Recent Acquisitions: The Bundaberg Regional Art Gallery Collection

The ‘Recent Acquisitions’ exhibition will highlight the artworks which have been recently accepted into both the Bundaberg Regional Art Gallery and the Bundaberg Regional Council Corporate Collections. These works have been acquired through donations, purchases and winning prizes from the Bundaberg Regional Arts Festival.

Landscapes

This exhibition features the artwork of six regional Queensland based artists. The artists are exploring; movement, light, colour, form and contrast, as they capture the essence of the landscapes that inspire and surround them. Jennifer Kenny and Jacqui Read are responding to a change in landscape, both having relocated from other areas. Adrienne Williams is presenting a body of work developed during her time as artist in residence at Bundanon in Southern NSW. Amanda Van Gils oil paintings capture the fleeting images of landscapes as seen during a road trip. Ainslie McMahonsand Veronika Zeils artworks encourage the viewer to contemplate the sublime in nature as well as the many questions arising from our land use.

EXHIBITION LAUNCH

Friday 20th January, 5pm Bundaberg Regional Art Gallery

WORKSHOP

Sketching Outdoors (Plein Air) - Tips, tricks and the practice with Adrienne Williams

Saturday 25th February 2012 $45 (+ materials)

Bookings at www.brag-brc.org.au/workshops

VIDEO

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hpWuFvTbgo8

Cabinets of Curiosities

Cabinets of Curiosity or Wunderkammern were the sixteenth and seventeenth century personal collections of wealthy aristocratic men. These collections were often compiled during their grand tours of Europe, or through their connection to the discovery and conquest of the new world. These cabinets were works of art within themselves, displaying not only beautiful and rare objects, but also the strange, primitive or curious.

Cabinets of Curiosity features invited, local artists interpretation of a modern day cabinet of curiosities, by presenting to gallery visitors their own personal collections of items.

EXHIBITION LAUNCH
Friday 20th January 2012, 5pm
Bundaberg Regional Art Gallery

Bania Bloodwood | Childers Arts Space

The title of the exhibition refers to the geographical area where the paintings were created, Bania Road Mt Perry, and one of the tree species native to the area, the pink Bloodwood. Madeline King’s exhibition is an appreciation of the native flora of the area, her paintings explore the naturally occurring patterns and colour.

EXHIBITION LAUNCH
Friday 3rd February 2012, 5pm
Childers Arts Space

Growth | The Green Series

Growth is an installation that explores the way different plants start life. Marion Gaemers has used tradional basketry techniques to reproduce these various plants and processes. Gaemers mostly uses natural plant materials but also incoprorates manufactured waste materials like string, wire and bailing twine. A healthy plant is one that reproduces, and a reproducing eco system is indicative of a sustainable and healthy envirmoment. Gaemers installation will be a celebration of the natural beauty and life giving force of the plants that surround us.

Gaemers is a Townsville based artist who uses basketry techniques to create sculptural forms from naural fibre and recycled materials. She has been exhibiting her artwork since 1988 and has exhibited extensively throughout Queensland as well as leading projects and conducting workshops in regional areas including Broken Hill, Thursday Island, Darnley Island and Papua New Guinea. Gaemers is currenlty working with Ghost Nets Australia, working with North Queensland communities to make art work from discarded and harmful fishing nets.

EVENTS
Gaemers will be creating a large germinating seed within The Vault from the 6th to the 12th of February. So come along and watch, or join in, while Gaemers creation come to life. All welcome anytime after 1pm each day.

They Came

They Came is an autobiographical look at the world through the eyes of the everyman. The exhibition examines responses to end of the world scenarios and nature reclaiming using a visual aesthetic akin to the sci-fi movies of the 1950's. The series is comprised of 11-framed images that tell an autobiographical tale of what might happen if we continue to ignore science. The photographs are snapshots from a future in which the world has become over run by monstrous invaders, caused and constructed through human inaction, which are snapped by the not so innocent bystander.

Through the use of lo-fi technology, HolyGreenCow’s photographs trigger a sense of urgency in the viewer. The characters are blurred, frozen mid-movement, fleeing from harm and seeking a hide away. This calls the viewer to action, to consider the consequence for ongoing neglect and lack of respect for the planet we share. The series has been shot on an iPhone using elaborately structured dioramas, which include rear projections, live performance, cut out figures and elements such as fire. The unique process and use of lomo digital photography have given this series wide appeal to all ages and has been shown in a number of public spaces and galleries.

FILM NIGHT
Retro Sci-Fi Mash Friday 16th March 2012, 6pm
Bundaberg Regional Art Gallery

INTERACTIVE TOURS
You can use an iPhone or Smartphone to access images, videos, interviews and more about 'They Came'. iPhone and Smartphone users, download any QR reader to access tour information.

Mental As Anything | Childers Arts Space

Mental As Anything showcases a limited collection of 22 black and white photographs by artist Kasmine Pearce. This exhibition is designed to provoke the viewers’ thoughts on mental illness and to highlight the sometimes distorted perception mental illness is viewed by within our society. Pearce will be donating 25% from the sale of her artworks to local community organisations to help improve mental wellbeing in the region.

EXHIBITION LAUNCH
Wednesday 21st March 2012, 6pm
Childers Arts Space