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WATT SPACE  23 APRIL - 11 MAY 2008


Exhibitions to be opened by the Lord Mayor of Newcastle,Councillor John Tate at 7pm Thursday 24th April

 

 

The Loading Dock and Locker Room

The March
GAIL BURROWS & HANNAH WILLIAMS 

2D

The March responds to observations of contemporary urban life and explores the wider community, the individual and the corporate. Gail looks at the coming together of people for an emotive cause through the photographic lens, with images of past Anzac marches being a resource for her inspiration. Hannah sensitively investigates the human condition. Her translucent figures surrounded yet solitary, move within the cityscape as the artist explores issues of marginalization and isolation. Gail Burrows & Hannah Williams

 

 

Gail Burrows 7th Division ink on paper, Gail Burrows 7th Division 2005 (detail) mixed media

 

 

 

Hannah Williams Marching IV (detail)  mixed media, Hannah Williams Around the Block II carved hebel block


 


The Long Room and Media Space

Tales of a Scorched Earth

NEAL BOOTH

painting

Tales of a Scorched Earthis a story of a world wounded and healing ‑ of nature reclaiming its own against human resistance and existence. The clash of the decaying human geometric figure as unit of containment, with the sculptural organic surfaces, reflects narratives of human inability to co‑exist with its keeper ‑ Mother Earth. Neal Booth

 

 

 

 

Neal Booth Showered with the remains (detail) raku clay, acrylic, oil stain;  Aftermath  (detail) raku and white claypalm frond, acrylic, oil stain, magnesium powder; Conception (detail) white kiln fired clay

 

The Pit

Wolves in the Walls

LANCE JOHNSON & JOE DOUGLAS

2D

Wolves in the Wallsis named after the novel of the same name by author Neil Gaiman. Lance Johnson and Joe Douglas, the two artists who feature in the show, are admirers of Gaiman’s writing and felt that the title encapsulated the art world’s view of their two chosen art forms- illustration and photography. Both these mediums are regarded by the high art world as not being “true” art forms, a view which both Johnson and Douglas have had to overcome in their art practices. A line that runs through Gaiman’s book, “When the wolves come out of the walls it’s all over,” is, in the context of this exhibition, a tongue-in-cheek reference to the distrust the high art community has of photography and illustration. Lance Johnson & Joe Douglas

 

 

 

Joe Douglas Grace  mixed media: A girl I know (detail)  mixed media

 

 


 Joe Douglas A girl I know #2 (detail)  acrylic on canvas, Lance Johnson Nervous (detail)  pencil and acrylic

 


The Hoist

Foreign Bodies

KATE PARKER

Fibres

Through the work in this exhibition I have been exploring themes of materiality, functionality, practicality, physicality, human trace and trace of the artist. Once an idea has been formed I find my process of art making to often be a purely physical exploration of the materials and I often find myself giving in to the unpredictability of my medium. Kate Parker

 

 

 

 

   

Kate Parker  Full figure felt body  felt, chain;  Felted tooth bracelet  felt, chain, wire; Skeleton stitch drawing(detail) mixed media on primed canvas