Aboriginal art
Our first birthday gathering
09/07/12 13:20
A great bunch of people converged on the gallery to help us celebrate the gallery's first anniversary.
This coincided with the launch of two exhibitions, a solo show by Stuart Cussons, entitled "Studies in Harmony and Tension" and a group show of a collection of large-scale Aboriginal art works by painters from the central and western desert regions of Australia. Both shows were very well-received and it was great to see people taking the time to study the work.
Stuart's exhibition created a sublime and zen-like feel to the front of the gallery, with works of refined simplicity and considered nuance. Each of his works, including sculpture, commands lingering observation to 'read' both compositional whole and individual parts. Unfortunately photographs only tell part of the story and personal viewing is really required to appreciate Stuart's deft execution of his work.
In complete contrast, "The Dreaming" showcased a variety of works by a number of venerable Aboriginal artists from the Utopia region of central Australia and the Kimberleys in WA. Works by artists Barbara Weir, the late Minnie Pwerle, Lily Kelly Napangardi, Madigan Thomas and the late Jack Britten, amongst others, are included in this exhibition.
We are very grateful to all of our guests for coming along and helping us celebrate our first year - artists, local friends, collectors, art lovers and our gallery friends, including Mayor Jenny Dowell and Cr David Yarnall, Lismore and Nimbin Regional Tourism's, Lisa and Andrew plus local art identities, Peter Wood from Arts Northern Rivers, Julie Barratt from Accessible Arts and Susie Muddiman from the Tweed River Art Gallery.
Thanks lastly - but not leastly - to the wonderful young people who helped us out on the door and the bar - Jessica, Georgia and Ruben. You did great!
Some photos from the launch event are at the link below. Thanks to all those with cameras - Kirra Pendergast, Phil Rorke and Fiona McConnachie! There is also a walk-through our two current exhibitions, "Studies in Harmony and tension" and "The Dreaming" - photography by David Corazza.
This coincided with the launch of two exhibitions, a solo show by Stuart Cussons, entitled "Studies in Harmony and Tension" and a group show of a collection of large-scale Aboriginal art works by painters from the central and western desert regions of Australia. Both shows were very well-received and it was great to see people taking the time to study the work.
Stuart's exhibition created a sublime and zen-like feel to the front of the gallery, with works of refined simplicity and considered nuance. Each of his works, including sculpture, commands lingering observation to 'read' both compositional whole and individual parts. Unfortunately photographs only tell part of the story and personal viewing is really required to appreciate Stuart's deft execution of his work.
In complete contrast, "The Dreaming" showcased a variety of works by a number of venerable Aboriginal artists from the Utopia region of central Australia and the Kimberleys in WA. Works by artists Barbara Weir, the late Minnie Pwerle, Lily Kelly Napangardi, Madigan Thomas and the late Jack Britten, amongst others, are included in this exhibition.
We are very grateful to all of our guests for coming along and helping us celebrate our first year - artists, local friends, collectors, art lovers and our gallery friends, including Mayor Jenny Dowell and Cr David Yarnall, Lismore and Nimbin Regional Tourism's, Lisa and Andrew plus local art identities, Peter Wood from Arts Northern Rivers, Julie Barratt from Accessible Arts and Susie Muddiman from the Tweed River Art Gallery.
Thanks lastly - but not leastly - to the wonderful young people who helped us out on the door and the bar - Jessica, Georgia and Ruben. You did great!
Some photos from the launch event are at the link below. Thanks to all those with cameras - Kirra Pendergast, Phil Rorke and Fiona McConnachie! There is also a walk-through our two current exhibitions, "Studies in Harmony and tension" and "The Dreaming" - photography by David Corazza.
Our First Anniversary
14/06/12 16:41
The Channon Gallery has been going for almost one year and we will be having a small celebration on the 8th July at the gallery.
This will coincide with the launch of two exhibitions - a solo exhibition of Stuart Cusson’s work, including a plethora of works not seen in the gallery previously and a group show comprising our collection of paintings by Aboriginal artists. Some of the latter have been constants in our rear hanging space due to their size (and our limited storage space), but we have a few others to add which have not appeared here before. We will be trying something different in regard to presenting the works, which is probably more akin to ‘installation’ and playing with the large volume we have out the back of the gallery.
Click on the invitation below to see it a little larger and we look forward to seeing you on the 8th!
This will coincide with the launch of two exhibitions - a solo exhibition of Stuart Cusson’s work, including a plethora of works not seen in the gallery previously and a group show comprising our collection of paintings by Aboriginal artists. Some of the latter have been constants in our rear hanging space due to their size (and our limited storage space), but we have a few others to add which have not appeared here before. We will be trying something different in regard to presenting the works, which is probably more akin to ‘installation’ and playing with the large volume we have out the back of the gallery.
Click on the invitation below to see it a little larger and we look forward to seeing you on the 8th!
