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click here for a list of exhibitions at mrag from 2004 - 2008 |
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Collecting Lines: Selected Works from
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A fascinating look into the private collection of Geoff and Vicki Ainsworth. The exhibition features works from Australian artists including Russell Drysdale, Sidney Nolan, Lloyd Rees and Rosemary Laing. The exhibition also features a large array of international artists demonstrating the breadth and depth of this collection, including works by Don Francisco Goya, Lucian Freud, Tracey Emin, Sol LeWitt, Kathe Kollwitz, Gwynn Hanssen Piggot- plus several more. 15 august - 18 October 2009 |
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Graham Kuo: Recent Drawings |
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As works on paper - the medium MRAG has recently focused its entire collection on - Recent Drawings presents a body of new body of work by Graham Kuo. Influenced by his own cultural background, these expressive artworks are a demonsration of the best of contemporary abstraction. graham kuo Black and White with Colour Lines (detail) 2009 ink and pastel on paper 27cm x 57cm 15 august - 18 October 2009 |
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Different Tracks: The Agapitos/Wilson
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The Agapitos/Wilson Annual 15 august - 22 November 2009 |
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Fiona Davies: Intangible Collection |
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Annual exhibition sponsored by Farrow
Wyatt Chartered Accountants Fiona Davies installation Intangible Collections draws together historical and personal items, archived records and ephemeral memories of the diverse activities that once took place in the orginal buildings of the new MRAG. This beautiful exhibition commemorates the personal and social importance of the old Maitland Technical College building over its last hundred years. fabric flower by Pamela Smith, photographed by Fiona Davies. 15 august - 22 November 2009 |
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Jon Pryer: Off the Leash art + play installation in the art factory |
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Memories of his childhood formed a strong base for both Pryer’s exhibition of works and the children’s play installation he created to accompany it. Off the Leash is an exhibition that marries all of Jon’s different parts; artist, father, designer, and perhaps part dog…… john pryer Dog (detail), 2009. cardboard and fibreglass, dimensions variable 15 august - 6 December 2009 |
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Susan O'Doherty: 900 eyes |
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O’Doherty says, “This project is not about conventional
portraiture, nor is it the culmination of a personal relationship
between artist and subject. It is meant to be viewed as a total;
a sea of faces which themselves make up a whole portrait.
It is also an arbitrary archive partially documenting the visual
arts world centred around Sydney. I wanted my subjects to be
recognisable, to come together like a large silent gathering of the
arts community all clustered in one room. Each face is staring
out from the canvas, unsmiling, eyes fixed on the viewer in a
reversal, especially for the artists, looking back at their audience. There has been no sitting involved. To make my paintings, I searched out painters, sculptors, photographers, gallery directors, conservators, writers and collectors, taking two quick passport-style head and shoulders digital photos of each. With little warning they didn’t have time to prepare themselves for the camera. In this way everybody, no matter what their role or perceived status is equal.” 23 october - 6 December 2009 Susan O’Doherty clockwise from top left Euan Macleod, Margaret Olley, Frank Watters, Lucy Culliton, Adam Cullen and Wendy Whiteley, 2006 - 2008, each panel acrylic on canvas 40 x 28cm. |
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Max Miller and Barry Gazzard |
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The exhibition Corner Country brings together two Australian artists; Max Miller and Barry Gazzard. Each year these two artists independently travel to the same area in NSW to paint and be inspired by the remote region commonly known as the ‘corner country.’ |
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antarctica a place in the wilderness A Museum and Gallery Services Queensland Touring Exhibition |
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Antarctica - A Place in the Wilderness is an exhibition of photography by Judy Parrott from an Australian Antarctic Division Arts Fellowship.
