Exhibitions 2011


10 September - ~~13 November 2011~~ 11 November REGIONAL ART SPACE JULIE WILLIAMS: WHEN FIRST I KNEW THIS PLACE Julie Williams is an artist who lives and works in Lithgow, NSW. This exhibition is an ongoing visual exploration, borne from the clutches of grief. Re-entering artistic practice after loss, the artist began photgraphing a waterhole in the River Lett, near Lithgow. Again and again the artist returned to the same waterhole, where her attention was held for weeks, then months, and now some years. The painterly, elusive quality of the flowing water appears as an unfathomable landscape, revealing a world much vaster than one could imagine. INSTALLATION: Click here Julie WIlliams Fleeting Image 5 2011 pigment print on photo rag paper Image © Julie Williams
10 September - ~~13 November 2011~~ 11 November NEW MEDIA SPACE JULIA BURNS: DRIFTING Drifting is an immersive, video-based installation, integrating real objects with full-scale interactive video characters in an expanded cinematic context. Its core themes are domesticity and public access to private space. Viewers enter into a private domestic setting within the public space of a gallery challenging the division of the public and private domains. In an ironic twist, the same media that threatens privacy, is used to reproduce it. Also featured is the video Dancing In My Kitchen On My 29th Birthday 2011. INSTALLATION: Click here Julia Burns Drifting (detail) 2009 3-channel video installation Image © Julia Burns
10 September - ~~20 November 2011~~ 11 November MAIN SPACE TRACEY MOFFATT: NARRATIVES Tracey Moffatt is one of Australia’s leading international contemporary artists, working in photography, film and video. Tracey Moffatt: Narratives features three important series of photographs that engage with story-telling, Scarred for Life (1994), Up in the Sky (1997) and Invocations (2000). Moffatt creates dream-like sequences, where the real and the imaginary unfold alongside each other, infusing the social reality of issues like race relations and domestic violence with uncertainty and subconscious dimensions. The exhibition will be complimented by a selection of Moffatt’s video works, Lip, Artist, Love, Doomed, Mother and Other. Tracey Moffatt: Narratives is a Monash Gallery of Art Travelling Exhibition supported by Arts Victoria through the Visual Arts and Craft Strategy. INSTALLATION: Click here Tracey Moffatt: Narratives includes video montages commissioned by Tracey Moffatt and edited by Gary Hillberg. The videos will be changed throughout the course of the exhibition. Please find the schedule below: 10 September - 11October Artist, 2000 (10 minutes) Revolution, 2008 (14 minutes) 11 October - 25 October Love, 2003 (21 minutes) Lip, 1999 (10 minutes) 25 October - 8 November Mother, 2009 (20 minutes) Other, 2010 (7 minutes) 8 November - 20 November Doomed, 2007 (10 minutes) Artist, 2000 (10 minutes) Tracey Moffatt Invocations 5 2000 from Invocations, a series of 13 images photo-silkscreen 123.2 x 101 cm Monash Gallery of Art, City of Monash Collection Donated by Daniel Issakow through the Australian Government’s Cultural Gifts programme 2008 Courtesy of the artist and Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery
15 October - ~~13 November 2011~~ 11 November PROJECT SPACE WASTE TO ART The annual Waste To Art exhibition enables the community to create works of art using everyday waste as the medium. Increasingly poular, Waste to Art celebrates thinking 'outside the box', it shocks and surprises the viewer whilst commenting on our throw away culture. It also unearths unlikely artists in the form of students, office workers, welders, teachers, grandparents and, of course, the humble garbo! INSTALLATION: Click here Joel Polak For The Love Of Beer 2001 Image © Joel Polak
15 October - ~~13 November 2011~~ 11 November CHILDREN'S SPACE ARTIST AT WORK: PENNY VOLKOFSKY The fourth in our Artist at Work series presents local artist Penny Volkofsky. Penny Volkofsky uses print-making, sculpture and mixed media forms and will transform the Children's Gallery into her studio. Children and adults alike are encouraged to enter the space and interact with Penny and her work. Visitors to the temporary studio can become active participants in developing Penny Volkofsky's latest project. INSTALLATION: Click here Penny Volkofsky Loss 2011 acrylic on wood Image © Penny Volkofsky
