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Watt Space
5 - 23 April


Exhibitions to be opened by Linda Swinfield, Lecturer in Art History and Theory at Hunter Institute of TAFE

 

The Loading Dock

Hidden

Elizabeth Jones, Ingrid Tristram, Vanessa Turton
2D and 3D

We are trying to discover and expose the hidden meanings behind our cultural behaviours.  This questioning of underlying meanings in our relationship with our environment is explored by Liz using a maritime theme, while Vanessa investigates the domestic and Ingrid questions our relationship with the natural world.     


 

 

     


L-R Elizabeth Jones Wallis Lake acrylic on canvas, Vanessa Turton toils of love (detail) found objects, pine
  Ingrid Tristram Game of life 1, 2 ceramic

 

 


The Long Room

Soft

Lee Imlay, Susan MacKinnon, Angela Poole-Wiley, Bonnie Relf, Ninah Sky, Clea Townsend

soft sculpture

A group of undergraduates and their responses to the notion of journey.  Using soft sculpture techniques, the personal journey became a collective one – resulting in this group exhibition “Soft”.

     

 

L-R Bonnie Relf Felt Bath (detail) felt; Lee Imlay Passion Felt: Florence felted wool, light; Angela Poole-Wiley Entwined  (detail)

 


The Pit

Close Up
Cheryl Farrell, Andrew Kable, Ann Nicholson, Hannah Robinson
photography
Close up is a group show that explores images from the minutae of our everyday lives, to personal memories, the female body and the insecurities within our own minds.  Ann Nicholson's macro photographs seek out the multiple layers of vision from the everyday. Hannah Robinson's series of black and white portraits examine the idea of the feminine through the juxtaposition of perfect and blemished bodies, while Cheryl Farrell's black and white portraits explore the connections between the photograph, the memory and remembering.  In a series of dark, brooding photographs, Andrew Kable explores what it means to be trapped inside your own world. A home brings security, but what does it take away?


 

     

 

L-R Hannah Robinson Veiled Perfection 3 black and white fibre print, Andrew Kable Cage (detail) black and white archival print, Cheryl Farrell Christmas Bells sepia toned, hand coloured black and white print

The Locker Room

Honours Masters PhD -  Ceramics Invitational 2006
ceramics

Curated by Sandra Lee Brown and Colleen Hoad

Tracie Bertram, Sandra Lee Brown, Alison Date, Gareth Graham, Caroline Hale, Colleen Hoad, Hari Jang, June Longridge, Nora Moelle, Vicki Sienczuk

ceramics

 This show offers the viewer an overview of some work that the Honours, Masters and PhD candidates at the University of Newcastle are currently working on.


     

 

 

    L-R Sandra Lee Brown  Untitled ceramic; Colleen Hoad Beneath the Surface (detail) fired and glazed ceramic, water, tank;  Tracie Bertram Tanglewood fired and glazed clay


  

 

The Hoist

 The Birds and the Bees

Keiran Collins

painting

The Birds and the Bees is a solo exhibition of contemporary paintings by Keiran Collins. The paintings were created around the theme of The Empty Nest Syndrome and explore the intricacies of family relationships.

 

 

     


L-R Mother/Daughter, Father/Daughter, Sister/Brother  all acrylic on canvas

 

 

The Media Space

Self Portrait

Shane Lions

printmaking

Have you ever felt like you can’t escape from reality, or rather have you wanted to escape but the refuge you seek is out of reach? The humane ability to love, listen, breathe and learn have become overshadowed by modern societies’ aspiration for growth, wealth and power. Half the struggle is not just realizing the innate values of existence, it is the act of doing and the ability to turn off the television, break free from the eternal race for power and become human again. These self-portraits explore my struggle with popular existence and my desire for a purer reality. Shane Lions

     

    Self-portrait in exile  3, 1, 4  all details, etching on paper