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Holmes à Court Gallery @ No.10
Erin Coates, Heart Foods, 2023
Bread of Bone
ABOUT
Bread of Bone features new works from established Western Australian artists. This exhibition will focus on such ideas as food security, differing attitudes toward food, the impact of climate change on food supplies and the value of eating locally. Each artist’s perspective on food is explored through the staple technique of drawing, additionally considering thoughts and feelings toward modern interpretations of grinding bones to make bread.
ARTISTS
Erin Coates, Ross Potter, Anna Louise Richardson, Andy Quilty, Ric Spencer
DATES
March 25 - May 6, 2023
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Holmes à Court Gallery @ no.10
Douglas St. Gooyaman | West Perth
Open: 11.00am - 5.00pm, Tuesday to Saturday
Bread of Bone artists - Erin Coates, Andy Quilty and Ross Potter talking about paper in the Do's and Donuts of Paper artist workshop held on Sat 15th April.
Holmes à Court Gallery @ Vasse Felix
Collection Focus exhibition view
COLLECTION FOCUS
Abstract Art by Women in the 1980s
ABOUT
This is the second instalment of the Collection Focus series of annual exhibitions drawn exclusively from the Janet Holmes à Court Collection. Here we present art works which have rarely been on display. This selection reveals the substantial contribution women artists have made to the field of abstract art in Australia. Women artists have played a fundamental role in the development of abstract art throughout the 20th century. The specific period of focus for this exhibition is the 1980s and the works span across painting, collage, ceramics and sculpture, to celebrate and acknowledge the crucial significance of abstract art by women in Australia in the 1980s.
ARTISTS
Joan Campbell, Toni Donley, Pippin Drysdale, Lesley Dumbrell, Margery Edwards, Marie Jose Haass, Joy Henderson, Marie Louise Hobbs, Sandra Leveson-Meares, Anne Maughan, Helen Grey-Smith, Miriam Stannage, Aida Tomescu
DATES
March 12 - June 18 @ Vasse Felix
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Holmes à Court Gallery @ no.10
Douglas St. Gooyaman | West Perth
Collection Focus exhibition views.
Upcoming Exhibition @ no.10
John Teschendorf, Night Walker III, 2020, photo by Annette Seeman
John Teschendorf : Echoes of Place
ABOUT
John Teschendorff: Echoes of Place is a solo exhibition spanning a decade of practice - 2013-2023 - and presenting works from an ongoing project - The History of Ideas. This never before exhibited selection of artworks shows influences of Italo Calvino and Guy Debord's thesis of invisible cities and concept of the dérive. These ideas provide a way into confronting the landscape as a memory, as a formally constructed space where dialogues of disquiet are informed by the reality of the denial of movement. Whilst much is darkly allegorical, there is always colour to be found, encouraging a belief that humanity will survive the calculated horror and depravity of recent conflicts and events.
OPENING
Friday May 19 @ 6.00pm
details to follow
DATES
May 19 - June 24
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Holmes à Court Gallery @ no.10
Douglas St. Gooyaman | West Perth
Open: 11.00am - 5.00pm, Tuesday to Saturday
Events
FAMILY PICNIC
This is a family friendly event welcoming kids to the art of drawing and the role of food in our lives. You are welcome to bring a picnic to snack on and rug to sit on. The picnic will include talks by the artists featured in the Bread of Bone exhibition.
This event is FREE, however numbers are limited so tickets are essential.
After two highly successful years, AFTER DARK returns in 2023! A FREE roving art crawl across The Pickle District with open access to local art galleries, featured classical music, film, light installations, dance performances, eats and drinks.
Follow the map and roam through The Pickle District to discover art exhibitions, light installations and projections through the streets and laneways. Start where you like or follow the suggested route.
DATE and TIME
Friday May 5th, 6.00pm - 9.00pm
After Party (on Old Aberdeen Place) 9.00pm - 12.00am
For more information and to secure your FREE ticket, follow this LINK.
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Holmes à Court Gallery @ no.10
Douglas St. Gooyaman | West Perth
Open: 11.00am - 5.00pm, Tuesday to Saturday
Acquisitions
Pantiji Mary McLean, Kapu Walla, 1999 (top), Joyce Winsley, Untitled, ND (bottom left) and Malcom Ellis, Untitled, ND (bottom right).
These artworks were recently acquired from a private collection. They each complement different parts of the collection. The McLean painting is a unique work from the artist, showing an abstract style with the absence of the figures she is so widely known for. Winsley was a nationally regarded fibre textile artist working out of Narrogin and the Ellis table top forms a part of the story of the Carrolup artists.
Other News
We are delighted to have accepted senior researcher Joan Wardrop at the Holmes à Court Collection. Joan is Adjunct Professor at the University of Notre Dame, Fremantle. Throughout her time here Joan will be working towards a research paper titled, "Crafting a Collection, One Woman's Eye".
The Collection is open to proposals for research from academics, curators and researchers with genuine proposals.
Exhibition and Event Space
The 2023 exhibition program is full, however, the Holmes à Court Gallery @ no.10 is available for hire for bespoke events . On a monthly basis we assess applications.
If you have an exciting and ambitious project, we have a space. Get in touch with Exhibitions Manager Laetitia Wilson: Laetitia.Wilson@heytesbury.com.au
