28 JANUARY 4 MARCH 2012 The 29 works in this exhibition are all held in the Monash Gallery of Art, City of Monash Collection, one of the largest public collections of Bill Henson’s photography. With its concentration on work made between 1977 and 1992, the collection provides a significant survey of his early career. While many of us are by now familiar with Henson’s images through reproduction, the opportunity to view his actual photographs offers a much richer visual experience, and a deeper appreciation of his art. Henson prints his own work by hand, using chemicals and carefully chosen paper stock. The uneven surfaces of his early black-and-white works are a result of this wet process, and give the photographs a mysterious, almost alchemic quality. These material properties are not evident in reproductions of Henson’s images.
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Bill Henson Untitled 1985–86
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KEVIN (CAT) CATTERMOLE - THE STORY POLES SUITE Kevin (Kat) Cattermole is Bakandji artist and a founding member of Wilcannia Arts. Kat tells his stories through a range of art media; painting, drawing, wood carving, sculpture, ceramics and printing. This his first exhibition is a suite of 6 linocut prints that draw their inspiration from a series of Story Poles carved by a group of artists from Wilcannia that depict symbols of the Bakandji country, culture and mythology. Each print tell a story as well as having an imposing decorative element.
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| Kevin (Cat) Cattermole Water Bird 2011 linocut © courtesy of the artist |
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Robin Nelson Pil (undated) lino cut print
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10 MARCH - 22 APRIL Kurnu Paakantyi artist Badger Bates offers a selection of his recent linocut prints, and wood, metal and found object sculptures. The exhibition focuses on his life as a child in the 1950’s travelling the ancient routes along the western rivers with his grandmother, the remarkable matriarch Granny Moysey. Badger’s art re-tells the stories and events from this period, informing us about the social context of the environment, humanizing the landscape and its plants and animals, and providing continuity between the creators, the ancestors and the present day occupants. This exhibition is the culmination of a project funded by the Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies, which involved Badger re-travelling the routes he took with Granny Moysey, and creating an oral and visual record of the Kurnu Paakantyi world. |
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Badger Bates
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PLASTC LIVES: A WOMAN'S TALE - GAARA ARTS INC The artists of Gaara Arts Inc will endeavour to answer these questions through their art. The poets of Broken Hill will render their versions of our art through verse. An exhibition of art and poetry. Gaara Arts Inc. is a non profit association of Women Artists including some of Broken Hill’s best known artists and gallery owners. Tourists will be familiar with such names as Wendy Martin, Annette Minchin, Deirdre Edwards, Andrea Blundell, Angela Fitzpatrick, Jenny Cattonar, Julie Horsburgh etc, who contribute to the art scene in local, national and international ways. There is a strong group of over twenty active members including other well known artists not affiliated with a gallery who are equally talented and enthusiastic, many having held successful exhibitions.
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Marguerite Bennett Ooops by Daisy (undated)
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JADE MANLY - InterACTIONS Jade Manly is a local artist specialising in the creation of mixed media works. After completing her HSC Jade studied Fine Arts at the Broken Hill TAFE College. As a result of her studies she recieved the Western Institute of TAFE: Most Outstanding Arts and Media Student Award in 2009. Jade has exhibited in a number of galleries throughout Australia and her work features in private collections. In 2008 Jade was selected as a finalist for the “Kinokuniya Digital Art Prize”. Most recently she was selected as a finalist in the 2011 “Outback Open Art Prize”. InterACTIONs is a collection of works illustrating the way in which individuals communicate, sharing feelings, beliefs and intentions. The unspoken language of the body may impact on how a phrase or conversation may be received and interpreted. A lack of communication, a barrier, can create feelings of isolation and confusion. |
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Jade Manly Don't Tell Me! 2011
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28 APRIL - 10 JUNE COURAGE TO CARE Courage to Care, a travelling exhibition, aims to inform and educate Australians of the dangers of prejudice and discrimination.
