Exhibition Archive
Converge, Arts Northern Rivers
Gallery One
Wednesday 2 July - Sunday 3 August 2008
Converge is a touring exhibition showcasing the work of the finest ceramic artists, both emerging and established, from the Northern Rivers region of NSW.
Bevan Skinner, Stars of Banyabba, earthenware vase with underglaze colours
with clear glaze rim 2005
Snap, Crackle, Pot, Bundaberg Pottery Group
Gallery Two
Wednesday 2 July - Sunday 3 August 2008
Explore the originality or "Snap", the variety of clay and glaze surfaces or "Crackle" and the resulting pieces or "Pot" in this fun exhibition of works from traditional pottery through to more contemporary forms.
Bundaberg Pottery Group, Detail of collaborative work, high fired ceramic
with underglaz 2008
Total Livability, Sebastian Moody
the Vault
Wednesday 2 July - Sunday 3 August 2008
What's your idea of the perfect lifestyle? Have your say and help shape the
installation by completing a survey. Opinions will be compiled into vinyl
signage and a video work to highlight what our local community believes the
ideal lifestyle looks like. Come and watch it grow!
To participate and contribute to this artwork follow the link to a brief, it only takes 5 mins, and your input will shape the exhibition
Total Livability Survey
Sebastian Moody, Image purchased 2007 from Getty Images
Myth to Moden, Bronzes from the Queensland Art Gallery Collection
Gallery One
Wednesday 14 May - Sunday 27 June 2008
Explore bronze sculptures from the Queensland Art Gallery's collection covering the themes of myth, legend, portraiture and modernism. This exhibition includes works by Auguste Rodin and Henry Moore along with other masters of this form
Henry Moore, England 1898 -1986, Reclining figure: Prop 1975 , Bronze
maquette, prop. Ed. 6/9, 12.7 x 28 x 15cm, Purchased 1976
Flop, Charles Robb
The Vault
Wednesday 2 April - Sunday 11 May 2008
In this unusual sculptural installation, Charles uses a life sized plaster bust of himself, to explore the tensions in creating self-portraiture.
This artwork featured in the installation at Unplace Project, Brisbane. Charles
Robb, Yawn, 2006, Gypsum-based acrylic resin fiberglass and lead shot, synthetic
polymer paints.
Comfortable Positions, Liam Mathers and Anna McMahon
Gallery Two
Wednesday 2 April - Sunday 11 May 2008
Using gender based imagery printed onto bed covers, Liam and Anna explore human responses to images of the human body.
Liam Mathers, Still Single, Custom made mattress cover, mattress 2006
The Farmer Remembers the Somme, Bundaberg Arts Society
Gallery One
Wednesday 2 April - Sunday 11 May 2008
The Farmer Remembers the Somme is a poem written by Australian novelist Vance
Palmer. The poem describes the memories of one of the bloodiest battles in
history which was fought on the Somme River in France. Members of the Society
have created artworks based on their interpretation of this poem in their anual
exhibition.
Building Bundy, Bundaberg Arts Centre and the Bundaberg Historical Museum Inc.
Gallery One
Wednesday 2 April - Sunday 11 May 2008
Building Bundy examines the development of Bundaberg as a city by drawing on the collections of the Bundaberg Arts Centre and the Bundaberg and District Historical Museum.
Building Bundy exhibition view, 2008
Where Did I come From Mum?, Jenny Neubecker and Orinda Martin
Gallery Two
Wednesday 2 April - Sunday 11 May 2008
This exhibition of collage and mixed media works is a symbolic story about what children inherit from family members. Bundaberg artists Jenny and Orinda examine how we can connect our children with their ancestors by sharing memories of small personal objects we have inherited.
Orinda Martin, Harry and Grandma K. No 1,Mixed Media Collage, 2008
Sweetest Thing, Bianca Acimvoic
The Vault
Wednesday 2 April - Sunday 11 May 2008
In the Sweetest Thing Bianca focuses on the teaspoon as a mundane but functional object and its association with serving sugar. The installation encourages the viewer to reconsider this object and to consider trace materials.
