work of Byrd and Jason Phu.The works were fascinating and included the following selection of delightful creations.
The web catalogue
As a part of the multifaceted commemoration of the 50 year mark for the founding of Belconnen the Traces exhibition has been mounted at the Belconnen Art Centre. The website blurb reads as follows:
Artists from throughout Australia have responded to the theme of: speaking of place; connection to it; stories and memories. Belconnen may have been woven into their life’s travels throughout the last 50 years or artists may have shared a special memory of Belconnen. Artists engaged with the idea of connection and memory playfully, thoughtfully, radically, or somewhere in between as they explored the people, relationships, places, adventures and environments that you cherish.
There is a wonderful diverse range of takes on a sense of place in the exhibition with some sample pics and the gallery page link below.
http://belconnenartscentre.com.au/exhibitions/traces.html
The blurb for the wonderful set of metal works on the Outdoor Gallery space reads as follows: PIVOTAL is a series of contemporary sculptural works that explore the cycles of existence. The intuitive process of design and the physicality of the actual making, in her preferred medium of steel, is key to the artist and connect with an intrigue for the rediscovery of the knowledge of ancient civilizations. Imprinted images and memories created through her coastal environment are infused in the elements that form these works.
Some pics of Jen Mallinson’s work are below with the web page for the exhibition.
http://belconnenartscentre.com.au/exhibitions/pivotal.html
The blurb on the website for this exhibition reads
This inspired initiative explores the meaning of the place we call our HOME: the geography, culture, history and our perceptions of being there through the medium of textiles. The project is now travelling around Australia having exhibited in Croatia, Montenegro, Slovenia, Scotland and at The Liverpool Biennial and ‘The Wirral Festival of Firsts’ in UK. An exciting range of ACT and surrounding regional textile fibre artists’ collaborations are now joining this international celebration of place.
The works are large richly coloured detailed fabric creations. There are some sample pics below and the web page link.
http://belconnenartscentre.com.au/exhibitions/themapproject.html
29 September 16 October 2016 M16 Artspace
The blurb for this wonderful mostly sculptural exhibition reads, Tess Horwitz, Caroline Huf and Janet Long join forces in their shared exhibition As It Is. Using video, objects and images, the artists explore themes of impermanence and failure as inevitable, both in art and life. Below are a set of pics that give the wonderful range of creations that were on display.
8 September – 2 October 2016
This exhibition is a set of black and white photographs that are drawn from memories of Peter Ranyar’s childhood. The pictures have been altered in post production. There a couple os samples below, the link to the webpage and the gallery sheet given out at the exhibition.
http://www.photoaccess.org.au/?q=node/549
29 Sept -23 Oct 2016
A great exhibition that is held at the Watson Arts Centre is their Members show. This year it is a complex set of remarkably divers ways of creating artistic objects from clay and other sculptural materials. The people connected with the Watson Arts Centre are constantly experimenting with styles and materials and seeking to stretch the parameters of what is possible. An exhibition like this one brings together a vast variety of styles under one roof.
Below are some samples and some gallery materials.
http://www.canberrapotters.com.au/c_exhibitions.html
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