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WORKS FROM THE COLLECTION
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16 JUNE - 29 JULY The Far West Emerging Aboriginal and Torries Strait Islander Art Prize (established in 2008) aims to promote emerging Indigenous artists from the Broken Hill region. The prize has been very effective in encouraging local Indigenous artsist to exhibit their work and introduce them to new audiences through the Regional Art Gallery. The Prize consists of three sections: Open; 3D; and Works on Paper. There are two prizes (1st and 2nd) in each section and entry is free and open to Aboriginal and Torries Strait Islander artists resident in the West Darling region. The Far West Emerging Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Prize is proudly sponsored by Maari Ma Health Aboriginal Corporation and Essential Energy.
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Dr Steve Flecknoe Brown (2011 judge) pictured with
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BANKSTOWN SISTER CITY EXHIBITION The vast majority of Sister City relationships are between cities in different countries or at least in different states. It is therefore almost unique for two cities in the same state to be paired together, but if ever two cities were meant to be Sister Cities, it is surely Bankstown and Broken Hill. In 2012 it is planned to exhibit work by Aboriginal artists from Bankstown to coincide with NAIDOC Week and the Far West Emerging Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Prize
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BROKEN HILL: THE PAST & THE PRESENT Josh Cowdrey is a multi-skilled local Broken Hill artist with a strong pratcice in the digital arts. His new exhibition will draw together elements of the City from the past and the present. The images of the 'older' community will relate to the history, memories and stories depicted in the photographs; while the images of the 'younger' community will relate to the present and enjoy the opportunity to compare with the past, which, along with an additional story, will promote understanding and interest in relation to Broken Hill’s history.
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4 AUGUST - 23 SEPTEMBER Entries open in March 2012 and will close 5pm 8 June. The Outback Open Art Prize is proudly sponsored by Mrs Raylee J Hart and the Broken Hill City Council.
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Janine Mackintosh Droughts and Flooding Rains 2011 |
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EMED CULTURAL ALLIANCE EXHIBITION Broken Hill (Australia), Riotinto (Spain) and Banksa Stiavnica (Slovakia) The EMED Mining Cultural Alliance focuses on the creation of sustainable enterprises, which are independent of mining, through the sharing of experiences and ideas between the three historic mining towns of Broken Hill (Australia), Riotinto (Spain) and Banska Stiavnica (Slovakia). |
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29 SEPTEMBER - 18 NOVEMBER There are few events in Australia that can demonstrate a legacy for sustaining a cultural heritage associated with textile practice for more than 30 years. The 1st Tamworth Textile Triennial is one of these events and is firmly positioned within the Australian creative arts calendar attracting entries from a variety of creative disciplines, age groups, emerging creatives and established practitioners. There are 22 creative textile artists in the 1st Tamworth Textile Triennial and they represent a cross section of demographics from many states and one territory in Australia. Specific textile skills covered in this exhibition range from resist printed textiles to hand embroidered cross-stitch, from metal wire knitted on a machine to cloth woven on a jacquard loom. The curator Patrick Snelling has a strong association with textile education and studio practice in Australia. His curatorial focus for Sensorial Loop is to promote excellence and the diversity of making through the ideas that creative practitioners bring to the textile discipline. The exhibition title implies familial, cultural, temporal and historical narratives combined with sensory and haptic responses to working with materials, processes and tools that connect us to the patterning and construction of contemporary textiles. |
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Lucy Irvine Continuous Interruptions 2011
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ALBERT WOODROFFE - NEW PAINTINGS Albert's art work may be viewed by clicking on the link below:
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Albert Woodroffe A Friend From Queensland 2011
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24 NOVEMBER 2012 - 3 FEBRUARY 2013 The annual celebration of new work produced by students from the Arts & Media Department of the Western institute of TAFE, Broken Hill, Menindee and Wilcannia Campuses. The exhibition showcases printmaking, ceramics and painting. |
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Selected works from the 2011 Western Institute of TAFE, |
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2012 HIGHER SCHOOL CERTIFICATE MAJOR WORKS An exhibition by Higher School Certificate fine art students from Broken Hill High School and Willyama High School showing their major works for 2012. |
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Jessabeau Thompson The Core of Fashion 2011
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MIKE & MARGARET BRUGGY - A LOCAL FAMILY EXHIBITION |
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