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Landscape and Comfort Paintings
BILL YOUNG
24 October to 13 December 2009
Gippsland artist Bill Young brings a wealth of experience to the visual arts, whether as an artist or a teacher. In Landscape and Comfort Paintings he conveys a sense of the Vanitas in a suite of seven paintings that deal with themes such as mortality, desire and appetite. ‘Comfort’, here, alludes to the repetition of a much loved image within the suite of seven, like the comfort of a loved novel or album.
Exhibition Opening: To be officially opened by Rodney Forbes - Director, Gippsland Centre for Art and Design, Monash University - Friday 23 October at 7.00pm (Doors open at 6.30pm). All welcome. RSVP: T: 03 5142 3372
Teachers Session: Bill will also be conducting a floor talk at a Teachers Session on Tuesday 10 November. For more details refer to Events and Public Programs section of this website.
Image: Bill YOUNG, Two Good Years [detail], 2009. Oil on canvas, 50 x 90cm
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Disappearers
ALISTAIR DICKINSON, SIMRYN GILL, ANNIE HOGAN, MARK KIMBER, RICHARD LIPP, KENNETH PLEBAN, IZABELA PLUTA, JUHA TOLONEN
14 November to 24 January 2009
Disappearers assembles a cast of eight artists to explore the absent figure in contemporary photography. Haunting, disquieting and spectral, these photographs force us to confront vacant space and consider our relationship with the environment. They show us that while in one sense we ‘are not alone’, in a real sense we are very much alone. Featuring work by Alistair Dickinson [WA], Simryn Gill [NSW], Annie Hogan [QLD], Mark Kimber [SA], Richard Lipp [VIC], Kenneth Pleban [VIC], Izabela Pluta [NSW] and Juha Tolonen [WA].
Image: Juha TOLONEN, Toyota, 2008, Inkjet print, 55 x 55cm
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New Frontiers
Colonial works from the Gippsland Art Gallery Collection
21 November to 13 December 2009
Gippsland Art Gallery invites you to explore a feast of colonial treasures from its permanent collection. The European inhabitation of Gippsland was recorded by artists such as Nicholas Chevalier, Eugene von Guerard and Hans Heyson, and their works today form an important document on the changing perception of the land. With an emphasis on nineteenth century artists, New Frontiers transports you into a world of Sublime landscapes and Victorian melodramas.
Image: Nicholas CHEVALIER, McAlister Valley, Gipps Land [detail] 1865 Chromolithograph, 21.0 x 29.6cm
Collection Gippsland Art Gallery, Sale
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