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Holmes à Court Gallery @ No.10
John Teschendorf, exhibition view
John Teschendorff :echoes of place
This exhibition is open until the 24th June, make sure to catch it while you can. It is a rare opportunity to see a decade's worth of art practice by one of Western Australia' greatly accomplished artists.
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.
DATES
May 19 - June 24
See below for details of upcoming artist talk
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Holmes à Court Gallery @ no.10
Douglas St. Gooyaman | West Perth
Open: 11.00am - 5.00pm, Tuesday to Saturday
Exhibition opening images
Holmes à Court Gallery @ Vasse Felix
Exhibition view, Collection Focus
COLLECTION FOCUS
Abstract Art by Women in the 1980s
This is the final few days of this exquisite exhibition of works from the Janet Holmes à Court Collection
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 @ Vasse Felix
Cnr Tom Cullity Drive and Caves Road
Cowaramup, WA.
OPEN: 10.00am-5.00pm daily
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
Collection Focus exhibition view.
Upcoming exhibition at No.10
Susan Swain, Guardians, 2023 (detail)
MURUJUGA celebration of an ancient cultural landscape
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Presented by the Holmes à Court Gallery in association with the Friends of Australian Rock Art
ABOUT
Murujuga/the Dampier Archipelago, situated in WA’s Pilbara area, is both one of the world’s most important archaeological sites and a major sacred site for the Aboriginal custodians. Containing the largest group of prehistoric petroglyphs (rock engravings) found anywhere in the world, it also displays the only continuous record of humankind’s survival over c50,000 years in a dramatically changing environment. Awarded National Heritage listing in 2007, it has recently been nominated by the Australian government and Murujuga Aboriginal Corporation for UNESCO’s World Heritage listing. This is only the second Australian Aboriginal cultural landscape to date to attract such an award, after the Budj Bim fish trap complex in Western Victoria.
Join our celebration as over 40 contemporary indigenous and non-indigenous artists reveal their response to the power and mystique of this unique place, Murujuga.
ARTISTS
Rodney Adams, Josie Alec, Marina Baker, Bernard Carney, Wendy Castleden, Carmel Charlton, Jill Churnside, Raelene Cooper, Judith Coppin, Juluwalru Artists Collaboration, Tootsie Daniel, Melanie Dare, Gladys Dove, Pam Fruin, Andy Glandt, Alice Guinness, Marlene Harold, Pansy Hicks, Wendy Hubert, Janet Hummerston, David Hummerston, Rosemary Hunter, Andrea and Peter Hylands, Kirsten Jeffcoat, Maudie Jerrold, Tony Jones, Lesley Meaney, Clyde McGill, Tyson Mowerin, John Petrie, Margaret Read, Dawn Sandy, Aileen Sandy, Melissa Sandy, Loreen Samson, Violet Samson, Susan Sheppard, Angela Stewart, Susan Swain, Michelle Theunissen, Julianne Waldock, Renee Wally, Lyn Ward, Wendy Warrie, Sharon Warrie, Mary Watson
Also see below for details of the Murujuga Symposium to be held on the 1st July.
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Holmes à Court Gallery @ no.10
Douglas St. Gooyaman | West Perth
Open: 11.00am - 5.00pm, Tuesday to Saturday
Upcoming exhibition at Vasse Felix
BREAD OF BONE
Following its initial launch at the Holmes à Court Gallery in West Perth, Bread of Bone travels to the Southwest’s hot spot of fine food, Margaret River, and the Holmes à Court Gallery at Vasse Felix.
ABOUT
Bread of Bone features a selection of new works from five established contemporary Western Australian artists.
The exhibition focuses on such ideas as food security, different attitudes toward food, the impact of climate change on food production and supply and the value of eating locally. The artists tackle such questions as; what do we do when we can’t buy food? How do we approach children about slaughtering and preparing animals to eat? How do we promote cultural awareness and acceptance when others eat foods our ancestors deemed ‘inedible’?