6 August - 23 October 2011 MUSEUM SPACE THE GOVERNOR: LACHLAN MACQUARIE The Governor is a major exhibition from the State Library of NSW that showcases the role of Governor Macquarie in shaping NSW and the fledgling colony of Australia. Lachlan Macquarie was the fifth Governor of NSW appointed in 1809 and is often portrayed as one of the Colony’s most visionary and effective leaders. Featuring documents and objects from his life and times, The Governor will look at the impact this dour Scotsman has had on modern Australia. The Governor is a NSW State Library Travelling Exhibition. IINSTALLATION: Click here Richard Read snr Governor Lachlan Macquarie (detail) 1822 watercolour State Library of NSW
6 August - 9 October 2011 CHILDREN'S SPACE OPERATION ART Operation Art provides opportunities for students from K – 10 to demonstrate their achievements in visual arts whilst helping children who find themselves in hospital. Thousands of students participate in this program that will eventually see hundreds of artworks placed in hospitals across the state, helping to make them more pleasant places to visit and stay for young and old alike. Operation Art is a travelling exhibition from the NSW Department of Education and Communities and The Children's Hospital at Westmead. INSTALLATION: Click here Yousef Elyassa King of the Creatures 2010 pencil and ink on paper Image © Operation Art
13 August - 9 October 2011 PROJECT SPACE JUAN FORD: THE INSTANT Painting in the 21st Century faces the challenges of an increasingly digital world. Our desire for exigency and directness, coupled with the pre-eminence of the digital image, has seen painting revivify itself, becoming the focus of a return to tradition Juan Ford creates slow, intense and concentrated paintings that reflect on the natural world, technology, and contemporary culture. His meticulously painted images speak to our love of the Australian landscape and the magic of the painted surface. The Instant will present an overview of the artists practice from 2004 until the present day, featuring paintings and 3-dimensional work. Juan Ford: The Instant is curated by Kent Buchanan INSTALLATION: Click here Juan Ford Misunderstanding Everything 2009 Oil on linen Image © Juan Ford Image courtesy the artist and Jan Manton Gallery, Brisbane
23 July - 4 September 2011 REGIONAL ART SPACE LEANNE WATT: REMINISCENCE Leanne Watt is an artist living and working in Dubbo. Reminiscence recalls the joys of a childhood spent outdoors, relishing an interaction with the environment. Back to a time when one’s imagination was the key to making sense of the world. Leanne Watt employs materials such as watercolour, oils, charcoal and pencil, establishing a visual communication through unconventional means of application, utilising hand-pressed papers and found materials such as charcoal, bark and rust. INSTALLATION: Click here Leanne Watt The Recycled 2011 watercolour on paper Image © Leanne Watt
2 July - 4 September 2011 MAIN SPACE ARTEXPRESS ARTEXPRESS is an annual exhibition of exemplary artworks created by students for the Higher School Certificate. The works represent a broad range fo subject matter, approaches, styles and media and reflect the high quality of Bisual Arts education in New South Wales. ARTEXPRESS is coordinated by the Arts Unit and jointly managed by the NSW Department of Education and Training and the Office of the Board of Studies. This exhibition has been coordinated by WPCC Education Officer Shona Lane and ARTEXPRESS Coordinator Susanne Jones. INSTALLATION: Click here Alex Hemmings Indiigenous Identity 2010 Image © the artist.
11 June - 7 August PROJECT SPACE BROOD Brood refers to a family of offspring; a breed, species, group or kind. It means to dwell on a particular subject. It can also be used to describe a collection of things, cared for and valued. The Dubbo Regional Gallery collection focuses on the animal as an ongoing inspiration for artists. From tender depictions of domestic animals to symbolic representations of animal characteristics, the collection explores the wide ranging nature of animal references in Australian art. As the brood grows, so does the potential for variety, diversification and peculiarity. This exhibition will feature new works acquired through the generous support of the Friends of WPCC and the Gallery’s 21st Birthday Collection Appeal. Curated by Kent Buchanan CATALOGUE: Click here INSTALLATION: Click here Penny Byrne Not a Glimmer of Hope 2011 altered resin polar bear, Absolut Vodka Special Edition ‘Glimmer’ Edition 3/3 29 x 28 x 13cm Colelction Dubbo Regional Gallery Image © Penny Byrne
