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Ross Potter, History Raising, 2020 (work in progress)
Tracing the Swan is in its final weeks, closing on Sunday 7th February.
It has proven to engage audiences through a historical narrative about the settlement of the Swan River Colony with the swan as the central character in artworks about race, difference and the unexpected.
In a play between fiction and reality, the black swan is traced throughout the history of the colonisation of Western Australia up to the present day. From historical to contemporary artworks, the exhibition explores how WA was presented to potential settlers, how its landscape was impacted and has changed over time and how the swan stands as emblem of WA against this tide of changes in its real environment.
FEATURED ARTISTS:
Kelsey Ashe, Deborah Bonar, Portia Bennett, Lance Tjyllyungoo Chadd, Frederick Clause, Jo Darbyshire, Valentine Delawarr, Eva Fernandez, Norman Hawkins, W.J. Huggins, Tony Jones, Johannes Keulemans, Yvonne Kickett, Bethamy Linton, Walter Meston, Alan Muller, Ron Nyistzor, Ross Potter, John Sands, Robert Seymour, Ernest Stocks, John Tallis, Rover Thomas, Pauline White, Charles Wittenoom.
DATES:
28th September 2020 - 7th February 2021
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Holmes à Court Gallery @ Vasse Felix
Cnr Tom Cullity Drive and Caves Road
Cowaramup, WA.
Gallery Hours: 10.00am-5.00pm
Vasse Felix Cellar Door - Open for seated tastings 10am–5pm, daily. Bookings visit www.vassefelix.com.au or phone 9756 5000
Vasse Felix Restaurant - Open for lunch service, 12pm–3pm, Thursday–Monday (inclusive). Bookings visit www.vassefelix.com.au or phone 9756 5000
Tracing the Swan, exhibition view, 2020
Upcoming Exhibition @ No.10
Roy Wiggan, Eleven Ilma - He Hears the Sound of the Land, 1992
REFLECTION | SUBMERSION
Presented in association with the Perth Festival, 2021, Reflection / Submersion considers the aesthetics of the ocean as a reflective surface and enveloping depth. From the multiple perspectives of above, below and within, through abstraction and representation, the exhibition explores the ocean, its life-forms and the images and imaginary visions that it inspires.
FEATURED ARTISTS:
Erin Coates, Carmela Corvaia, Julia Davis, Lesley Duxbury, Jeremy Kirwan-Ward, Hiroshi Kobayashi, Sue Lovegrove, Clyde McGill, Roy Wiggan and Cecile Williams.
Holmes à Court Gallery @ no.10
Douglas St. West Perth
Opening Hours: Tues-Sat, 11.00am-5.00pm
Upcoming Exhibition
Holmes à Court Gallery @ Vasse Felix
This exhibition is about intimacy and its antithesis. It offers a look at the past through the lens of the present and in particular the collective state that overcame humanity throughout 2020. With attention to the joys of proximity with others and the pain of separation, Intimacy pictures scenes of decadent celebration, nights at the theatre and groups of people clustered at the beach. These are in contrast to scenes of isolation, convalescence, despair and emptiness. Intimacy acts as a reminder of the value of others; of caring and celebration; of the potential of a joie de vivre in a world in which intimacy is so easily endangered.
FEATURED ARTISTS:
Rick Amor, Hans Arkeveld, Merrick Belyea, Josl Bergner, William Boissevain, Charles Conder, Robert Dickerson, William Dobell, David Downs, Russell Drysdale, Emanuel Fox, Anne Marie Graham, Guy Grey Smith, Paddy Jaminji, James Linton, Francis Lymburner, Mary McLean, Alexander Nganjmirra, John Oldham, Margaret Priest, Thea Proctor, Peter Skipper
DATES:
14th February - 16th May 2021
EXHIBITION OPENING:
11am Sunday 14th February 2021
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Holmes à Court Gallery @ Vasse Felix
Cnr Tom Cullity Drive and Caves Road
Cowaramup, WA.
Gallery Hours: 10.00am-5.00pm
Vasse Felix Cellar Door - Open for seated tastings 10am–5pm, daily. Bookings visit www.vassefelix.com.au or phone 9756 5000
Vasse Felix Restaurant - Open for lunch service, 12pm–3pm, Thursday–Monday (inclusive). Bookings visit www.vassefelix.com.au or phone 9756 5000
Public Program
Gina Williams and Guy Ghouse
SUNDAY 7th February 2021 | 7.30pm
ABOUT
Join us for an intimate evening with the awe-inspiring and award-winning performers, Gina Williams and Guy Ghouse. Gina Williams sings across Noongar and English, mixing traditions with contemporary ideas, to the spirited accompanying guitar of Guy Ghouse. Their songs cross a heartfelt emotional repertoire, interspersed with storytelling and reflections on intergenerational trauma. Together this duo welcomes healing as though we are all sitting around the campfire. Not to be missed.
Holmes à Court Gallery @ no.10
Douglas St. West Perth
Opening Hours: Tues-Sat, 11.00am-5.00pm
Julia Davis, Undercurrent, 2017 (video still)
ABOUT
Water Matters promises to be a stimulating afternoon of talks by a selection of speakers presenting different perspectives on bodies of water and in particular, the ocean. Speakers will discuss the ocean from the views of art, literature, science, conservation and environmentalism.
FEATURED SPEAKERS
Erin Coates (Artist/Curator), Robert Drewe (Novelist) travel conditions pending, Paul Gamblin (Director, Protect Ningaloo), Marji Puotinen (Spatial/Ecological Data Scientist, UWA Oceans Institute) and Angela Rossen (Artist/UWA Oceans Institute).
Holmes à Court Gallery @ no.10
Douglas St. West Perth
Opening Hours: Tues-Sat, 11.00am-5.00pm
Acquisitions
Jan Mullen, Northerly, 2020
This piece is one of three globes overlayed with fabric displaying antique etched prints of ships and the sea. The artist Jan Mullen states that she uses 'the old and authentic to show appreciation of time and place and history.' Jan has a long history of working with textiles looking at themes around women's work 'herstory', domesticity and the home.
Giles Hohnen, 2019 #4, 2019
This work was recently acquired from the WA Art Collective exhibition - Giles Hohnen and Andre Lipscombe // Untethered. It displays a confident application of abstract form and colour. The forms sweep across the canvas with bounding energy and the rawness of the linen peeks through giving it a fresh quality.
Other News
We are delighted to be building a new exhibition space within the gallery, which will debut as screen space for the Reflection / Submersion exhibition opening February 6th 2021.
Exhibition and Event Space Available
The Holmes à Court Gallery @ no.10 is available for hire for bespoke events and exhibitions. 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
