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26 April - 14 May 2006

LUKE THOMPSON

BETTY SAEZ, SHARYN WALKER, ROBYN WAINMAN

BARBARA CALLCOTT

HEIDI FREIHAUT

RAY HEATH

CAROL STRACHAN

Exhibitions opened by Ashley Whamond, Lecturer in Art Theory at the University of Newcastle on Thursday 27 April at 7pm.

The Loading Dock

Age of the Host

Luke Thompson

sculpture

All sculptures were conceived in 2005 in my final year as an undergraduate. The work obliquely references the host/guest relationship, which is also the fundamental motivation for my sculpture.

L- R Relocatable Dream steel, cement, soil, Soleirolia soleirolii; Becoming imperceptible steel, paint; Of host age (detail) paper pulp (recycled university documents)

The Long Room

Beyond Language

Betty Saez, Robyn Wainman, Sharyn Walker
installation
Notions of ineffability with emphasis on diverse material, methods and concepts are explored by the artists who present their works of installation, photography, painting and fibre-art, resulting in an arrangement operating Beyond Language.

L- R Betty Saez Untitled oil on canvas; Sharyn Walker Torn Memory Fragments (detail) digital image on arches paper; Robyn Wainman Future Ensured hand-made felt from natural wool fleece

The Pit

re Sofa
Barbara Callcott
installation
These installations relate to the School of Fine Art (SOFA) and its place in the current turmoil at the University. Barbara Callcott served on the Council of the University in the 1970s and the Council of the CAE in the 1980s. Barbara holds a B.Eng (Mech) and a Bachelor of Fine Art from the University of Newcastle and is currently undertaking Honours studies in sculpture.

L- R The physical impossibility of sweeping a sofa under the carpet (detail) found objects; Sofa amongst the ivory towers (detail) found objects: Off the critical list (detail) found objects, paint

The Locker Room

Spatial Recognition ll

Heidi Freihaut

digital installation

Spatial Recognition II continues to experiment with the female figure in public space. A labyrinth…each hall leads to another and then another. A rhythm is created by the interpretation of architectural space. Is the doorway a mode of entrance or exit?

L- R all Untitled from the Spatial Recognition Series II, inkjet print

The Hoist

Home-made Photos

Ray Heath

monochrome photography

An on-going project to build a simple large format camera to re-create a long-lost aesthetic that reminds the viewer that the image is more important than the equipment used; images that are the antithesis of the modern, slick picture.

L- R East Greta Rails (detail); Self-Portrait Aug 05; Tenambit Gum all images captured using simple lens home-made camera on fibre-based photographic paper negatives. Prints are on traditional monochromoe fibre-based paper, dry mounted and heat sealed

The Media Space

Clay

Carol Strachan

ceramics

Carol Strachan’s ceramics, inspired by beach rocks and coastal bush, are constructed forms relating to the environment using the natural occurring element of clay.

L- R Coastal Bush (detail) ceramic;Beach Rock ceramic; Beach Rock (detail) ceramic