Seamless: Object & Image
The National Art School Gallery presents the exhibition Seamless: Object & Image, a selection of well established and promising Australian contemporary artists who work within what are often considered ‘traditional' art forms, i.e. painting, drawing, sculpture, in combination with new media, digital print, film and video. This multi-discipline group exhibition highlights works from the Museum of Contemporary Art's collection in connection with recent work by young artists who also embrace hybrid approaches to their practice demonstrating how the interplay between different pictorial media and technologies creates compelling art.
The featured artists are Destiny Deacon, Patrick Hartigan, James Lynch, David Noonan, Tony Schwensen, Tim Silver and Emma White.
These artists purposely experiment with the differing effects that working between surface, time, space and movement allows for. While their individual practices are very different what they share is an interest in the ambiguity and rich opportunities that the distinctions between images and objects pose. It is these differing perspectives between structures and surfaces that intrigue them and allow them to cross thresholds in order to make their ideas most realisable and apply their craft and skills in captivating ways.
Works in the exhibition include a small rowboat moulded from solid watercolour pigment (Tim Silver); finely drawn watercolours and intricate collages of people, animals and insects (Patrick Hartigan); a fountain constructed out of commonly found garden equipment (Tony Schwensen); a sumptuous single edition silkscreen print on linen of a potent and mysterious figure (David Noonan); tableaux of dolls and other found objects dealing with issues of race, gender and sexuality (Destiny Deacon); playful but highly crafted FIMO sculptures of stamps and festive objects (Emma White); and a series of dreamlike drawings related to the artist's father's experience in WWII (James Lynch). These works, combined with a variety of photography, animation, film and video demonstrate how the interplay between different pictorial media and technologies creates compelling art.
The association between an educational organisation dedicated to the training and teaching of artists (NAS) and a contemporary art museum committed to the presentation and preservation of visual art (MCA) builds on the appreciation of the multi-faceted role of art in our society and highlights the collaborative nature of culture in our community. Seamless provides a unique opportunity to understand the concerns of artists who both embrace tradition and experiment with the range of new materials at their disposal. The National Art School and MCA are well placed to offer the public and students an opportunity to consider these developments in artistic practice.
Seamless: Object & Image is organised in association with the Museum of Contemporary Art.
Curators: Katie Dyer and Karen Hall, MCA Touring Exhibitions and Projects Manager
EVENTS
Art Forum Series
Wednesday 28 May, 1pm
Join Seamless artist Patrick Hartigan for a discussion on the relationship between film making and his painting and drawing practice.
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WHERE & WHEN:
15 May - 25 June
Opening: 14 May, 6-8pm, Opened by Rachel Kent, Senior Curator, Museum of Contemporary Art
The National Art School Gallery
Forbes Street, Darlinghurst
nasgallery@det.nsw.edu.au
www.nas.edu.au/Nas_gallery.htm
+612 9339 8686
Open Mon - Sat, 10am - 4pm
FREE ADMISSION
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