Bianca Acimovic, Sweetest Thing, Various Sugars and Cell Mix, 2007 - 2008
Native Busch Art, Diana McNicol
Gallery One
Wednesday 20 Febeurary - Sunday 30 March 2008
Native Busch Art This Australian Indigenous art exhibition, featuring
stunning pieces of aboriginal art, is the collection of Diana Busch McNicol.
Diana's passion for Aboriginal Art was born in the early 1990's during an
extraordinary six week light aircraft flight around Australia, visiting many
remote areas and communities.
This exhibition features diversified and dynamic
pieces of aboriginal art which have been collected from the Tiwi Islands,
Mowanjum and Warmun communities in the Kimberley region, Balgo Hills, Yuendumu
and Utopia in the Central and Western Deserts.
Diversity of Austrailian Landscape, Fred Green
Gallery Two
Wednesday 20 February - Sunday 30 March 2008
Diversity of Austrailian Landscape, Fred Green
This exhibition strives to capture, in translucent watercolour, the diversity of
the Australian landscape. This landscape is explored through the artists
personal travels from the North of Australia to the South, from the far West to
the East and that which falls in between, transcribing idyllic places like the
Whitsunday's, Darwin and Hobart. It is though this record of personal travel
that this exhibition becomes also about an exploration into the artist himself.
Fred Green, Midtown Marina, 2007, Watercolour
Wrapped in Wealth and Abumdance, Lisa Blainey
The Vault
Wednesday 20 February - Sunday 30 March 2008
I wondered what it felt like to possess wealth that has to be secured
behind locked doors to be enjoyed?.. Does the ownership of the wealth
transform the individual?
And at what cost was it attained? What does the everyday life of those
with huge assets in vaults look like. Do they value their day to day activities
and interactions?. What is the focus of their life? what is in essence is
their treasure?
Love Propeller 2008
Rise:Cooking up Character, Morley Granger
Gallery One
Wednesday 20 Febeurary - Sunday 30 March 2008
Rise: Cooking up Chaaracter is a exhibition by artist Morley Granger. The exhibition captures the character of Australia. It describes our country and its multi-ethnic people, using textiles old and new to tell stories of both hardship and success.
Artist Morley Granger, Rise: Cooking up Character, 2005, 400 x 400 x 185 mm, Photo by David Martinelli About Face
Gallery One
Wednesday 9 January - Sunday 17 February 2008
About Face is a showcase exhibition of contemporary concept portraiture by Fusi6n, a group of six Melbourne-based professional artists who worked together over 2 years to complete this body work: Joseph Attard, Raelene Sharp, Helen Edwards, Regina Hona, Terrianne Murray and Lyn Mellady.
Each artist completed a portrait of the other artists and a self-portrait, producing 36 large scale unframed works on canvas.
In About Face the artist is not merely recording the likeliness of a person but has endeavoured to express fragments of the artist's presonality which allowed freedom of expression and interpretation.
Terrianne Murray, Choices (self-portrait), 2007, oil on canvas
Crust by the Gold Coast City Art Gallery
Gallery One
21 November - 6 January 2008
The Gold Coast City Art Gallery has an extensive collection of ceramics. Many of these have been acquired through the Gold Coast International Ceramic Art Award which has run since 1982. Crust is a selection of 38 contemporary pieces from the Gold Coast City Art Gallery's collection, and displays one of the most significant collections of ceramics in regional Australia.
Crust explores the variety of firing techniques from raku and gas to sgraffito and salt glaze whilst also showcasing works from Australian and international artists highlighting the complexity of ceramic practice. For those unable to attend the exhibition in person all works from the Crust exhibition are available online at http://www.gcac.com.au/crust.htm
ATTENTION TEACHERS: An education kit comprising artist statements, a list of ceramic techniques, terminologies and activity sheets will be available.
