To the Edges is open for visitors again, but if you just can’t make it, here is a video walk through of the show hosted by the curator, Katherine Roberts. The exhibition closes on the 7th of November.
Thanks to Nathan Lewis and Matt Creswell for making the video.
‘Messages from Artists • Messages from Akiruno’ is the Art Studio Itsukaichi (ASI) Exhibition 2021, celebrating the longevity of the dedicated printmaking studio situated on the mountainous westside of the Tokyo metropolis, whose residency program has been running since 1993.
Curated by Jun Shirasu, in cooperation with the Art Studio Itsukaichi Operation Committee (ASIOC) and the Akiruno City Education Board (ACEB), the exhibition highlights artworks by over 80 artists, Japanese and foreign, made while undertaking residencies during the period from inception until 2019. The artworks are now a key part of the Akiruno City Collection.
Sydney Printmakers member Neilton Clarke undertook the inaugural 5-month residency in 1993 as an invitee of the Japan Foundation, subsequently living there, and where (pandemics aside) he still spends time.
Produced during his residency, the editioned 5-part work entitled The Colloquial Gun (言葉遊び), also acquired by the National Gallery of Australia and Machida Museum of Graphic Arts (Tokyo), figures in the exhibition.
Including statements and related materials by the artists and curator, the exhibition runs 12th to 20th October across two venues, the Chuo Kominkan Gallery (Akigawa, Akiruno, Tokyo), and Itsukaichi Shimin Gallery (Itsukaichi, Akiruno, Tokyo).
More Information (in Japanese) HERE
Dates for the exhibition of the Gosford Art Prize have now been announced. The Exhibition will run from Oct 30 2021 to Jan 9 2022.
Salvatore Gerardi and Gary Shinfield have been selected for this exhibition.
Sydney Printmakers 60th Anniversary Exhibition is opening again for three weeks from Tuesday 12th October to Sunday 7th November. The work has been sitting quietly on the walls for months but now we have another chance to see it.
There may be limits on how many people can enter the gallery at the same time, but its very exciting that we will have another opportunity to visit. Many of us did not get there the first time.
Get your friends together and go and have a look…….Its an excellent show.
Nathalie has been selected for the Fisher’s Ghost Art Award 2021 with this gouache drawing on a digital print.
Caroline Craig, Evan Pank and Laura Stark are also finalists in the show. The award exhibition will be shown at Campbelltown Arts Centre from Saturday 30 October – Friday 10 December 2021.
Nathalie has also been selected, with the series of drawings below, for the Lynn McCrae Memorial Drawing Award 2021. This award will be shown at the Noosa Regional Gallery from 5 November to 5 December 2021.
To top off a successful year, Nathalie has been awarded the 2022 Artist’s Residency at Bundanon.
Seong Cho has had her large print, Unaccompanied Trail VIII selected for the International Print Exhibition 2021 at Ty Pawb in Wrexham, Wales, UK.
Anne Starling has had three of her works selected for the Mini Maxi Graphic Print Exhibition at the Galleri Heike Arndt DK, Berlin, Germany. This exhibition opens on November 3rd, 2021.
Congratulations to Seong and Anne.
Danielle Creenaune, Laura Stark, Anne Starling and Roslyn Kean have been selected as finalists in the Hazelhurst Works on Paper Award 2021 (to be exhibited 22nd Jan – 27th March 2022).
Salvatore Gerardi and Gary Shinfield have been selected for The Gosford Art Prize 2021. Dates for showing the exhibition have not been announced yet.
Susan Rushforth and Roslyn Kean have been selected for Sumi-Fusion, International Juried Mokuhanga Exhibition (To be exhibited online and in Nara, Japan, from the 1st to the 4th December 2021).
The 2021 Blacktown City Art Prize is an open-themed exhibition and accepts drawing, painting, printmaking, sculpture, ceramics, photomedia and mixed-media artworks from artists across Australia. The exhibition will be open at The Leo Kelly Blacktown Arts Centre, and at Blacktown, Stanhope and Mt Druitt libraries between Saturday 27 November 2021 and Thursday 27 January 2022.
Tuesday 5 October 2021, 5pm
Entries close
Wednesday 27 October 2021
Finalists announced
Friday 12 and Saturday 13 November 2021, 9am – 5pm
Artwork deliveries to The Leo Kelly Blacktown Arts Centre
Saturday 27 November 2021
Prize winners announced
Saturday 27 November 2021 – Thursday 27 January 2022
Exhibition open at all venues
Friday 28 and Saturday 29 January 2022, 9am – 5pm
Artwork collection from The Leo Kelly Blacktown Arts Centre
Image: Installation view, 2020 Blacktown City Art Prize exhibition. Photo: Silversalt Photography
To enter, Go HERE:
| Old Post Office Gallery, 86 Atherton Herberton Rd, Atherton QLD 4883 Tuesday to Saturday 10am to 2pm until Saturday October 30. |
| A narrative of mystery and metaphor marks the forest: searching within this place, the forest reveals hidden treasures and monumental moments that celebrate movement, sound, energy and eventually change.This exhibition examines the challenges of scale, pattern and texture found within the rich ecosystem of the forest – the flickers, twists, sounds and webs, reminding us that we are not in control, that we are primal in nature and that we should be alert to the danger of losing our way, falling into the unknown. |
How does your work address the theme ‘to the edges’?
The work is representational but is made reductively, focusing on the shapes, spaces and atmosphere connecting the subjects. The edges are only created through a removal of what’s between. Broadly, the print explores how we interconnect with our surroundings and the veil that exists between what we perceive as ‘natural’ and ‘unnatural’. At a time where the world is on the edge of a precipice, an awareness of this divide, leading to a more holistic vision of ‘nature’ is perhaps our only salvation.
Can you describe the technical process you went through to achieve the finished work and what technical challenges you encountered along the way?
Recently I’ve made a few works burnishing aquatints and working reductively. I heavily darken the entirety of my plates with an aquatint then work back into them with scrapers and burnishers smoothing the surface texture of the plate like a traditional mezzotint. Previously I’ve taken care with the technique and aimed to achieve a softness a finesse but for this image I worked quickly using only large scraping tools hoping to achieve a sense of physicality and movement in the final marks and a sense of tactility in the removed areas of the plate.
What do you see as the role of Sydney Printmakers for the next 60 years?
Sydney printmakers has an important role bringing together printmakers and continuing to provide opportunity for connection and discussion amongst members and the printmaking community. The organisation provides a distinguished platform for printmakers to present themselves as a united front and grants access to unique and exciting exhibiting possibilities. The role of the Sydney Printmakers in disseminating printmaking into the public sphere continues to be of vital importance.
How do you see the role of printmaking, in general, contributing to the conversation about contemporary art practice?
Printmaking is an art practice inherently linked to technologies. From the most primitive forms of mark making to the utilisation of cutting edge technology, under its skin printmaking is a rolling commentary on the progression of how we communicate and how we make marks on each other. The role of printmaking in contemporary art practice is strong and I believe it really can only get stronger as it’s horizons widen and it’s playing field naturally becomes larger.