Having spent several months on an Australian Antarctic Division Arts Fellowship, Brisbane artist Judy Parrott’s exhibition of photographic works Antarctica - A Place in the Wilderness presents a rare and exhilarating glimpse of life on Australia’s most remote research stations. judy parrott the plateau (detail) 2005 silver gelatin photograph 27 november 2009 - 17 january 2010 |
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michael garth and giselle penn spanning the void |
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When Giselle and Michael were paired together to make a collaborative work they were initially daunted by the prospect. This apprehension was founded in the fact that their individual work is so different. They both realised they needed to bridge the gap that existed between the different forms and materials they were familiar with, hence the arch. Arches bridge gaps. The strength in the arch is derived from the individual stones contacting its partners to support the one key stone. The key stone is the only stone that holds no allegiance to either side but it is no more important to the structure than any one of the individual stones. If any one stone fails so does the designed purpose. The interaction between the stones is intimate and personal due to there proximity. As the pair worked and discussed the best way to proceed they realised that the arch is a metaphor for so many things that no matter what message they implied, it would be interpreted differently by all who saw it. During the planning, marquettes and drawings were made to make sure what each other was describing was clearly understood. These objects now tell there own story. michael garth and giselle penn marquette for spanning the void 2009 timber, felt 190mm x 190mm x 40mm 27 november 2009 - 17 january 2010 |
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in your dreams a touring exhibition |
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Dreams: a train of thought and images experienced during sleep, a vision, something only imaginary, a distant hope or ideal. Chambers Dictionary Like many great projects, this one began with a dream. The dream was to encourage artists from different places to come together to individually create an artwork for a joint show, and in the process to enable interaction between the artists, leading to opportunities for them to show their work internationally and to learn and develop through the experience. In so doing this will then allow gallery patrons in many venues in three countries to see and learn from the artists' works. The artists come from greatly differing art disciplines, encompassing painting, print-making, sculpture, jewellery and textiles. corrie wright in your dreams…the dress maker will draft a different pattern (detail) mixed poli-carbon plastic, paper, mono prints 220mm x 220mm x 140mm 27 november 2009 - 17 january 2010 |
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camille kersley of trees and love |
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The 30 wood block rubbings of tree drawings are part of an ongoing process that began many years ago. The images for this body of work have been selected from a larger collection of ‘tree drawings’ created by people who have touched my life in both subtle and potent ways. This work is an opportunity to pay homage to those people, and a private acknowledgment of the mysterious ways in which I have been honed and shaped by each of them. |
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robert rosen a glimpse of siblings |
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| "...An extract of the fully-fledged Robert Rosen exhibition Siblings, the exhibition includes large-scale photographs of actors Hugo Weaving and Jack Thompson and their brothers. An established society photographer, Rosen’s subject matter features the celebrities nude and in poses designed to show their bonds and individuality..." |
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the 2009 brenda clouten memorial
scholarship
for a young achiever in visual arts |
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| the winner of the 2009 brenda clouten memorial
scholarship
for a young achiever in visual arts is michael randall
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salvatore zofrea | days of summer |
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‘Days of Summer is a masterful achievement in Salvatore Zofrea’s oeuvre, and Australian printmaking generally. One of this country’s most accomplished woodcut artists has again managed to create an ambitious and all embracing body of work that marks an important development in his own art, as well as bring us another vision of that great, enduring theme of Australian art – the Australian landscape.’
Anne Ryan Curator, Australian Prints, Art Gallery of New South Wales April 2008 salvatore zofrea days of summer education kit salvatore zofrea Illawarra Flametree and Bowerbird (detail) Hand coloured woodcut print on Japanese Hitachi paper 69 x 88.5cm 11 december - 28 february 2010 |
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tanya alexandra richards |
sediments of haptic play |
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“Sight paints a picture of life, but sound, touch, taste and smell are actually life itself.”