Please contact Roana O'Neill, Public Programs Officer at the Bundaberg Arts Centre on (07) 4152 3700 or by email at roanao@bundaberg.qld.gov.au for further information.
Gerry Wedd, MP (Michael Peterson), 2005, handbuilt porcelain, cobalt decoration & clear glaze. Purchased 2005.
Broken Art by Gail Spendelove
Gallery Two
Wednesday 9 January - Sunday 17 February 2008
Gail Spendeloveis a Bundaberg artist who draws on found materials to create her mosaics. Broken Art presents a sense of freedom and exploration of texture, design and colour.
"My journey with mosaics started about 6 years ago and has progressed from quite simple abstract designs to express my love of nature, through colours and textures, to my current more complex imagery, creating a visual journey of form and colour.
In my work I have tried to create through the use of multi media, tactile vibrant images showing spontaneity of colour progressions, by cutting and laying tesserae in a different way to traditional mosaics.
As a mosaic artist I am passionate about seeing a renaissance of contemporary mosaic art for its beauty, versatility, and endurance". Gail Spendelove
Gail Spendelove, Subterranean, 2006, mixed media.
Seeing the Light by Dave Machen
The Vault
Wednesday 9 January - Sunday 17 February 2008
Seeing the Light is an exploration of societal life presented through sculpture and new media. "If I won lotto, I would..." How often have we heard this? So many people think they are discontent with their lifes."... it doesn't take much to change it either by attitude or physicality. All they have to do is think logically and after seeing the light, act." Dave Machen.
Dave Machen, Fifteen Rods, 2007, steel.
Deep Honey by Adam Anderson
Gallery Two
21 November - 6 January 2008
Adam Anderson graduated from Bundaberg's Shalom College in 2005 and is now undertaking a Bachelor of Fine Art at Griffith University's Queensland College of Art. Adam has participated in a number of group exhibitions but Deep Honey is Adam's first solo exhibition at the Bundaberg Arts Centre.
Using acrylicon canvas, oil and conte Adam explores the characters and stories in Greek mythology which he credits with inspiring him towards the pursuit of art. Adam presents his interpretation of a variety of mythological stories, revealing many of the hidden messages which explore issues such as lust, love, vanity, selfishness and the complexity of both the human psyche and human relationships.
Adam Anderson, Echo Patron Of Unspoken Words, 2007, oil on canvas
Paws to Reflect by Caryl Plant
The Vault
21 November - 6 January 2008
Bali has numerous animal gods including dogs, cats and monkeys. Paws to Reflect includes 50 small black and white monoprints of these animals in various poses and undertaking different activities. Bundaberg artist Caryl Plant explains that "Paws to Reflect is an exhibition designed to illustrate the community animals of another culture, some of which are manifest as gods, but certainly not pets."
Caryl Plant, Grooming Interrupted, 2007, monoprint
Art to Music Christmas School Holiday Program!
Mon 17, Tues 18, Wed 19 and Thurs 20 December 2007.
10am - 12.15pm each day
Tutor will be Bundaberg artist Helen Francis.
Listen to music, experiment with drawing shapes and create a special design. Then add colour and take home your music inspired artwork.
Your artworks can also be used to create a Christmas card!
Cost $6 per child, includes all materials, a drink and a snack.
Bookings are essential! Contact the Bundaberg Arts Centre on 4152 3700 for more information or to be placed on a free mailing list.
The holiday activity will run in the Access Studio on the first floor of the Bundaberg Arts Centre.
Gallery One
29 August - 7 October 2007
Dancing by Design, Australian Youth Ballet
The Australian Youth Ballet was formed in 1978 under the direction of dancer and choreographer Inara Svalbe and administrator Kenneth McCaffrey. Svalbe had a vision - a company of dancers between the ages of 8 and 15 with a totally professional approach to performance. The company provided opportunities for students to gain stage experience and to develop the discipline and work ethic vital to becoming a professional artist. In addition to choreographing the ballets, Inara Svalbe designed and made the elaborately detailed costumes. As an example, Alice in Wonderland required 98 costumes, with each costume taking approximately 2 days to make. The company became renowned not only for its repertoire of original ballets, but also for its lavish costumes and elaborate sets.