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, Andy Quilty, Anna Richardson, Ric Spencer
OPENING
11am Sunday 25th June
DATES
June 25 - September 17, 2023
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Holmes à Court Gallery @ Vasse Felix
Cnr Tom Cullity Drive and Caves Road
Cowaramup, WA.
OPEN: 10.00am-5.00pm daily
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
Events
Portrait of John Teschendorff, photo by Lyn DiCiero
ARTIST IN CONVERSATION John Teschendorff
John Teschendorff is an exceptional artist who has had a lifetime of commitment to the visual arts. His creations are respected world-wide, as his career has spanned Sydney, Melbourne, Canberra, the United Kingdom, Israel, South-East Asia and Europe.
Many of his experiences of travel and repeated visits to the same spaces have informed his artworks and permeated them with layers of material and conceptual depth. His works are often darkly abstract and conceptually rich; they are like cerebral maps, mindscapes, delineating places and events.
Surrounded by the last ten years of his artistic practice in his solo exhibition echoes of place, this event presents a unique opportunity to be in conversation with Teschendorff, to learn more about his abstract compositions, his making and thinking processes.
Kathryn James Adduci returns to Perth to join Australian Baroque for a program of incredible music by Telemann. Originally from Perth, Kathryn Adduci has performed all over the world as a soloist, chamber and orchestral musician.
Her playing has been reviewed as:
"a rare treat"
"flawless and elegant"
”delicate as that of a flute, yet with all the power and color of brass”
Kathryn regularly performs with Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra (Toronto), American Bach Soloists (San Francisco), Atlanta Baroque Orchestra amongst many others and she can be heard on over 20 CDs. Her performances have also been broadcast on radio stations throughout the US, Canada, and Australia.
PERFORMERS
Kathryn Adduci baroque trumpet, Helen Kruger & Sarah Papadopoulos baroque violin, Christian Read baroque viola, Noeleen Wright baroque cello.
Against the background of the Murujuga exhibition, join us as distinguished speakers offer insights into the scientific, political and cultural aspects of the battle to save the ancient rock art of Murujuga/the Burrup peninsula.
Speakers include: Aboriginal custodian Josie Alec, Hon Robin Chapple, Dr John Black, Prof Ben Smith, Dr Carmen Lawrence, Dr Ken Mulvaney and Piers Verstegen
Dr Charmaine Papertalk Green and Aaron Carpene (FROLIC) proudly present the intercultural opera YAMAJI CALISTO.
You and your guest are cordially invited to a performance from workshops for the YAMAJI CALISTO project exploring the intersection of Yamaji performance and early Italian opera.
This event is supported by the Department of Local Government, Sport and Cultural Industries
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Holmes à Court Gallery @ no.10
Douglas St. Gooyaman | West Perth
Collection News
We have loaned images of Kathleen O'Connor artworks from the Janet Holmes à Court Collection for the event below held at the Art Gallery of WA.
ABOUT
Join Perth Symphony Orchestra for a special celebration of the life and art of Kathleen O'Connor "doyenne of Western Australian artists" who honed her craft in Paris in the 1920s. An experience to be remembered with the concert taking place in the heart of The Art Gallery of Western Australia.
The program for the evening will range from Debussy to Cole Porter and a little of the unexpected like John Butler. Featuring performances from Soprano, Emma Lee- Steere, the incomparable Paul Wright on Violin, and narration by Amanda Curtin, award-winning author of “Kathleen O’Connor of Paris”.
Perth Symphony will perform a selection of music inspired by her adventures in Paris, London, and Australia. Kathleen O’Connor, daughter of C.Y. O'Connor, defied all social expectations and reveled in the Parisian art world.
DATE AND TIME
7.30pm, Friday 30th June & Saturday 1st July
LOCATION
Art Gallery of WA
Follow the link below to access a 10% discount off the cost of tickets:
This artwork was recently acquired from the Crossing Country exhibition held by Artitja, showing until the 2nd July 2023. The artwork features the story of the Wait Ngintaka (lizard man) who heard the sound of a stone clapping which he coveted and stole and hid in his tail. This led to him being speared and killed at a place called Aran'nga in the Northern Territory.
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
