A Few Reasons: Rozalie Sherwood and Steve Tomlin

Rozalie Sherwood , The Tale of the Whale 1. Photographer Andrew Sikorski of Art Atelier Photography.

This exhibition celebrates small and simple pleasures, lighter moments, humour and the power of imagination. The artists’ inspiration comes from memory, landscape, news stories and the process of creating and painting. In doing so, they bring a respite from excess and emphasise a more considered relationship with nature and life.

Rozalie Sherwood is a member of the NetworksAustralia group.

2-19 June 2022

Brunswick Street Gallery

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.)

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