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WATT SPACE

31 JANUARY - 17 FEBRUARY 2008

Exhibitions to be opened by Richard Howard, Cultural Development Officer, Port Stephens Council, Schloma Marczak and Lisa Slade , Art Theory Lecturer, University of Newcastle,

on Thursday 31 January at 7 pm

 

 

 

The Loading Dock and Loading Zone


 

Power, Passion and Pardon

 

         TERESA WOJNA-KENC       


installation

Man must evolve for all human conflict a method which rejects revenge, aggression and retaliation.
The foundation of such a method is Love.
Martin Luther King  excerpt from Nobel Peace Prize acceptance speech , 10th December 1964 Oslo, Norway

For some time I have researched historic graffiti in Europe in an effort to understand the importance of these markings on the walls. This scribbling in many cases represents the only record of the passing of the writer. Why did they place their names in concentration camps such as Auschwitz and the cells of the Gestapo Headquarters, making marks which
could reveal their identity and invite reprisals?

Was this in protest, bravado or resignation?

This was the environment in which I grew up: in my home there was love and kindness while outside suspicion and distrust prevailed in a world of slogans, posters and anonymous graffiti. The writings on the walls pervaded my childhood. Passive resistance and unspoken patriotism, protest, graffiti and rebellion became the symbols of my adolescence. Poland, for the Polish people was an environment where the State controlled all means of communication. Graffiti became the voice of the populace, the only safe way to converse. These writings from that time are our pathways to the truth and record events that were sometimes not acknowledged and should never be forgotten. Teresa Wojna-Kenc

   

 

 

 

 

  Details from Landscape….2007 felt; Before the gate…2007 glass, metal, felt; Prayers…2007 felted silk

 

 

 

 

Details from  Prayers…2007 felted silk;  Before the gate…2007 glass, metal, felt


The Long Room, Locker Room and Hoist


 

Tricycle


 

Graduating BFA students curated by

CAELLI JO BROOKER, ANDY DEVINE, FIONA LAIRD, HANNAH WILLIAMS


2D & 3D

Tricycle is a group exhibition showcasing the achievements of 2007 third year students from the University of Newcastle Bachelor of Fine  Art program. Representing a range of mediums and intentions, Tricycle  presents an opportunity to survey the work of emerging artists and  offers a preview of future artistic practices.

 

   

       Amber Carbury Reb oil on canvas ; Andy Devine  Nexus 111  ink and acrylic               


 

   

Anne Robinson Vines oil on canvas ; Belinda Howden  Sam, Louis Vuitton, Summer, 2007/08 printed transparencies

 

   

Annetta Luspinner Lifeboat - Islander perspective (detail) hessian, beeswax, ink, thread; Caelli Jo Brooker Cut and Paste- Futura Light  oil and acrylic on board               

 

   

Cheryl Farrell Untitled acrylic and oil on canvas ; Fiona Laird Shell earfth, acrylics, oil on canvas               

 

   

Gail Burrell  Connection (detail)  hand stitched wool blanket; Grace Hewitt Cup Half Full ceramic

 

   

Grant Vercoe Auchmuty into the 3rd acrylics on board ; Hannah Williams Drift oil on timber

 

   

Jay Lee Horse- the magnificent creature (detail) oil on canvas ; Andy Devine  Nexus 111  ink and acrylic                

 

 

   

Lance Jo hnson Street Scene black and white photograph; Neal Booth I'd die for my land earth, mesh, hessian, silver aerosol, red acrylic, black gesso

 

 

   

Phyllis Armstrong Palais Royale photographic etching; Taryn Raffan Discarded (detail) wood, plaster, napkin  rings, ink

 

 

   

Sarah Bryan  Weathering the Storm mixed media on board; Sophie Brenton Structure 1 A acrylic on canvas               

 

 

 

 

 


 

The Pit


 

Hangs a Tale

 

LYNN HAINING


 

Installed sculpture

 

The number of fairy tales, myths and stories told throughout history are countless – or are there really only relatively few stories, told over and over again, with the characters renamed and the scenery changed?  Every day, people read stories recorded over the ages, and find they can connect these ancient tales, with their lives today.  Work in this exhibition is the result of such a connection – a new, old tale.  Lynn Haining

 

 

 

 

  		 

L-R Healer and Shadow  (detail) bronze, copper rod, glass, raku glazed earthenware; Mother 1 (detail) digital photography on 300 gsm arches paper; Mother (detail) bronze and copper wire