Australian Youth Ballet costumes
The Private World of Baldwin Swamp, Baldwin Swamp Artists
Gallery One
29 August - 7 October 2007
When the Kalgarra Art Group (otherwise known as "The Tin Shed Artists") had to re-locate temporarily to the Baldwin Swamp Shelter Shed, they invited other Bundaberg artists to join their friendly group to pursue their enjoyable pastime of making art. After a few months most of the Kalgarra Artists resumed their weekly painting sessions in the newly built shed, but the enthusiastic artists who remained at the swamp continued to meet each week.
The group is now well known as "The Baldwin Swamp Artists" and they have been painting there for almost thirteen years. It is a very dynamic friendly group and open to anyone who would like to join in the making of art.
This exhibition is The Baldwin Swamp Artists second, the first being held in 1997.
Lee Brown, Baldwin Swamp Artist, Jacanas Rule
Kinky Covers, U3A Bundaberg Spinners & Weavers Inc.
Gallery Two
29 August - 7 October 2007
For the purpose of this exhibition, Kinky Covers, which we hope is a modern look on an ancient craft, we have decided on blankets, cushions and a few other Kinky Covers.
For thousands of years, man has been creating covering to keep himself and his family warm. This year in Bundaberg we have certainly needed them. We have used different methods and thread to make these articles. Some are knitted, some crocheted, some felted, some woven - and we hope that you are going to enjoy looking, feeling and touching them as much as we have enjoyed making them.
Nancey Joy, Bundaberg Spinners and Weavers Artist
Voices Behind Glass, Natalie Billing
The Vault
29 August - 7 October 2007
To others we may be defined by our actions however to ourselves we are defined by our memories. Voices Behind Glass consists of approximately 500 snapshots from a set of albums found at a Brisbane Flea Market. These were a family's mementos documenting amongst other things their progression from newly weds to parents. They were taken to record events, which to this family were precious enough to memorialize. However having moved beyond the timeline of the lives which created them they have become simply images, assessable only on an aesthetic level. Now preserved in porcelain they hang in the gallery like an inverted forest forcing the viewer to move amongst them and confront their startling familiarity. Single sentences from a lost narrative these images have much more they wish to tell us, yet all we hear is their silence.
Natalie Billing,Voices Behind Glass
Ripple Effect, Bundaberg Pottery Group
Gallery One
18 July - 26 August 2007
The intention of this exhibition is to highlight the contrast between a life with plentiful water and the harsh reality and devastation of drought. The gritty surfaces, infinite textures and colours that clay provides make it a most suitable medium in which to express the concept of contrast. Harsh, scratchy surfaces create a feeling of unease and discomfort.
The wet and dry sculptural pillars are a focal point for each section. These pillars have been constructed from the unitalicise work of individual members and were often the starting point for ideas reflected throughout the exhibition. The work has been arranged to show the way the earth can be when water is in abundant supply, then moves through a transition into what our world may become when the rain has gone.
Bundaberg Pottery Association, John Murry
Sacred Scarab, Sally Spencer
Gallery One
18 July- 26 August 2007
"In 2003 I made a research trip to Egypt to experience and study Egyptian art and antiquities. As an installation artist I am concerned with the dynamics of space. My cultural background stems from the Greek world of Humanism and Golden Section and I was aware that the sheer scale of the Egyptian monuments had to be experienced in order to appreciate their achievements.
Ancient History and tracing the origins of civilization has always been my passion, and source of inspiration as a visual artist. Ancient Egyptian imagery resounds and forms a significant part of our contemporary visual language". Sally Spencer
Sally Spencer
Wide Sugar, Sue and Adrian Hunter
Gallery Two
18 July- 26 August 2007
As a young married couple Adrian and Sue Hunter lived in the Bundaberg region during the early 1980's. It was during this time that they were first inspired to paint some of the unique landforms in this area. Wide Sugar is a collection of land/seascape paintings depicting the Wide Bay region. The work includes a few earlier pieces, with the majority being paintings completed in the last twelve months.
