Tracing a path
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Over in Griffith, M16 has opened a trio of shows exploring the way artists interpret space, and trace their paths through the world. Remindlessness is a show of paintings and digital prints by Sara Freeman and Peter Jordan, who are interested in the processes of making. Freeman uses techniques of Indian miniature paintings, picked up on a recent study trip to Rajasthan. Jordan’s process is more organic, built from thoughts, experiments and computer software. Essence of Place, by Shunyam Smith, is made up of tapestries that look at stories and their role in discovering the essence of place. “Tapestry as a medium has traditionally been used to tell stories that are personal and historical. Hidden layers of meaning and memories are entwined with the physicality of the material, and the slow nature of the weaving.” Smith will be giving a floor talk at 2pm tomorrow. Still Moving is a video installation by Caroline Huf, who has moved house 43 times – sometimes only to the next suburb, but involving packing life into cardboard boxes nonetheless. Her work explores the tension between the impulse to keep moving, and the desire to settle and put down roots – “the paradox of finding stillness in movement and movement in stillness”. All three exhibitions are on at M16 Artspace, 21 Blaxland Crescent, Griffith, until March23.
Variety in Tuggeranong
It’s showtime at Tuggeranong Arts Centre, with four new exhibitions by local artists. In Gallery 1, Place is a series of black and white photographs of the Molonglo Valley development by Stephanie Alexandra Parker. “I chose black and white for the simple reason is that it gives a feeling of yesteryear – it connects us to the past,” she says. “Also, each photograph is taken from the ground because I wanted it to thump home the idea about the possessing and remodelling of land. I wanted to ask the question: what is space and what is place, and when does space become place?” Place is showing until March 28. Gallery 2 has a double-header – Travelogue/Carney de Voyages and See What You Will, in which Jocelyne Godber and Vicki Partridge present a series of contemporary paintings inspired by travel – the former focusing on landscapes and animals, the latter on African tribal women in watercolour and ink. These two shows are on until March 28. And in the Foyer Gallery, Inspired is an exhibition celebrating International Women’s Day, with the work of six women – Alison Alder, Lyndy Delian, Ampersand Duck, Suzie Bleach, Harriet Schwarzrock and Teffany Thiedeman – all inspiring change through mentoring and teaching. Inspired is showing until March 14. Tuggeranong Arts Centre, 137 Reed Street, Greenway.
Drawings and glass
Two new shows at Beaver opened this week. Tasmanian artist Lucienne Rickard is showing a collection of finely detailed drawings entitled Some Old Waste. “Using controlled and repetitive pencil strokes, Lucienne presents the viewer with richly detailed, textured and challenging works that unite themes of beauty, death, brutality and obsession,” says the gallery. In the other room, Andrew Baldwin is showing works in glass, “carefully crafted and rich in meaning, with the practice of meditation and retreat a continued inspiration”. The exhibition, Void, was inspired by a period staying on a remote farm in South Australia, without any human contact. “During this period of solitude a space opened in my awareness. I felt isolated, yet intimately connected to the land,” he says. Some Old Waste, by Lucienne Rickard, and Void, by Andrew Baldwin, are showing at Beaver Galleries, 81 Denison Street, Deakin, until March 25.
Jam Factory icon in Watson
Watson Arts Centre has a touring show from the Jam Factory – Adelaide’s art, craft and design hub – by ceramic artist Stephen Bowers. “Bowers’ practice differs from the majority of ceramic artists in that he does not seek to be the ‘sole creator’ responsible for every aspect of production. Instead, his primary role as decorator/designer places him within the long tradition of ceramics as a collective enterprise, from the small rural workshop to the huge manufacturers that came into being with the industrial revolution,” says the centre. The Jam Factory launched a series of solo exhibitions last year celebrating the achievements of South Australia’s craft and design practitioners. The series began with Bowers’ show, Beyond Bravura, showing at Watson Arts Centre, Aspinall Street, Watson, until April 13.
Art in Cooma
If you’re Snowy-bound this week, stop off in Cooma to check out an exhibition of paintings, ceramics and photography at Raglan Gallery. Artists Ian Davis, Angela Davis, Charles Davis, Belinda Ahearn and Andy Neilson are three generations of the Davis family, and their work is based on “a theme of exploring the red colours found in the natural landscape, wildlife, mining and people”. The show opens today at Raglan Gallery, 9-11 Lambie Street, Cooma, and runs until March 30.
The master is here
Of light, that is, and not Turner, but Gruner! The beautiful survey show of the work of landscape painter Elioth Gruner opens at Canberra Museum and Gallery today, and on Tuesday, curator and Gruner aficionado Deborah Clark will be talking about the artist and his work. Elioth Gruner: The Texture of Light runs at Canberra Museum and Gallery, cnr London Circuit and Civic Square, until June 22. Deborah Clark will be speaking about the show on Tuesday, March 11, from 1pm-2pm.
Fantasia in the park
Oh please, please, could the rain let up a bit this weekend, just enough for the Canberra Symphony Orchestra to perform the 2014 Symphony in the Park concert on Sunday evening? The orchestra will screen Disney classic Fantasia 2000 while playing the live underscore. “Described as a magical treat for the eyes and ears, the marriage of animation and classical music in one of Disney’s crown jewels, Fantasia 2000, will feature a selection of magical orchestral repertoire,” says the CSO. Dance along with hippos, elephants, ostriches and alligators in Amilcare Ponchielli’s Dance of the Hours, swim with the whales in Ottorino Resphigi’s Pines of Rome, live the Pomp and Circumstance with Donald and Daisy aboard Noah’s Ark and dabble in magic with Mickey Mouse, and The Sorcerer’s Apprentice.” I’m nostalgic already! Symphony in the Park: Fantasia 2000 starts at 7.30pm on Sunday, Stage 88, in Commonwealth Park.