26 March - 29 May MUSEUM SPACE ON THE SLY As a town on the periphery of society, both literally and metaphorically, Dubbo has become home to battlers, transients, hard-luck stories and dreams of new beginnings, and while many have triumphed, others through necessity or choice have chosen to follow a darker path. On The Sly will chart the story of three women who transgressed, folling a path that utlimately lead to robbery, drug dealing, prostitution, gang warfare and murder. On The Sly examines the lives of Kate Leigh, Jean Lee and Ruby Green and seeks to understand their lives and chioices, and as such understand how those at the periphery of acceptable society have a role to play in the story of the nation. On The Sly is curated by Jessica Moore. INSTALLATION: Click here Kate Leigh, Special Photograph number D94, 2 July 1930, probably Central Police Station, Sydney photographer unknown NSW Police Forensic Photography Archive, Justice & Police Museum, Historic Houses Trust of NSW
11 June - 7 August CHILDREN'S SPACE DESIGNTECH DesignTECH is an exhibition of outstanding major design projects from NSW Higher School Certificate Design and Technology students. This annual exhibition, coordinated by the Board of Studies NSW and supported by the NSW Department of Education and Communities, opens a window for us to view the creativity, innovation, and achievement of NSW HSC Design and Technology students. EDUCATION RESOURCES: Click here Stage 4 & 5 Click here Stage 6 Ebony & Rae jewellery design Erica Seath Narooma High School Image © DesignTech
7 May - 26 June REGIONAL ART SPACE PUSH: MARGARET McCOLL / AMANDA TOUT / KEN TUCKER / HEATHER RANKIN / MARK MALOUF This exhibition features works by a group of artists who have completed studies together, and whom wish to make the push into the world beyond the strictures of the art school. Each artist has been sharing ideas amd skills as well as technical explorations within your studies. This exhibition will present their indiviudal works developed over the course of 12 months. The artists are based in Dubbo and the surrounding region. INSTALLATION: Click here Heather Rankin The Vestry 2011 pastel on paper Image © the artist.
30 April - 26 June 2011 NEW MEDIA SPACE HAYDEN FOWLER: THE LONG FORGETTING Fowler researched and produced this work during his Samstag Scholarship, where he undertook one year’s study in Berlin, Germany. Interested in the tribal origins of European culture, Fowler under went genetic tests to identify his own Paleolithic culture of origin and visited a number of relevant cave sites across Spain, France and Germany. With a particular interest in the art and symbolism of this period, indicating an integrated spiritual relationship with ritual and the natural world, Fowler taps into a deeper and historical spirituality surrounding Western humanities original place in nature, expanding the ongoing theme of his practice. Curated by Kent Buchanan INSTALLATION: Click here Hayden Fowler The Long Forgetting (still) 2010 3-channel HDV, colour, 16:9, sound, 20min (approx) looped. Image © Hayden Fowler
7 May - 26 June 2011 MAIN SPACE ADAPTATION: LOUISE HEARMAN & LOUISE WEAVER Adaptation is an exhibition examining the Australian landscape through the works of Louise Hearman and Louise Weaver. Both artists mine their own unique vision of the Australian landscape and its fauna. Through exquisitely painted depictions of crepuscular landscapes, to meticulously hand-crafted sculptural forms, the artists induce complex and often surreal interpretations of the Australian environment. Curated by Kent Buchanan INSTALLATION: Click here Louise Hearman Untitled #1060 2005 pastel on coloured paper 31 × 38cm. Courtesy the artist and Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, Sydney. Image © the artist.
16 April - 5 June 2011 PROJECT & CHILDREN'S SPACE JEFF MINCHAM: CERAMICS Jeff Mincham is one of Australia’s most prominent and influential ceramic artists. His exceptional craft skills and his deep knowledge of the materials and technology of ceramics are demonstrated in the robust elegance and diversity of the extraordinary body of work he has produced over three and a half decades. Much of this work is represented in major public collections throughout Australia and many more internationally. INSTALLATION: Click here Jeff Mincham Dry Lake detail 2009 multi-glazed mid-fired earthenware, 25 x 40cm (dia.) Photographer: Grant Hancock. Image courtesy Object Gallery.
