Sue Wood : In Place

 

Sue Wood, Age-Old Country (detail), 2021. Acrylic on canvas. Image courtesy James T Farley.

Sue Wood - In Place

5 February - 14 February 2021

Wagga Wagga Regional Art Gallery

Artist Statement

In Place invites visitors to experience some of the many ways we interact with the landscape: looking at it, immersing ourselves in it, and trying to impose order on it. The paintings, drawings and books in the exhibition respond to the landscapes of the Riverina, where Sue Wood lives and works and Central Australia, which she has visited many times.

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Small Works Art Prize : Deborah Faeyrglenn

 

Deborah Faeyrglenn, Burnt Sisters 2019-20, 10cm, 20cm, 35cm diameter, found tableware, graphite, embroidery thread and mirror board

Deborah Faeyrglenn, Burnt Sisters 2019-20, 10cm, 20cm, 35cm diameter, found tableware, graphite, embroidery thread and mirror board

Deborah Faeyrglenn, Burnt Sisters 2019-20, 10cm, 20cm, 35cm diameter, found tableware, graphite, embroidery thread and mirror board

Deborah Faeyrglenn, Burnt Sisters 2019-20, 10cm, 20cm, 35cm diameter, found tableware, graphite, embroidery thread and mirror board

Artist Statement: Deborah Faeyrglenn

These small works continue my interest in forests and in particular the impact of catastrophic bushfires and how trees survive. Stitching, drawing, and found materials are ongoing elements in my arts practice. In these works, I have rescued discarded tableware, cut away damaged/stained areas, stitched a network of underground tree roots and drawn the burnt forests. The mirrored background and tableware are metaphors for human inter-connection with forests.

Brunswick Street Gallery 

Small Works Art Prize : Rozalie Sherwood

Rozalie Sherwood, Dancing with Demons 2019,  linen, ink, thread, banknote, paper (from article in French on democracy), acrylic sheet.

Rozalie Sherwood, Dancing with Demons 2019,  linen, ink, thread, banknote, paper (from article in French on democracy), acrylic sheet.

Rozalie Sherwood, Dancing with Demons 2019,  linen, ink, thread, banknote, paper (from article in French on democracy), acrylic sheet.

Rozalie Sherwood, Dancing with Demons 2019,  linen, ink, thread, banknote, paper (from article in French on democracy), acrylic sheet.

Winner of the Clifroy Prize: Rozalie Sherwood

Brunswick Street Gallery 

Artist Statement 

This work came from time spent in DRC (Congo) in 2019 - a country disrupted by war, poverty, corruption and tribalism.

Passing the street vendors who sold simcards and internet access, I saw the huge piles of cash most had sitting on tables in front of them. I found it disturbing to see all that cash and to know that most people can afford only one meal each day. (1 Congolese Franc equals 0.00089 AUD; around 3000 Francs will buy a beer or a litre of milk.)

https://www.instagram.com/rozalie.sherwood/ 

 

Growth Rings : Ann McMahon

Ann McMahon, Growth Rings 2021

Ann McMahon, Growth Rings (detail) 2021

Growth Rings : Ann McMahon 

Spiral Gallery 

5 February - 3 March 2021

Ann McMahon is drawn to the tactile, aesthetic & narrative qualities of textiles, a fascination she pursued during studies in the ANU School of Art Textiles Workshop. Since graduating in 2000 she has worked extensively in three dimensional off-loom weaving with recycled waste & harvested materials. Her work expresses through a merging of form & materiality to explore the environment, economic equity & sustainability as well as the nature of human existence.