ADRIENNE DOIG: IT'S ALL ABOUT ME! 12 December 2020 – 7 February 2021 Through the lens of self-portraiture, Blue Mountains-based artist Adrienne Doig (b1963), tackles the everyday with good humour and wit. Her survey ADRIENNE DOIG: IT'S ALL ABOUT ME! draws upon the past three decades of the artist’s practice, which fuses historical references and […]
12 December 2020 – 7 February 2021 Cowra-based multidisciplinary artist Linda Chant’s work explores the conceptual and material nature of objects. Originally trained in painting and printmaking, Chant recently ventured into sculpture. Her small, delicate sculptures – glasses, bottles, vases and lamps manipulated, shrouded and bound with fabric – offer moments of curiosity and wonder. […]
Cowra-based multidisciplinary artist Linda Chant’s work explores the conceptual and material nature of objects. Originally trained in painting and printmaking, Chant recently ventured into sculpture. Her small, delicate sculptures – glasses, bottles, vases and lamps manipulated, shrouded and bound with fabric – offer moments of curiosity and wonder. Literally and figuratively, they hold a moment, […]
Lithuanian-born Jurgis Miksevicius (1923 – 2014) arrived in Australia aged 25 on the SS Charlton Sovereign with 725 other Baltic displaced emigres on 29 October 1948. On arrival Miksevicius was settled at the Bathurst Migrant Camp. The camp director, William Rees, employed him to decorate the walls of the former army barracks’ recreation hall with […]
Through the lens of self-portraiture, Blue Mountains-based artist Adrienne Doig (b1963), tackles the everyday with good humour and wit. Her survey Adrienne Doig: It’s All About Me! draws upon the past three decades of the artist’s practice, which fuses historical references and humour to respond to the everyday and reflect on now. Using a variety […]
Lithuanian-born Jurgis Miksevicius (1923 – 2014) arrived in Australia aged 25 on the SS Charlton Sovereign with 725 other Baltic displaced emigres on 29 October 1948. Before leaving Germany, Miksevicius had studied at a Bauhaus-style art school in Darmstadt. On arrival Miksevicius was settled at the Bathurst Migrant Camp but unlike most refugees who were […]
Come along for craft making sessions led by BRAG Educators. Taking inspiration from the ADRIENNE DOIG: It's All About Me! exhibition, participants will explore new materials and methods for making artworks including performance, paper based materials and weaving. For ages 8 - 12 years. Creative Kids Voucher accepted - please call the gallery.
A lively discussion about life in the Bathurst Migrant Camp through art, culture and the experience of artist Jurgis Miksevicius. This panel discussion looks at life inthe Bathurst Migrant Camp through the experience of Jurgis Miksevicius, a Lithuanian born artist who immigrated to Australia in 1948 and spent nine months as camp artist. The panel […]
