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Holmes à Court Gallery @ no. 10
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This year the Mandorla Art Award is held at the Holmes à Court Gallery @ no.10. The 2022 theme is:
Metamorphosis – a profound or radical change
“I am about to do a new thing; now it springs forth, do you not perceive it?” (Isaiah 43:19)
In our pandemic world people have been forced to change their behaviour, work habits, eating habits, socialising rituals, and many other aspects of life. In our contemporary world, environmental changes affect oceans, land and humankind. Artists can help us to understand the depth of these changes and open us up to new ways of seeing what is possible, what is abhorrent, what is virtuous, what is needed.
The Mandorla Art Award for 2022 has chosen Metamorphosis as its theme so we can continue to develop our understanding of what these radical changes mean to us today.
The Mandorla Art Award is Australia's most significant thematic Christian art prize.
There is a $25,000 major acquisitive St John of God Health Care Prize, plus $17,000 in non-acquisitive prizes, open to artists across Australia.
ARTISTS
Giles Alexander (NSW), Jordan Andreotta (WA), Claire Beausein (WA), Katherine Boland (NSW), Barbara Campbell-Allen (NSW), Olga Cironis (WA), Madeleine Clear (WA), Rachel Coad (WA), Eva Fernandez (WA), Tania Ferrier (WA), Robert Gear (WA), Anna Glynn (NSW), Nigel Hewitt (Tas), Kirsten Hudson (WA), Miriam Innes (Qld), Michael Iwanoff (WA), Tanya Jaceglav (WA), Rupert Jack (SA), Col Jordan (NSW), Woochang Kim (NSW), Jeremy Kirwan-Ward (NSW), David Ledger (WA), Sue Leeming (WA), Anne McCaughey (WA), Lia McKnight (WA), Clyde McGill (WA), Ron Nyisztor (WA), Nick Offer (ACT), Sonia Payes (Vic), Matthew McVeigh & Denise Pepper (WA), Martine Perret (WA), Tania Price (Tas), Jordan Richardson (NSW), Brian Robinson (Qld), Susan Roux (WA), Jill Smith (WA), Angela Stewart (WA), Sally Stoneman (WA), Paul Uhlmann (WA), Shaun Wake-Mazey (WA), and Kirilee West (Qld).
The Mandorla Art Award is a gallery hire exhibition, for more information see here
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Holmes à Court Gallery @ no.10
Douglas St. Gooyaman | West Perth OPEN: Tuesday-Saturday, 11am-5pm
Susan Roux, Terre Verte,2022 and Angela Stewart, The Rider, 2022
Holmes à Court Gallery @ Vasse Felix
Unique States, exhibition view
Unique States
Unique States opened on Sunday May 8 to a generous and engaged crowd. The exhibition offers an insight into different ways of seeing the world and the states we find ourselves in and encounter.
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Unique States considers different states and the many meanings of the idea of the ‘unique state’. It refers to a print making technique, to states of being, societal and environmental states and to our geographical state. The past three years have launched humanity into ‘unique states’ and Western Australia has become even more of a ‘unique state’ because of its position apart from the rest of Australia and the world. Unique States presents political and environmental realities, as much as flights of fancy, taking viewers through a variety of unique states via the medium of print.
ARTISTS
Susanna Castleden, Jo Darvall, Valdene Diprose, Clyde McGIll, Harvey Mullen, Sue Starcken, Elmari Steyn, Perdita Phillips
DATES
May 8 - September 18, 2022
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
Unique States exhibition opening
Upcoming Exhibitions
Holmes à Court Gallery @ no. 10
Collection Focus / Indigenous Art exhibition view, 2022
Collection Focus / Indigenous Art
This spectacular exhibition is travelling from Vasse Felix to no.10 showcasing the latest acquisitions of indigenous art, tapping into a long running focus of the Janet Holmes à Court Collection.
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Since the early 1980’s, Janet Holmes à Court has been an avid collector of the art of the First Nations people of Australia. Collection Focus / Indigenous Art marks the first of a series of annual exhibitions focusing on specific aspects of the Janet Holmes à Court Collection. This year’s focus is First Nations art acquired over the last five years, representing seven language groups and fourteen artists. The works are derived from such regions as the Aṉangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara (aka APY), Martu, Kimberley, Roebourne, Warburton, Irruntju, Noongar and Yuendumu lands. The exhibition attests to an ongoing and wide-spanning interest in collecting indigenous art as the pre-eminent contemporary art of Australia
Holmes à Court Gallery @ no.10
Douglas St. Gooyaman | West Perth.
OPEN: 11.00am-5.00pm, Tues-Sat
Events
Artist Talks
Music @ no.10
VALKYRIES, VALHALLA & VERISMO
In an absolute ripper of a program, hear Wagner’s Ride of the Valkyries, In fernem Land, Liebestod, O du mein holder abendstern, Mozart’s showstopping Martern aller Arten, highlights from Rigoletto, La Traviata and La Forza del Destino (Verdi), Edgar and La Bohème (Puccini) and Mascagni’s Cavalleria Rusticana, including the divine Intermezzo performed by Trio Tiramisu.
Powerhouse performances that’ll take you on an epic journey to Valhalla …. and beyond!
Vasse Felix wines and Little Things Gin available for purchase.
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Holmes à Court Gallery @ no.10
Douglas St. Gooyaman | West Perth
THE MARRIAGE OF FIGARO**
Mozart’s masterpiece is a politically-charged comedy of masters and servants trading places - a battle of wits and of the sexes - set to some the most glorious music ever written. Authority is challenged, loyalties are questioned and, in the end, love wins the day!
OpusWA will present some of WA's most exciting young vocal talent in these semi-staged performances at the Holmes à Court Gallery. The OpusWA Arts Orchestra, conducted by Mark Coughlan, will bring this beautiful music to life.
Holmes à Court Gallery @ no.10
Douglas St. Gooyaman | West Perth
Acquisitions
Margaret Ganambarra (Gudumurrkuwuy), Barramundi I, 2022 (Top), Jennifer Brown, An-gujechiya (Fish Trap) III, 2022 (left) and Lena Yarinkura, Yawk Yawk, 2018 (right).
These works were recently acquired from the recent exhibition at Sabbia Gallery titled An - Jawa (Creek) - New Fibre from Maningrida. "The art of fibre has a long history in Arnhem Land as evidenced by the many depictions of fibre objects in the rock art of the escarpment plateaus. There are also spiritual dimensions to weaving, which vary according to the materials used and the totemic significance of the object made.
An-jawa, translates to ‘creek’ in Burarra language. Many of the works in the exhibition have been created by Burarra language artists. The works on show including fish traps, water spirits and animals are all associated with water and can be seen in creeks beds throughout the region. Fish traps (an-gujechiya) are used in saltwater and freshwater."
Other News
Pickle District After Dark 2.0: Opening at no.10, Sohan Ariel Hayes interactive light installation at Friday Studios and Joshua Webb alleyway installation. Photos by Matthew Gelding and Laetitia Wilson.
The Pickle District After Dark 2.0 happened on May 6. Opened by City of Vincent Mayor, Emma Cole, it welcomed a bustling crowd through a record 14 venues across the Pickle District. Performances, exhibitions, installations and music brought the streets alive. We are delighted to be a part of such a unique, vibrant and diverse inner-city arts precinct.
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
