2020
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ARCHITECTURE STUDENT COLLECTIVE
END OF YEAR SHOW 18 November - 17 December 2020 Explorations of architectural drawing, model making and theory. |
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CLARE WEEKS (PhD)
THEATRE, AUTOPATHOGRAPHY AND THE MEDICALISED SELF 19 October - 06 November 2020 Theatre, autopathography and the medicalised self is a creative response to a diagnosis of Multiple Sclerosis in 2011 and its complex presence - both aesthetic and sensory - in the artist’s life. By testing the limits of the studio and a variety of medical environments, abjection, loss, beauty and order are reperformed by the body and reframed by the lens, the screen and the page. The prognosis is a subjective and yet visually critical autographic portrait of illness, health and self. DOWNLOAD the exhibition invitation READ the exhibition review image: Clare Weeks, Collection (red) 2020. Image courtesy of the artist |
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MICHAEL CHAPMAN
COALFACE 23 September - 16 October 2020 Explorations of architectural drawing, geology and urbanity. VIEW the exhibition highlights Image courtesy of artist. |
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KAREN DIMMOCK (PhD)
WITHIN 02 - 18 September 2020 Objects imbued with personal meanings central to their worth become family keepsakes, passed down from one generation to another. But what happens when family objects are passed on out of turn? This exhibition considers the idea of the contested object; the unprepared custodian of family objects. VIEW installation images DOWNLOAD exhibition invite image: Karen Dimmock, Wihtin 2020, gallery installation (detail) |
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PETER FISHER (PhD)
WISH YOU WERE HERE: REPRESENTATION AND COHESIVENESS OF ARCHITECTURAL PHOTOGRAPHY IN THE POSTCARD 01 - 28 August 2020 Through this curation relating to the travel and exploration of architectural monuments around the world, the research aims to establish elements of the image that contribute to a cohesiveness within the postcard and then by extension, the architectural photograph. This cohesiveness is critical in establishing a representation language which becomes a container of memory from the travel experience. WATCH more about the exhibition VISIT the exhibition instagram |
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2YR SOCI STUDENTS & FRIENDS
MELOMANIA 01 - 28 August 2020 |
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DEBORAH REDWOOD (PhD)
ENTROPY AND CLIMATE CHANGE 30 June - 30 July 2020 |
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CRYSTIAN CRUZ (SOCI)
[CENSURATIVA] 06 March - 29 June 2020 What are the consequences of censorship on activities that involve creative work? Songs, soap operas, newspapers, books and magazines are among the censored artefacts examined in Cruz’s practice-based PhD research. This exhibition presents a visual journey through creative attempts to circumvent censorship during the Brazilian dictatorship (1964-1985). Put your creativity to the test through an interactive typographic experiment that emulates the experience of encountering censorial activities and censored material. image courtesy of artist. |
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SUSAN ZGLINICKI (SOCI)
UNKNOWN LANDS 06 March - 29 June 2020 The quality of light, the beauty of the natural world and the use of landscape tap into our primal connection to the earth. This is demonstrated by our ability to be submerged in its isolation and loneliness, with the seemingly contradictory belief that we are in control over it and that its beauty is therefore for our pleasure alone. In our relationship to landscape there is an ebb and flow between knowledge and uncertainty, between complacence and fear. These works echo the transient nature of the landscape and act as a tribute to the transient lives of the women who have, throughout history, painted it. image: Susan Zglinicki, Unknown Lands Two, 2020. Image courtesy of artist. |
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MARY GRAHAM (SOCI)
COMMUNE WITH NATURE 06 March - 29 June 2020 Commune with Nature explores the respect for nature granted by the appreciation of flora through artistic practice, particularly the process of natural dyeing. Focussing on the colours and textures of the bark and fallen leaves of gum trees, Graham’s work contributes to a contemporary revival of natural dyeing methods and presents an ode to the inherent beauty of nature. image: Mary Graham, Mad About You, 2020. Image courtesy of artist. |
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KATHRYN JEANES (SOCI)
EPHEMERAL COMPOSITIONS 06 March - 29 June 2020 This exhibition from Jeanes unites research into a dark colonial period when young girls were incarcerated, with abstract themes derived from reparative art. Jeanes explores and communicates materiality through the use of decommissioned hospital sheeting - used for the assembly of strait jackets, paper torn from books and cotton thread used to bind. Image courtesy of artist. |
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WAITING FOR EQUALITY
07 December 2019 - 04 March 2020 Waiting for Equality is an exhibition that brings together archival and contemporary material to focus on LGBTQI+ history, as it has emerged in the city of Newcastle. Until now, LGBTQI+ history and culture has received very limited attention in the form of public exhibition, particularly outside capital cities. The exhibition is an opportunity to reflect on and celebrate this history and culture, focusing on the development of LGBTQI+ rights and the historically significant moment in December 2017 when same sex marriage was legalised throughout Australia. The passing of the bill has been seen as a watershed moment for equal rights within Australia and was the outcome of decades of campaigning by the LGBTQI+ community. Waiting for Equality has developed out of an interdisciplinary research project by Dr James Bennett, Professor Marguerite Johnson, Dr Kcasey McLoughlin and Dr David Betts at the University of Newcastle and in conversation with LGBTQI+ community groups in the region. The Waiting for Equality Project is generously supported by a bequest from the late Mrs Janet Copley. VIEW the exhibition panels VIEW the installation images DOWNLOAD the exhibition invitation LISTEN about the exhibition on ABC breakfast radio READ the published article by David Betts & James Bennet Image: Waiting for Equality Maitland Regional Art Gallery installation (detail) courtesy of Maitland RAG. |
