AT OUR TABLE
COUNTRY STYLE HAS TEAMED UP WITH MICHAEL REID MURRURUNDI TO BRING YOU THE AUSTRALIAN COUNTRY TABLE EXHIBITION.
Michael Reid Murrurundi gallery, in rural NSW, presents The Australian Country Table Exhibition.
FOR CENTURIES NOW, the table – that place we eat on and meet around – has been so much more than a food station. Today, in a more relaxed but possibly no less anxious world, the tablescape continues to represent the personality of the host and the society we are comfortable to inhabit. With The Australian Country Table, my colleagues and I asked a cohort of leading painters and ceramicists to depict their kitchens and dining rooms – real or imaginary – as the creative social engine room of a home.
The 15 painters exhibiting in The Australian Country Table have been asked to depict the dining room with a sense of occasion. A space for gatherings; a communal table as an outlet for creativity and great individual style. In essence, a reflection of Country Style.
The five ceramicists participating in The Australian Country Table have for the occasion created entire table settings. Handmade homewares, with the maker’s mark so visibly on view have moved this year’s exhibition into the third dimension. Through their talented endeavours, my colleagues and I were able to curate a real and imagined Australian dining experience. Above all, the painters and ceramicists on view in The Australian Country Table make you yearn for a social occasion and, in our time more than ever, that remains a good thing.
The Australian Country Table exhibition runs from March 4-28 until at Michael Reid Murrurundi, corner Boyd and Mayne streets, Murrurundi, (02) 6546 6767, michaelreidmurrurundi.com.au