Adrian and Sue recognise that the Bundaberg and Wide Bay region has a distinctive quality in relation to light, space and unique landforms. It retains elements of a unique coastal beauty whilst supporting a diverse agricultural community. The paintings invite the viewer to look into this unique environment and appreciate the natural environment of this part of Australia.
Cane Fire at the Hummock by Adrian Hunter
Trickle, Matt Dwyer
The Vault
18 July- 26 August 2007
Trickle is an installation that responds directly to the environment in which it is situated, The Vault. Once utilised as a bank vault this space is regarded as impenetrable. Trickle is a contradiction to this impenetrableness through the presence of water-like forms that appear to be threatening the space.
Through the utilisation of light these water like forms arise the illusion of water trickling into the space seeping through the walls and ceiling. Trickle responds to the history and purpose of The Vault, instilling the viewers' awareness of the space in which it is installed.
Matt Dwyer
State of Play, Redcliffe Art Gallery
Gallery One
6 June- 15 July 2007
This collaborative exhibition between Redcliffe City Art Gallery and artist John Robinson is an exhibition for all ages.
State of Play includes interactive art making activities combined with traditional artworks which explore the nature of art. The artworks and activities use play as a vehicle to encourage the beginner and experienced artist into the world of art.
The whole family can join in activities ranging from decorating stones, playing with a peg board, designing moving pictures, drawing, creating sculptures and more.
Trapeze by John A Robinson
Laser Beak Man, Queensland Arts Council
Gallery Two
6 June- 15 July 2007
"Tim Sharp is 17 years old and has Autism. Autism is a lifelong condition which severely affects everyday life and impacts the most on the ability to communicate and form relationships.
After being told that he would never speak, Tim discovered that drawing allowed him to communicate better and by the time he was 11 years old, Laser Beak Man was invented. Tim has been drawing his superhero and his amazing quirky adventures ever since.
Tim's refreshingly optimistic drawings are a wonderful insight to his intellect and to his wicked sense of humour." Queensland Arts Council.
Cats at the Opera by Tim Sharp
Shadow Play, Roana O'Neill
The Vault
6 June- 15 July 2007
Shadow Play encourages the exploration of the body and surroundings by creating shadows and by using materials to create additional dimensions to shadows.
This interactive installation encourages children to explore and play with their shadows, change their shadows and draw and guess objects from shadows.
Children are also encouraged to share their experiences with other participants.
Dichotomy, Lynne Marshall
Gallery One
27 April - 3 June 2007
I believe an artist can trap positive energy in their work that can connect to the soul of the viewer and provoke strong emotion, calm contemplation and healing. My paintings focus on using landscape elements as metaphors for life to cause the viewer to extend their perceptions of the world in some way.
This is better expressed in the following verse written for my Sub Rosa and consequent series, Let the Rivers Flow.
' Below the surface of all things lie numerous dimensions. Landscapes encompass many aspects and confirm the imprint of humanity. Feelings, emerging and floating in the atmosphere, are more than skin deep. They anchor themselves, from a bird's eye view, into organic shapes, or fall away poetically into infinity'.
Fragments by Lynne Marshall
The Human Form, Bundaberg Art Society
Gallery Two
27 April- 3 June 2007
The human form can be represented in a variety of ways, depending on the cultural context and style of art, such as realistic or abstract.
In their latest exhibition titled The Human Form, members of the Bundaberg Arts Society tackle this subject from different perspectives. Works include a range of characters, shapes and ages as well as a variety of emotions, feelings and actions from beginner to professional artists.
Debbie Wray
Art Shoes, Queensland Art Council
Gallery Two
27 April- 3 June 2007
Strappy, slingback, stilettoÂ… shoes come in various shapes and sizes, but if you thought you'd seen them all then think again!
