Matina Bourmas, Zara Collins, Graeme Bannerman, Isobel Pegrum (& son, Gus) at the opening of "Places and Spaces", Cudgegong Gallery, 3 September 2011, image: K.V.Goldsmith
Inner city studio spaces and the creations that emerge from them by artists from Adelaide, Melbourne and Sydney are currently showing at Cudgegong Gallery in Gulgong.
The exhibition titled Places and Spaces, has been curated by Sydney-based freelance curator and artist, Zara Collins, who wanted to showcase some of the current ideas and practices of the 14 artists, providing insights into their methods, materials and techniques.
Zara Collins was invited by Cudgegong Gallery to put together an exhibition following her time as artist-in-residence at Summervale Cottage, the gallery’s former residency program, in March 2010.
Objects in the resulting exhibition include a ceramic installation and jewellery, other forms of jewellery using traditional and non-traditional materials, and illustration/ embroidery. The artists are: Graeme Bannerman, Isobel Pegrum, Pheobe Miller, Sophie Milne, Matina Bourmas, George Plionis, Chloe Waddell, Katrina Freene, Carlie Henderson, Jason Moss, Laura McKellar, Kate Dunn, Abby Seymour & Katherine Wheeler.
Kim V. Goldsmith caught up with Zara Collins at the opening of Places and Spaces on 3 September.
CONVERSATION WITH ZARA COLLINS (DUR: 5.40)
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Places and Spaces runs at Cudgegong Gallery until 17 October. More information about the exhibition and the artists can be found at the Places and Spaces exhibition blog.
Graeme Bannerman, "Spannerotozoa", ceramic installation, image: Z.Collins
Artist and art teacher, Graeme Bannerman is one of the artists showing work in the Places and Spaces exhibition. Sydney born and bred, Graeme lives and practices in the inner city, in Darlinghurst. His place in the Cudgegong Gallery show came simply from Zara Collins’ invitation to participate and the idea that this was an opportunity to explore “the country” and a place he wasn’t familiar with.
However, Graeme believes the most interesting part of the experience has been not only the new places, but the new people and new interactions – with both artists and viewers – almost transcending the boundaries of place and space. He talks with Kim V. Goldsmith about it.
CONVERSATION WITH GRAEME BANNERMAN (DUR: 3.26)
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See more of Graeme Bannerman‘s work and that of the other artists in the exhibition on the Places and Spaces blog.
