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WATT SPACE  12 - 30 MARCH  2008

Exhibitions to be opened by Dr Peter Thursby, Program Convenor, Bachelor of Teaching/Bachelor of Fine Art at the University of Newcastle,
on Thursday 13 March at 6.30pm.

 

 

The Loading Dock

Fusion

JESSICA BORDER, JOHN CACIC, DANIELLE CARBERRY, MADDISON CARBERRY,  LUKE JOHNSTON, DAN LOVEGROVE, KEREN NICHOLSON, JADE NICHOLLS, MARIE RUFO, HANNAH SIMONOVICH
 curated by
JESSICA BORDER JOHN CACIC   KRISTEN FAVOT 

2D & 3D

Fusion is the coming together of random works by random people.  This exhibition presents an array of different works from people spanning various disciplines and different university degrees. 

 

     
Dan Lovegrove  Mary 1 stencil print, Jessica Border Blur Jam (detail) mixed media, John Cacic The Missing Series (detail) photography

 

 

 

Luke Johnston Congellim mixed media, Danielle Carbery Coastal Observations (detail) photography, Keren Nicholoson Girl gone for ice-cream 2 (detail) mixed media


The Long Room and Media Space

Colour Explorations of the Female Form

 SARAH BERLOT

painting

A symphony of colours blending together in saturated hues and sombre tones. The organic, embossed lines overlapping one another revealing stylised nude female figures, paying homage to the beauty of the forms. Cropped body parts creating an almost peep-show voyerism celebrate the beauty of form and line rather than becoming sexually overt. This is the pretence of my colour explorations of the female form.  Sarah Berlot

 

 

     

Cadmium Nude (detail, Aurora Nude (detail), Ink Nudes (detail) all works oil over acrylic

 

 

 

The Pit

Nzuri sana 
 
NAOMI GOW

works on paper and board

I believe life can be beautiful where ever you are. I don't simply mean in an aesthetic sense, although this is one element I have projected in my paintings. Recent travels to Tanzania and Nairobi in Africa have challenged and developed my perspective on what beauty in life can be. One of the most powerful experiences was staying in Mwika- a village amidst banana plantations at the foothills of Mount Kilimanjaro. There lies a school and refuge for orphans who have lost parents to AIDS or had been afflicted with AIDS themselves. As I and my fellow team members spent time in this community we saw such joy and hope in these children and those looking after them. One of the first words I learnt in Swahili was 'nzuri sana', which means 'beautiful', because I wanted to tell the girls that they had beautiful faces.  After coming home I could not help but paint from the experiences Africa has given me. The vibrant colours spring from the rich environment of Mwika but speak much more deeply of a world that is more beautiful for the people in it. Naomi Gow

 

 

 

 

 


Nzuri Sana series (detail) acrylic, ink and sand on paper and board, Kijani jani (green leaf) (detail)
mixed media on board, Kikoyi 1 (detail) mixed media and stitching on canvas


The Locker Room

Lingering Shadows 
 
DERMOD KAVANAGH

photography

Day after day a shadow traces its familiar path across the faded carpet. Year after year the room lies dormant. No-one notices the shadow passing or the years.  The word ‘shadow’ has deep connotations. Darkness is always mysterious. It is the unknown, the undiscovered country, the new.  Photography is shadow, too, in the senses mentioned above. This exhibition is the fruit of my exploration into side themes that have arisen out of my work for honours - six months into a two-year course (part-time). Here physical shadows mix with mirrors and memory in an old farmhouse. This is not my family home, but it is possible to sense in these images something of the solitude of rural life. Here the shadows play reasonably un-disturbed and the old objects have time to contemplate their purpose in a changing world. Only the wind-chimes and the sound of tea being made invade the stillness of the afternoon. Dermod Kavanagh

 

     

All three images from Sixteen untitled digital photographic prints


 

 

The Hoist

Shoes in the mirror – a reflection of self 
 
MICHELLE STUART

photography

This exhibition developed from a class project about sense of place.  I found that shoes were indicative of my whereabouts, comings and goings.  The shoes represented who I was and the things that I liked.  These images delve into the concept of the shoe as an ideal entity.  Shoes not only reveal an owner’s personality but also a personality independent of the wearer.  The wearer needs the shoe in order to reflect individuality but does the shoe need the wearer? Michelle Stuart

 

   

Shoes Reflections  digital print, Shoe Towers digital print, Shoe Metallic digital print