With titles such as Swept off your Feet, Y2K Bug, Sea slug, Pirate shoes, and Frog Princess expect the unexpected!
Artistic designers and founders of the Pendragon Boot Company Jackie Orme Ward and Adrian Lockwood have 18 years of experience in shoe making and are involved in all its aspects.
The Pendragon Boot Company has produced footwear for Opera Queensland, Queensland theatre Company Production as well as interstate production companies such as Simon Gallagher EssGee Entertainment and Company B.
The touring of this exhibition has been made possible by the Queensland Arts Council (QAC) through their Ontour byrequest program.
House Boot by the Pendragon Boot Company
REGARDING RETRO: Reanimations of the Preloved, Blacktown Arts Centre
Gallery One
14 March - 22 April 2007
Regarding Retro is an exhibition with a present-day social history emphasis examining a barely acknowledged second-hand economy common to Australia's regions and marginalised suburban locales.
It celebrates creative makers who transform the passe, the retro, the kitsch and the re-usable into works of art and collections of distinction.
To counter stereotypes of the notorious Western Suburbs, Blacktown Arts Centre is taking a leadership role in presenting an exhibition that subverts assumptions about lower socio-economic demographics.
Regarding Retro aims to uncover the links between economic survival and artistic invention, promoting artists who reanimate the discarded.
Danny Abood
Prickly Heat, Jenny Gilbertson
Gallery Two
14 March - 22 April 2007
Jenny captures the fragile and transient beauty found amongst the detritus of coastal heathland, or Wallum in this exhibition.
The artworks raise awareness of the array of delicate and stunning forms and colours that lie underfoot in coastal wallum scrub.
Although these areas have a tough exterior, they are still very fragile environments and susceptible to damage.
Works include those of an intimate scale along with larger pieces incorporating elements of painting, drawing and sculpture.
Jenny Gilbertson
The Silk Road, Ariella Anderson
The Vault
14 March - 27 April 2007
Like the Nomads of the desert, people nowadays are nomads of one form or another. Folding their tent, packing their belongings, carrying along their Storage Jars. In times these jars carried valuable grain and cereals.
Today they carry our stories. They contain our past.
Our cultural heritage slowly seeps through and resurfaces. Like a touch of spice, it will enhance the flavour -augment the experience. Imprints and shadows of our past journeys resonate in our present. We carry them within us and they are reflected in all that we do, see, want.
Ariella Anderson
Patriotism Persuasion Propaganda-American War Posters, Australian National Maritime Museum
Gallery One
7 February - 11 March 2007
Skillfully designed and carefully aimed at public observers, a poster can be a powerful weapon, particularly in wartime.
Patriotism, Persuasion, Propaganda - American War Posters highlights America's strategic use of poster art in times of conflict, from World War I through to the present war on terrorism.
"In the early 20th century the Americans were still honing their marketing skills,", says Paul Hundley, Senior Curator of the museum's USA Gallery. "By the time they entered the war, the big advertising agencies were in full flight and you can see the ad people's influence in the output of the Office of War Information."
Memories on Canvas, Hendrik van Vliet
Gallery Two
7 February - 11 March 2007
Hendrik "Henk" van Vliet was born in Holland and has lived in Australia for 24 years.
His professional life was spent as a photographer, only taking up painting after his retirement. He has earned consistent praise for his work.
While Henk paints abstract as well as impressionistic works, it is his landscapes that are the dominant focus of this exhibition.
Hendrik van Vliet
Luminous, Rebecca Ross
The Vault
7 February - 11 March 2007
Enter The Vault to encounter a glowing wall of light which will exhibit a stained glass like quality.
Artist Rebecca Ross is the second artist to take part in the Light Fantastic, a series of installations based around light.
"Luminous is a light based site specific installation that explores the sense of containment evident in The Vault. The work transforms The Vault into a life-sized light box, engaging the viewer in the elements of light and colour via a simultaneous experience". Rebecca Ross.
Luminous by Rebecca Ross
