Restless Nature
March 28 – April 24, 2017
Elizabeth Banfield, Eolo Paul Bottaro, Kerrie Cleverdon, Kyoko Imazu, Adam Nudelman, Bronwyn Rees, John Sheehan, Sophia Szilagyi
Collins Place Gallery
Shop 19 Collins Place, 45 Collins St, Melbourne VIC
This exhibition brings together the work of eight contemporary Australian artists who each explore differing interpretations of the natural world through painting, printmaking, drawing and hand crafted artist books. Artists have long looked to the landscape as a vehicle for creative expression, and each participant in this exhibition uses it as a starting point to create imagery that ranges from finely detailed realism to whimsical and fantastic inventions. From painstakingly detailed prints, to loose expressive drawing and painting, Restless Nature also references the idea of an inherently unsettled state of mind that people are sometimes classed as having – one frequently channelled through creative endeavour.
Join us for drinks with the Artists: Thursday 20th April, 5.30 – 7.30pm
With thanks to the participating artists, Collins Place for providing the venue, and the following galleries:
Flinders Lane Gallery, represent Eolo Paul Bottaro.
Nanda Hobbs Contemporary, represent Adam Nudelman
Sophia Szilagyi has a new exhibition of work running concurrently at
Port Jackson Press Print Gallery
Kyoko Imazu, Hiding Spot I, 2016, etching and aquatint, edition of 9, 44 x 39 cm
Kyoko Imazu, First Contact, 2016, Etching and aquatint, edition of 16, 11 x 15 cm
Adam Nudelman, Corner Inlet No 14, 2015, oil on panel, 305 x 205mm
Eolo Paul Bottaro, A Lion Doesn’t Lose Sleep Over the Opinion of Sheep, 2013
Egg tempera and oil on linen, 148 x 212 cm
Represented by Flinders Lane Gallery, Melbourne
Elizabeth Banfield, imperfection, 2015, linocut, kozo tissue, thread, artist proof, 71 x 66 cm
Elizabeth Banfield, Exposure 2, 2016, linocut, edition of 4, 25 x 54 cm
Eolo Paul Bottaro, The Call, 2016, Egg tempera and oil on linen, 80 x 100 cm
Represented by Flinders Lane Gallery, Melbourne
Sophia Szilagyi, courage II, 2011, Pigment print on archival rag paper, edition of 10, 56 x 69.5 cm
Sophia Szilagyi, warm winds I (left) warm winds II (right), 2016, Pigment print on archival rag paper, each image 96 x 96 cm
Bronwyn Rees, Mt Eccles, 2017, drypoint on acetate, artist proof 20 x 39.5 cm
BRONWYN REES – Wall drawing & Installation, in situ at Collins Place Gallery March 2017.
Bronwyn Rees, I Come From, 2017, Artist book with drypoint on acetate, lettraset, size variable
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