New exhibitions explore cultures
Horsham Regional Art Gallery Director Brenda Wellman will welcome Indigenous artist Kent Morris and Wimmera sculptor Dónal Molloy-drum to the official opening of exhibitions on Friday night.
The opening of Kent Morris: Unvanished and Dónal Molloy-drum: Decades, will start at the gallery at 6pm.
Morris, a Barkindji man based in Melbourne, explores the connections between contemporary Indigenous experience and contemporary cultural practices and their continuation and evolution.
His photography reconstructs the shapes and structures of the built environment to reflect the rhythms, form and geometric designs of the first people of Australia.
Molly-drum is influenced by the vast space of the Wimmera and Mallee, where he lives.
The landscape has directed his practice to a place of refinement and expression of simple line and form.
The use of building materials can seem quite removed from the artist’s rural home but are a strong reminder of another life lived in busy cities and his suburban upbringing in Dublin.
A third exhibition, ‘As far as the eye can see’, is from the New South Wales, Blue Mountains City Art Gallery.
‘As far as the eye can see’ presents the works of 22 Australian artists who celebrate the diversity and depth of current print-making practice.
Each artist examines their relationship with the land through a variety of print media and techniques.
They describe the vast scale and intimate details of our diverse natural environmental and explore Australia’s unique and varied geography.
Mrs Wellmann said gallery openings were a great opportunity to meet artists and share insight into their practice, what inspires them and how the creative process could change from original thought to the completed artwork or installation.
The gallery will also host a free Friday ‘meet the exhibition’ morning tea from 10am to 11.30am on August 30.
Gallery visitors can join gallery curator Alison Eggleton as she shares insight into the exhibitions.
The exhibitions are on display until Sunday, November 10, with the gallery open daily.
Opening times are Monday to Friday, 10am to 5pm, and Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays, noon to 4pm.
People seeking further information about gallery exhibitions and workshops can visit website horshamtownhall.com.au.