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Holmes à Court Gallery
Monthly News

APRIL

This newsletter features the monthly events happening at the Holmes à Court Gallery @ Vasse Felix and the Holmes à Court Gallery @ no.10
Harald Vike - Spirit of the Man
OPENING NIGHT
The Harald Vike exhibition opened on Friday the 5th April with a dynamic speech by Clarissa Ball discussing and reconsidering various aspects of Vike's artistic practice, inclinations and influences. Following this, swing dancers from the Perth Swing Dance Academy tore up the floor with some sharp and zesty moves.
Current Exhibitions
Harald Vike, Perth Nocturne (detail), 1934

Harald VIKE Spirit of the Man
 6 - 28 April 2019

Holmes à Court Gallery @ no.10
Douglas St, West Perth
 
 
The works of Harald Vike come to Perth in this exquisitely re-mounted exhibition tracing some of the major themes of the life of this prolific Western Australian artist. Vike was known for his ability to capture light in scenes picturing both the natural world and the built environment. He was also drawn to people and highly adept at representing humanity across painting, cartoons and caricature sketches. 
Opening Hours:
6-28 April 
Tues-Sun 12pm-6pm
Closed over Easter Long Weekend
Vintage Portraits | Classic Paintings

17 February - 26 May 2019

 HàC @ Vasse Felix


With an expansive and highly recognised career, photographer Richard Woldendorp has captured exquisite landscape, breathtaking aerial and poignant portraiture photography.

While he is best known for his geographic aerial images, this exhibition focuses on the human element, displaying recently acquired portraiture photographs of well-known Western Australian artists and pairing them with works of those artists from the Janet Holmes à Court Collection.

Artists include, William Boissevain, Tom Gibbons, Guy Grey-Smith, George Haynes, Robert Juniper, Brian McKay, Kathleen O’Connor and Hal Missingham.
For a succinct review of the exhibition in the Busselton Dunsborough Times please see here: Photos add Fresh Insight to Classic Art 
Upcoming Exhibitions
Trevor Richards, Through and Under, 2017


Concrete E X P A N D E D
2 June - 22 September 2019

OPENING 9 June 

 HàC Vasse Felix

This exhibition presents geometric abstraction in colour, design, pattern and shape. It contributes to a conversation about Minimalist and Concrete Art in the new millennium. It suggests an expansion of the genre of Concrete Art. Hard edged minimal abstraction, pure colour forms and sculptural light works coalesce and converse in philosophical questions of simplicity, pure forms, aesthetic experience and existence. 

 
Rottnest Foundation Art Exhibition 
Pictured above are a selection of the works submitted for the Rottnest Foundation Art Exhibition all produced on 50.8 cm x 50.8 cm canvas.  

Top row from left to right:
Jean Sher: Still Life with Pears and Cheese - Rottnest island
Linda O’Brien: On Reflection
Norm Wilson: The Pilots Cottage

Middle row from left to right:
Ute Maria Eckel: Windy Lakes of Rottnest island
Lorraine Woods: Essence of Rottnest
Lorraine Biggs: Visitors and Locals

Bottom row from left to right:
Anthony Scott Smith: Cape Vlamingh
John Patterson: Rottoessence
George Haynes: Rottnest #1


The exhibition is a fundraising and promotional initiative of the Rottnest Foundation Inc and funds raised from the commission of the sale of artworks will contribute to practical environmental, cultural and heritage conservation projects on the island.

The exhibition is showing @ no.10 Douglas Street West Perth and open to the public 11-12 May and then 15-19 May.  Gallery hours are from 10.00am until 4.00 pm with free entry and all artworks for sale.

Exhibition curator, Sandra Murray, says;

       “The field of invited artists is wide reaching, from emerging to established, and from many regions, stretching from Albany to Kalgoorlie to Margaret River and interstate. I am thrilled to present a unique exhibition that encompasses such a diverse, appealing range of styles and approaches to Rottnest Island in the one show.”
Public Program
Out of the lounge room and into the gallery…

Harald Vike, Drought Tree, Tennant Creek, 1966, Andrew Ross, Private Collection



Talk by Clarissa Ball
Director of UWA Institute of Advanced Studies
 
 
Saturday 13th April 2019
2.00-4.00pm
HàC @no.10
Douglas St, West Perth
 
In this presentation Clarissa will give an overview of Harald Vike’s career as charted in the exhibition, Harald Vike - Spirit of the Man. With reference to major works on display, Clarissa will trace some of the key themes that dominated Vike’s art from the time of his arrival in Perth in August 1929 until his death in 1988. Consideration will then be given to the work that Vike made in Perth during the 1930s. That decade was one of substantial economic, social, cultural and political turmoil and Vike’s involvement in a number of cultural and political organisations saw him produce some extraordinary images that at the time, and to this day, run counter to the popular understanding about art and culture in 1930s Perth.

By turning to a number of 1930s works in the exhibition, many of which are being exhibited for the first time, Clarissa will discuss how Vike’s art provides unique and valuable insights into our history. 

Afternoon tea will be provided and also available on the day will be a unique opportunity to view a number of Vike paintings from private collections throughout Perth, on display for this event only.
 

RSVP HERE Entry Fee : $15 
Other News
Exhibition Space Available!! 
If you are are an artist or a curator looking for an exhibition space, or simply looking to host an event, the Holmes à Court Gallery is now available for hire and taking applications. For more information contact: Laetitia.Wilson@heytesbury.com.au
 

PUBLIC TALK
Isabella Kirland, Paradise Parrots, oil on canvas, 2015
 


Stilled Life: the art of Isabella Kirkland
Thursday 11 April, 6-7.30pm
Fox Lecture Theatre, Arts Building, UWA

 

Isabella Kirkland is a fine art painter specialising in Natural History. Fusing the style of the 17th Century Dutch Masters with the more classical naturalistic tradition, Kirkland’s art addresses the ecological challenges that we currently face. Her magnificently sumptuous and complex oil paintings serve as a meticulous visual record of the many life forms that are on the brink of annihilation or are already extinct. Kirkland’s art bears witness to loss and testifies to the existence of those animals and plants that in the near future will be relegated to the historical record of this world. 

In this lecture Isabella Kirkland will discuss her paintings and the role that her art plays in drawing attention to the loss of life forms. Isabella will be introduced by Janet Holmes à Court, AC.

Following Isabella's presentation, Tim Allard, Chief Executive Officer of the Australian Wildlife Conservancy and Professor Stephen Hopper from the Centre of Excellence in Natural Resource Management at UWA will give a short talk on animal extinctions and declining biodiversity in Australia.

RSVP *HERE*

 
For the month of March the Mimma musical rehearsals were held in the gallery and sounded fabulous! Mimma is a story that bridges continents and cultures.

Starring Mirusia Louwerse, Jason Barry-Smith, Holly Meegan and featuring the Perth Symphony Orchestra. 

The season runs from April 9-21 2019 and tickets can be purchased *HERE*
Rosalind Piggot, Most Beautiful Plant, 1989
 

This painting is on loan from the Janet Holmes à Court Collection for the Rosslynd Pigott Exhibition at the National Gallery of Victoria

12 April - 18 August 2019
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hacgallery@heytesbury.com.au

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