2 April - 15 May 2011 REGIONAL ART SPACE RESIDUE: HEATHER PIKE & VICTORIA LOVECCHIO Residue is an exhibition exploring what remains or our personal histories when people make their homes in places far from their families and cultural origins. Heather Pike and Victoria Lovecchiohave found that the absence of the bonds of extended family and culture has left them with the freedom to create their own cultural emblems, family heirlooms and signifiers. Despite the distance of time and geography, we all yearn to connect with our origins. This is a visual exploration of the physical and tangible aspects of family, individuality and inheritance as well as the metaphysical connection we hold to our ancestors. INSTALLATION: Click here Heather Pike Outlines and x-rays of how things used to be 2011 oil and cotton thread on index card, 85mm x 127mm. Image © Heather Pike
12 February - 24 April 2011 NEW MEDIA SPACE SODA_JERK: AFTER THE RAINBOW After The Rainbow is a re-imagining of the initial sequence of the iconic film The Wizard of Oz (1939). This film offers an insight into the paradoxical "dark and light" possibilities of cinema because of the tension created between the hopes and dreams of the character of Dorothy and the contemporary viewer’s awareness of the troubled life of Judy Garland in the decades after this film was made. In soda_jerk’s video remix, these two elements are weaved together into the one narrative – the fantasy world of cinema and the reality of Judy Garland’s sad life collide, like Oz and Kansas in the original film. Instead of taking Dorothy to Oz, the twister in soda_jerk’s remix transports Dorothy two decades into the future where she encounters an older, washed-up Judy Garland. This encounter lays bare the capacity for film to magically propel us through time, producing a scenario that is both melancholy and full of wonder. This is a d/Lux/MediaArts touring exhibition. INSTALLATION: Click here soda_jerk After the rainbow (detail) 2009 2-channel video installation. Image © 2009 soda_jerk
4 February - 1 May 2011 MAIN SPACE ICON & ARCHIVE: PHOTOGRAPHY & THE WOLRD WARS Icon and Archive presents an engaging survey of the Australian War Memorial's extensive and highly significant photographic collection, drawing on material created during the two World Wars. The exhibition features many "iconic" photographs that have become part of the Australian psyche. The exhibition also considers the photographic archive of which these "icons" are apart, drawing attention to many superb photographs that have, for one reason or another, not become so "iconic". INSTALLATION: Click here This photograph, which has become one of the key Second World War images of departure and farewell, shows wives and mothers seeing off the troopship Strathallan as it leaves Port Melbourne on 16 December 1939. The women are sending off members of the 6th Australian Infantry Division, who departed Post Melbourne for Palestine to establish a training area and make preparations for the remainder of the force.
19 February - 10 April 2011 CHILDREN'S GALLERY WILLIAM LAMSON William Lamson (b. 1977 Arlington, Virginia, USA. Lives and works in Brooklyn, New York, USA) is an artist who uses video, photography, sculpture, performance, drawing and installation to explore the natural world using objects and the body. His 2008 series Actions presents the artist interacting with black balloons in increasingly complex ways, with the end result being the ultimate destruction of the balloon. This exhibition features works produced since 2006 and is the first solo exhibition by the artist in an Australian Public Institution. Curated by kent Buchanan INSTALLATION: Click here LEARN MORE: Essay William Lamson Actions 1 to 33 2008 from Actions 24:17 minute single channel video Image courtesy the artist and Stills Gallery, Sydney. Image © William Lamson
4 February - 1 May 2011 PROJECT SPACE FRANCISCO DE GOYA: LOS CAPRICHOS Created during a time of social repression and economic crisis in Spain, in Los Caprichos Francisco de Goya set out to document the human condition and denounce social abuses, social backwardness, ignorance and intellectual oppression. This exhibition features an early edition of Los Caprichos, a set of eighty etchings first published in 1799. One of the most influential series of graphic images in the history of Western Art, Los Caprichos deals with themes as diverse as the Spanish Inquisition, the frivolity of young women, witchcraft, child rearing, and avarice. This is an AlburyCity Gallery Touring Exhibition. INSTALLATION: Click here Francisco de Goya (1746-1828) Ya tienen asiento ( Now they are sitting pretty) 1797-1798 (Plate 26) 5th Edition, Published c1881 Etching and Aquatint Collection AlburyCity Gallery
12 February - 27 March 2011 REGIONAL ART SPACE VOLKER LEDER: PARALLEL WITH NATURE This exhibition of paintings of the landscape of the northwest of New South Wales, offers the opportunity to observe this environment through the eyes of an outsider. German-born artist Volker Leder has spent the past 30 years living in Lightning Ridge carving out a successful career as a practising artist. His work is an attempt to express the peculiarities of this environment as well as come to grips with the ever-changing colours and shifting features of this unique landscape. INSTALLATION: click here Volker Leder Close to Walgett 2008 Oil on canvas © Volker Leder
5 February - 20 March 2011 MUSEUM SPACE ON THE BLACK SOIL PLAINS: WARREN 1861-2011 This exhibtiion charts a history of Warren in central New South Wales which is celebrating its Sesquicentenary (150 years). The exhibition features objects photographs and stories of the Warren district, corrodinated by the Warren Historical Society. INSTALLATION: Click here Dubbo Street, Warren c1880s Image courtesy Warren Regional Library.