‘The Poetics of Abstraction’
Print Council of Australia
Exhibition Dates: 19 April to 10 May
Opening reception: 19 April, 5-7pm with Dr Sally Gray
Gallery Hours: 10am – 4pm Tuesday to Friday
Surveying the breadth and depth of contemporary print-practice, Edition Five marks More Than Reproduction (MTR)’s fifth anniversary as an artist-run initiative, aligning with International Women’s Day. Demonstrating the malleability of printmaking in both focused and cross-disciplinary practices, the exhibition features recent work by artists from MTR’s monthly artist profile program. Underpinned by parallels and polarities, experimentation is at the nucleus of the exhibition, with artists navigating diverse print methodologies and outputs. In this exhibition, printmaking exists within the depths of the past and the surface of the present; where the reproducible and unique converge and co-exist.
Artists: Danielle Creenaune, Saskia Haalebos, Angela Hayson, Jacky Jacqueline, Isabella Kennedy, Emilee Robinson, Jenny Robinson, Katika Schultz, Brigitta Summers, and Maria Thaddea.
Opening Party: 6pm – 8pm Friday 8 March 2024
Refreshments provided.
RSVP https://events.humanitix.com/opening-party-edition-five
Exhibition Dates: 8 – 26 March 2024Location: Broadhurst Gallery, Hazelhurst Arts Centre
Meet the Artists & Printmaking Demos: 10AM – 1PM Saturday 9 March
Panel Discussion: 11AM – 12PM Sunday 17 March
Ildiko Kovacs, Sun Burst, 2009. Image courtesy of the artist and Martin Browne Contemporary.
UNEVEN TERRAIN: SURVEYING THE LANDSCAPE
28 February – 28 March 2024
Join us for the opening event, meet the artists and enjoy some refreshments.
Friday 8 March
Time: 7:15-9pm
Location: Gallery Lane Cove
Artists:
Bronwyn Bancroft, Monika Behrens, Judy Cassab, Adrienne Doig, Rosalie Gascoigne, Marisabel Gonzalez, Angela Hayson, Samantha Hobson, Jennifer Keeler-Milne, Maree Kelly, Nicole Kelly, Ildiko Kovacs, Eva Kubos, Sue Lalor, Fiona Lowry, Nurit Ophir, Felixe Rives, Sally Ross, Kate Shaw, Brigitta Summers and Scarlett Stokoe
Uneven Terrain: Surveying the Landscape presents the works of 8 emerging and mid-career artists alongside significant works from the Macquarie University Art Collection. At its core, the exhibition is about how the selected artists present, or rather represent the landscape within an abstracted and conceptual framework full of symbolism, energy, and mastery of their selected medium. These landscapes present us with a version of our world through not only the artists’ eye, but their lived experience. One that is framed by their gender, heritage, and environment.
Part of Gallery Lane Cove + Creative Studios suite of activities to mark International Women’s Day, the title, Uneven Terrain highlights the disparity experienced by many female-identifying artists in this country. It’s no secret that a gender pay gap exists in Australia. It’s calculated that women earn less than their male counterparts. What is perhaps a little more surprising and troublesome is that in the visual arts, female artists earn significantly less than the national average. Even though that more than two thirds of art school graduates are women, works by male artists constitute the bulk of artworks within the collections of most cultural institutions.
With this exhibition we aim to showcase the important, exciting, and skilful work being created today as we join voices with other national institutions to attempt to redress disparities experienced in our community.
This exhibition is part of a two-venue exhibition partnership with Macquarie University Art Gallery.
Co-curated by Rhonda Davies and Miguel Olmo.
Femme-Maison: Imagined Boundaries – Women artists from the collection and beyond
at Macquarie University Art Gallery
26 February−29 April 2024
Please come to the Opening, at 2pm Saturday 16th March. There are also Artists Talks at the Gallery on Sunday 17th March at 12 noon.
RSVP to: rae@bigci.org is essential
Program
11.00: Exhibition opens
11.45: Rae and Yuri Bolotin Introduction
12.00: Lotte Günther Artist Talk
12.30: Lea Kannar-Lichtenberger Artist Talk
1.00 – 2.00: Lunch, bring food to share
2.00: Edita Sabockyté-Skudiene and Alevtina Scepanova Artist Talk
2.30: Anna J. van Stuijvenberg Artist Talk
3.00: Jacques Martens Artist Talk
3.30: Lea Kannar-Lichtenberger Poetry Reading
4.00: Exhibition closes
Check www.bigci.org for more information
Address:
BigCi
82 Hanlons Road North, Bilpin,
NSW, 2758
Lea is presenting work produced during her residency at the Big Ci open day, along with other residents.
Barbara Davidson, Jacqui Driver, Roslyn Kean and Gary Shinfield have prints in this show celebrating Studio One.
Basil Hall has offered to be at the Tuggeranong Arts Centre from 10.30 on the morning of 16th March to welcome any Sydney Printmakers who are in Canberra for the Opening of the Humble House show and would like to meet him and see the show.
OFFICIAL OPENING: Friday 2 February, 6pm
EXHIBITION SHOWING: 2 February – 28 March
AFTERNOON TEA WITH BASIL: Saturday 24 February, 2-3pm
BOOKINGS: Click here to book for afternoon tea with Basil
Studio One Printmaking Workshop was a dynamic access and editioning studio in Kingston. It was founded by Dianne Fogwell and Meg Buchanan in 1982 and operated until 2000 under a number of Directors, including Basil Hall, who ran the studio from 1987-1996. During this exciting period numerous Canberra printmakers honed their craft, many following degrees at Canberra School of Art, but many more learning etching, lithography and relief printing for the first time as access users and class members. Studio One’s facilities complemented those at Megalo, where silkscreen printing equipment was available for access use. In addition to classes, school holiday programs and weekend workshops, Studio One also offered an editioning services to artists Australia-wide.
This exhibition, drawn from Basil Hall’s boxes of Printer’s Proofs and mementoes, includes prints by Mandy Martin, Jorg Schmeisser, Paul Peisley, George Gittoes, Raymond Arnold, Garry Shead, Pamela Challis, Bob Russell, GW Bot, Chris Denton, Dianne Fogwell, Julie Bradley, Sylvia and Tony Convey and many, many more!
This exhibition beckons you to immerse yourself in the unique beauty and diversity of a
special area, offering a fresh perspective on the natural world.
Drew Truslove’s ink drawings present a striking portrayal of the landscape, capturing ever-
changing views from a single vantage point.
Mark Rowden contributes to the dialogue with his lino prints and prints of natural foliage,
adding a new dimension to the exhibition.
“Line and Leaf: Impressions of the Gully” aims to not only showcase the local area’s beauty
but also shed light on its historical and cultural significance.
Open the 7th to the 25th February, 10am to 4pm, Wednesday to Sunday.
