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 19 September - 7 October 2007


SEVEN SOLO SHOWS

 

 

Jodi McKay, MP for Newcastle, will open the exhibitions on Thursday 20 September at 6.30pm.

 

 

 

The Loading Dock

 Portraits of Trees   
UNA REY

painting and works on paper

These works are of a place, The Valley, an isolated stretch of river and forest a few hours north. The time is the recent past. They could be considered personal history paintings, both figurative and nostalgic. Beyond the sensations of summer in an outdoor ‘interior’ there is an element of ambiguity and discomfit in these contemporary narratives. This exhibition represents a year of research in the Masters program at The University of Newcastle.Una Rey

 

 

     

 

L- R Una Rey Apple-gums acrylic on paper, Under the Apple -gum  acrylic on paper, Kissing Trees  oil on canvas (detail) 

 

 

 

The Loading Zone

In the Fast Lane   
BARBARA CALLCOTT

installation

Life and death in the fast lane.  Hoons and handbags.  Idolatry and  iconoclasm.  Did cars kill sculpture or just change it forever?  Barbara Callcott

 

 

     

Barbara Callcott In the Fast Lane details of installation - wrecked car, black and white prints on paper, handbag, model cars

 

 

 

The Long Room

   Domestic Mythology    
CAELLI JO BROOKER

painting, drawing and printmaking

Recent paintings, prints and works on paper exploring the nature of everyday objects through symbol and gesture… transforming the mundane and mythologising the shapes of the domestic and ordinary through exploratory mark-making and line.Caelli Jo Brooker

     

Caelli Jo Brooker  domestic myth III oil and acrylic on board, purple tea party oil and acrylic on board, domestic landscape I (detail) monotype

 

 

 

The Pit

  Traces   
ANDY DEVINE

painting and printmaking

By taking everyday themes which we all encounter in our lives, such as the decline of industry and its impact on people and their environment, I am a societal artist. I want to depict what I see or have experienced, allowing the viewer to interpret the situation and get a sense of how they would feel under those circumstances. I take a ‘gestural’ approach to my work producing mostly on a large format.  Andy Devine

 

     

Andy Devine Signal (detail) ink, shellac, acrylic paint, Revisit recollections  (detail) etching, Industrial 5  ink and acrylic on canvas 

 

 

 

The Locker Room

White   
LUCAS GROGAN

drawing

There’s an unsaid rule or taboo in Australian art in regards to the use or appropriation of traditional indigenous design. Either you need specific permission from a community or you can’t use it at all. But in a global art world, Australian art is seen as typically indigenous in nature. Where does that leave people like me? Am I not an Australian artist? Or rather should I be considered a Western Artist? And am I appropriating or stealing? And is it because I live in Australia that the restraints of using a traditional indigenous design are somewhat uncouth? These are my issues. Lucas Grogan

 

 

     

 

Lucas Grogan ANTIBARK  enamel on tin, NEW ANTIRARRK digital print on matt archival paper, ANTIPODEAN VS. ANTIRARRK enamel on board

 

 

 

The Hoist

  CK & Co censored   
CHRISTIAN KAUTER

installation/ photography

This artwork is made up of designer plastic underwear for men and photographs of them worn. This plays with the idea of fantasy, fetish, sexuality and identity. The underwear is made of translucent plastic, black elastic and has black and white prints of the designer label “CK & co”. Sharing the same initials as Calvin Klein I decided to use word play and assume the role of designer as well as artist. Christian Kauter

 

 

   

 

 

Christian Kauter  detail of installation Mankini plastic, thread, elastic

 

 

 

The Media Space

The Weedy Sea    

NICOLE MALONEY

Watercolour, graphite, found objects

The sea is always something of a stranger to us…   living on the coast it is a part of us, yet we often forget the beautiful and complex fragility of all that it holds…     seaweed forms an oasis of life to countless creatures, many whose survival depends upon the stability of these various weedy habitats…   this exhibition invites you to explore the beautiful fragility of the weedy sea.  Nicole Maloney

 

 

     

Nicole Maloney Sketches from the sea  mixed media on paper, Seaweed stilled (detail) photographic print, Transparencies (detail) perspex, seaweed, ink on tracing paper