GALERIE DÜSSELDORF
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2011 Exhibition Programme
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January 2011 Closed
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- Janet Laurence from 'Forensic Sublime Series' 2010 120 x 180cm
- Janet Laurence is a consummate artist, whose practice reflects her lifelong interest in the interconnectedness of all things. Her works are distinctive, risky, beautiful and always grounded
in nature. They both reflect this world and reflect upon it, inviting us to pause and share the experience.
- Susanna Castleden's research and art practice examines Australian cultural identity, mapping, toponomy and landscape.
- She is currently enrolled in a PhD at RMIT,
researching the transient nature of mapping and naming in Australia, with a particular focus on the mining areas of rural Western Australia. -
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Susanna Castleden : 'I must learn more about the world (antipodes and circumnavigations) 2010 gesso and paint marker on cotton rag paper 150 x 160 cm
| Sarah Elson's new work continues her interest in florabunda. Through small scale sculptural forms she explores the issue of economic wealth derived from Western Australia's mineral riches against the biodiverse environmental richness of WA. The subject of much of the work is the deceased flower of the Eucalptus Lehmannii, commonly known as the spider gum. This defensive looking seed casing is cast in precious recycled metals to enhance its severity of form, whilst being hollowed out to accentuate lightness and the complexity of its internal structure. This is an attempt to work through issues of objectification and security, and perceptions of value placed on ones intimate relationship to the genitailia of all plants - the flower. |
Jill Kempson 'Lago Maggiore, Italy' 2011 oil on board
Jill Kempson's new exhibition represents a body of recent works spanning a three year period 2008–2011. The journey begins in Norfolk, England, perched next to a spring fed lake and surrounded by rustling reeds, wild water birds and magnificent old trees. Kempson has observed the myriad effects of light and its reflections in her series of works about Framington Chase, a property owned by the Colman family. Kempson also visited the manicured and eccentric English gardens while experiencing the timelessness of a wild English forest. Kempson also pays homage again to the French photographer of the early 20th century; Eugene Agtet, by reinterpreting his images of French gardens and parks into the painted image. Completing the journey, depicting Earth, Sky and Water, is the brooding drama of the skies above Lago Maggiore, Italy. A high quality book written by the renowned French art curator and author Patrick Le Chanu on Jill Kempson’s Art practice over the past 20 years will be available at Galerie Dusseldorf during the exhibition. |
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28 August - 25 Sept
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4 : Caspar Fairhall, David Sequeira, Douglas Sheerer, Bruce Slatter
Galerie Düsseldorf 35th Year Anniversary
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- In this exhibition of new works, Brendan Van Hek produces a series of two-dimensional works in neon,
- alongside a number of configurations of oval mirrors and prints on paper.
- The use of these materials continues on from works produced in recent years that investigate the potential of neon and mirror.
- Influenced by popular culture, and the diverse, conflicting and varied sources that affect all cultural producers today,
- the work emerges from elaborate narratives, located in personal history, fictions and social politics.
- In particular this recent work takes the maze or labyrinth as a starting point to consider the idea of direction,
- destiny, fortune and what comes together to shape the view of one’s future.
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- Anyday Now
- Preparing for the worst usually brings out your best.
- Mark Parfitt in his show Anyday Now, tells the stories along the way of getting ready,
- conducting oneself and spreading the word to counter any kind of worry.
- Coming from a simple desire to make an ordinary life more celebratory,
- Parfitt journals his investigations of growing barley, developing great abs,
- and finding the overland route across the promised land of Australia.
- Using drawing, diagrams and photography combined as some kind of misguided scrapbooking,
- Parfitt elevates the humble visual diary to unforeseeable art-form.
- Anyday Now is an account of living a good life,
- learning through experience and preparing for any trial in the face of a mundane life.
- This solo exhibition has been made possible through the Galerie Dusseldorf Postgraduate Scholarship
- and the All Art Forms Grant from the Department of Culture and the Arts WA.
- Anyday Now