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"HU MING & FRIENDS Exhibiting to June 22"
by HU MING
23-05-2013 - 22-06-2013

"HU MING & ARTIST FRIENDS GROUP EXHIBITION"
by HAIOU LIU
24-05-2013 - 22-06-2013

"HU MING & ARTIST FRIENDS GROUP EXHIBITION"
by YUMAN ZENG
24-05-2013 - 22-06-2013

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"ALL THE BEST 2006"
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09-12-2006 - 17-01-2007

Exhibition Comments:

Katherine Boland - Near & Far Exhibition

In 1961 at the age of four I emigrated from the United Kingdom to Australia with my parents and younger sister. We arrived in Melbourne and eventually settled on the Gippsland Lakes in south east Victoria.

Ten years later we made the dramatic move back to England and then to

Spain

On returning to Australia I enrolled at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology to undertake a degree in Graphic Art and Design.

It was the 70's and being young and idealistic my partner and I decided to reject the materialistic values of the city and somewhat naively embrace a life of 'self sufficiency' in the country. After travelling and searching over much of

Australia

we settled at last on the Far South Coast of New South Wales on 50 hectares of bushland.

We built a house and outbuildings using mud, stone and timber. We cleared land, put in roads, dug dams and fenced paddocks. I milked goats to make cheese and yoghurt, spun wool to weave material for clothes and ground wheat to make flour for bread. I bottled, juiced, jammed and dried the staggering amount of fruit and vegetables I grew. For many years there was no electricity or running hot water. A challenge with a baby. The work was relentless and there was neither the time nor energy to pursue artistic interests. But the desire to paint again was strong and eventually, although tentatively, I was able to return to the passion that had laid dormant for so long.

In 2002, thrust into a completely different life in Melbourne I began painting full time. The first exhibition to utilize burning on timber panels was entitled 'On Fire' and was produced as a response to the traumatic end of my 27 year marriage and to a growing interest in Buddhist philosophy.

'As in most civilizations from ancient times till now fire occupies a special place in Buddhism. A fundamental emblematic element, an unavoidable step on the path of knowledge, an integral part of offering because it is both heat and light. Fire symbolizes above all purification and the flame of impermanence in development and change.'

For many of us in this country, fire and the duality of it's role as a destructive force or a useful servant has become a part of our lives; it's unpredictable presence burnt into the Australian psyche. For me the physical process of burning the timber simulates an act of nature.

Since the 'On Fire' series I have continued to scorch and burn into timber using a blow torch and pyrographic equipment. I also incorporate engraving and chiseling of the wood support.

On a recent six month studio residency in central Italy I used European veneers such as walnut,oak, cherry, elm, ash and chestnut to create a body of work, 'Campagna', which was a response to the Italian countryside and the changing seasons.

This current series, 'Near & Far' is a homecoming celebration of the Australian landscape. It presents two perspectives – close range and distant view. I have burnt, engraved and painted on Tasmanian veneers such as stringbark, blackwood and silver wattle. The grain and texture of these beautiful timbers enhance the sense of the natural environment which has been and will remain a constant source of inspiration. Katherine BOLAND 2006

Innovative Contemporary Abstract landscape paintings

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JW LATE NIGHT CALL

" PRIMARY MATERIAL"
by JOHN WORTH
20-03-2007 - 18-04-2007

Exhibition Comments:

JOHN WORTH

Born Wiluna, Western Australia

1965 - Left Australia, travelled to Europe.

EDUCATION AND QUALIFICATIONS

1966 - 67 Munchen Mal und Zeichnen Schule, Munich

1967 - 68 Guildford College of Art, Surrey, England - One year pre - diploma course

1968 - 71 City and Guilds of London, Diploma in Sculpture

1971 - Returned to Australia

SELECT SOLO AND GROUP EXHIBITIONS

1973 - Joint exhibition with Stanislav Rapotec at Lister Gallery, Perth

1973 - Sculpture at Launceston Gallery, Tasmania

1973 - Small bronzes, Holdsworth Gallery, Sydney

1974 - Returned to Europe

1974 - Australian Representative, Sculpture Symposium Lindabrunn, Austria

1974 - Mixed group exhibition, Die Kleine Galerie,Vienna

1975 - Returned to Australia

1975 - Exhibition of bronze and steel sculptures, Lister Gallery, Perth

1981 - Large scale steel sculpture, small bronzes and drawings, Pinacotheca, Melbourne

1984 - Small bronzes, Towen Mount Gallery, Sunshine Coast, Qld.