Gill Sullivan My time spent in wide and open spaces of Australian desert was not only of visual dimensions but of multi-sensory experiences of sight, touch, smell, taste and auditory senses. The created spaces concentrate on an effect, wanting to alter the viewer’s conditioned perception, not by imitation but by reconstruction of spacial memories. The work is more about what it is not rather than what it is. These multi-sensory and multi-dimensional experiences of the installations are meant to challenge habitual perceptions and pre-conceptions by creating an invitation to new ways of seeing. By approaching the work with a clear slate, free of pre-conceptions we learn to expand our range of the ways we feel, think and live. As the body is a site of all the senses, the immediacy of encounter becomes a multi-sensory experience. The senses translate each other without a need of interpretation or intervention of an idea. tanya alexandra richards detail from installation Sediments of Haptic Play (detail) 2009 11 december - 28 february 2010 |
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the 53rd maitland international salon
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an exhibition of the top 100 prints received for
the 26 february - 21 march 2010 |
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construction carla feltham | michelle maartensz | martin trew |
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archibald prize 09 | NSW regional tour |
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 6 march - 18 april 2010 guy maestri geoffrey gurrumul yunupingu oil on linen 200cm x 168cm winner 2009 archibald prize |
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| michelle gearin | the love dog | ||
Compiled from both found images and personal objects - dogs, women, livestock, copulating couples, kittens, armchairs, pianos - Gearin's paintings are expressive, personal artworks; this current body of work is vibrant and colourful, interweaving layers of oils, pastels and ink. ‘I want my paintings to inspire an inward seeing of outward experience.’ says Gearin. |
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| love on mount pleasant: garry shead toasts maurice o’shea curated by gavin wilson |
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opening 3:00pm saturday 10 april 2010 This exhibition, curated by Gavin Wilson, is a celebration of the great Hunter Valley winemaker, Maurice O'Shea (1897 - 1956) by his nephew, the renowned artist Garry Shead. garry shead maurice with bandicoot (detail), 1966, oil, enamel and wine glass on board, 75cm x 60cm. |
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| julio santos | 30 years with glass | ||
| opening 3:00pm saturday 10 april 2010 Julio Santos Flat Central Twist Cabaca (detail) 1997, 29 x 17 x 8cm. 26/03/10 - 23/05/10 |
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| australia suite | lynn hard and garry shead | ||
| opening 3:00pm saturday 10 april 2010 garry shead’s drawing (detail) for lynn hard’s poem sydney harbour bridge from australia suite. 26/03/10 - 23/05/10 |
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| shirley cameron-roberts and brian roberts | progression | ||
| opening 3:00pm saturday 10 april 2010 Shirley Cameron-Roberts Regeneration # 1, 2009-2010, acrylic, charcoal and paper on canvas 122 x 122 cm. 26/03/10 - 23/05/10 |
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| brighten my day | colour in the everyday | ||
curated by Lauren van Katwyk 6 march - 13 june 2010 Works of art from the MRAG collection which convey the colour and vivacity of everyday life have been hung at child height on the walls, while a brand new permanent light installation, developed by Melissa O’Brien, hangs in the adjacent stairwell space. In the play space, a 10 metre children’s collaborative drawing installation runs the length of the exhibition space, flanked by a children’s kitchen intended to point out the colour and pattern hidden in the everyday, and a relaxing garden where parents and kids can sit down to read one of MRAG’s children’s books on colour, or inspect the details of a digital montage ‘garden’, created out of drawings by students from Term One’s Art Tuesdays class. detail of light installation by melissa o'brien 2010 |
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| the rhythm of the shadows | the art of john martin, a survey | ||
| opening friday 6:00pm 30 april 2010 23/04/10 - 20/06/10 john martin softly falls (detail) 2010 165 x 200cm |
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| hanna kay | undertow | ||
opening 3:00pm sunday 30 may 2010 hanna kay’s undertow will be complemented by maitland jewish
cemetery: a monument to dreams and deeds a publication and
installation on the history of the cemetery and the people
buried
there, curated by janis wilton and joe eisenberg, and designed
by david guy. |
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| les darcy | an exhibition from the mrag collection to commemorate the passing of the sporting great in may 1917 |
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| opening 3:00pm sunday 30 may 2010 29/05/10 - 30/06/10 artist unknown boxing troupe canvas (detail) mixed media 175cm x 233cm |
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| christine ball | pattern maker | ||
| recent ceramics 9/05/10 - 18/07/10 opening 3:00pm sunday 30 may 2010 christine ball platter stoneware multiple glazes 38cm diameter |
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| annette iggulden | breath and stones | ||
annette iggulden pieta in absentia (detail) 2008 |
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| ruth waller | a thirty year survey an exhibition from the canberra museum and gallery, curated by deborah clark. |
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| 25/06/10 - 15/08/10 opening 6:00pm friday 25 june 2010 by frank watters OAM ruth waller dulle griet (pastel on camouflage) (detail) 2003 synthetic polymer paint, oil, enamel on canvas 96 x 89 cm |
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| operation art | ||
03/07/10 - 22/08/10 opening 6:00pm friday 23 july 2010 Daniel Gardiner Age: 6 Glendon School Blue Bottle Bop Daniel's love of beads, coloured pipe cleaners is reflected in the use of these materials in his artwork. Blue bottle Bop is a combination of paint, ink, string, cellophane and gel medium to achieve the images of bluebottles dancing in the sea. |
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| tom kearney & michelle gearin | nest | ||
an art factory exhibition 18/06/10 - 05/09/10 opening 6:00pm friday 25 june 2010 by frank watters OAM michelle gearin and tom kearney nest (detail) 2010 acrylic on vintage wallpaper on board dimensions variable |
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