1994 - Large steel sculpture. Cooroy Butter Factory, Sunshine Coast

1995 - Bronze sculptures and drawing, Gomboc Gallery, Western Australia

1997 - Sculpture, painting and drawing, Gilchrist Gallery, Brisbane

1998 - Sculpture, painting and drawing. Watling Gallery, Southport Qld.

2000- Small bronze sculptures, Helen Gorry Gallery, Melbourne.

2003 - Transition - Exhibition of Painting, Bruce Watling Gallery, Brisbane

2005 – Transformed – Exhibition of recent painting at Watling Gallery, Brisbane

2005 – Exhibition of painting at Watling Gallery, Southport Qld.

2006 – Exhibition of painting, University Gallery, University of Sunshine Coast Qld.

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

1971 - Royal Exchange London Students invitation exhibition

1973 - Western Australian Institute of Technology, Perth, Invitation Exhibition

1974 - WA Artists Festival of Perth exhibition, WA Art Gallery

1976 - Inaugural Cityscape Exhibition, WA Sculptors Assn.

1976/77 - Several shows with 'Praxis group, Praxis Gallery, Perth Foundation member

1980 - Inaugural National Sculpture Triennial, La Trobe University, Melbourne

1984 - Caloundra Arts Festival

1997 - Sunshine Coast Sculptors, Maleny Qld

1998 - First prize sculpture, Caloundra Arts Festival

1999 - 'Heads', - Group sculpture show at 10 Arts Space Gallery, Sunshine Coast Qld

COMMISSIONS

1969 - Large stone carving, Surrey, England

1973 - Large ferro-cement sculpture, Hale School Perth

1974/75 - City of Vienna, marble carving at International Garden Show, Austria

PUBLIC COLLECTIONS

Hale school, Perth

Edith Cowan University, Perth

City of Vienna, Austria

Landesregierung Nieder Oesterreich,Austria

Melbourne University

Heide Museum of Modern Art, Melbourne

McClelland Regional Gallery, Victoria

WA State Gallery, two pieces.

TEACHING

1977/79 Sculpture and drawing, Fremantle Technical College

1997/98 Tutoring in sculpture, Sunshine Coast University Qld.

Various summer schools and ongoing private drawing classes

OTHER ACTIVITIES

1972 - Began bronze casting foundry, Fremantle

1985 - Founded Amamoor Pottery, specialising in complex mold making

1987 - Began working in bronze again - designer for Australian Fine Arts Foundry

1988 - Began casting again in own foundry, 'Studio Bronze Casting'

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"CONTEMPORARY ARTWORKS"
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06-09-2007 - 10-09-2007

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OPEN APEC LONG WEEKEND

including September 7

Gallery hours Tuesday to Sunday 12-6

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"ART SYDNEY 07"
by
26-10-2007 - 28-10-2007

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"ALL THE BEST 2007"
by
08-12-2007 - 15-01-2008

Exhibition Comments:

ALL THE BEST SOHO GROUP EXHIBIT 2007

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"FORGED STEEL SCULPTURE"
by
06-04-2008 - 13-05-2008

Exhibition Comments:

After working for many years as a sculptor, I find I still carry through from that earlier discipline a strong preoccupation with surface, texture. I am not concerned with making pictures with a story.

The paint, the primary material, is paramount as I manipulate it to harmonize and tune the various elements of the work. I hope to provoke response from the viewer that is not literal; I seek deeper reactions, these are not verbal communications.

I do not attempt to provide explanations, as I do not myself 'understand' these paintings. For me. a painting succeeds if it works, it is in tune with itself, and finally, it offers me glimpses of mystery. I do not need to seek some explanation, nevertheless eventually, a title comes to mind which seems to fit, to be apposite. These titles are mostly not descriptions, merely access keys.

I often use musical terms in talking about my work. There are great similarities in the underlying thinking of these different art forms; they both use such concepts as tonal values, high or low key etc. In explaining my work I like to say that while some music is accompanied by lyrics, other music is purely instrumental. As a painter, I would say that I lean towards the latter.

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