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Holmes à Court Gallery @ No.10
John Teschendorf, CXLVII Exodus, 2020-23
John Teschendorff :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.
Miriam Stannage, International Flag Code SOS, 1989
COLLECTION FOCUS
Abstract Art by Women in the 1980s
There is one month remaining to catch this exhibition if you are in Margaret River. Don't miss out.
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
These artworks were recently acquired from the Bread of Bone exhibition. The Erin Coates drawing represents an underwater dinner where Tupperware and dinnerware are overcome by sea life. It speaks to humanity's consumption habits, plastic pollution and her own experiences of underwater life.
The drawing of bread by Ric Spencer was part of a silent auction, where each of the artists in the exhibition were asked to submit a bread drawing. The proceeds of the winning bids are being donated to Foodbank.
Collection News
This week we welcomed Abi Nurabdiansyah from the university of Negeri Makassar and Hannah Mathews from PICA to look at the artwork of Johnny Bulun Bulun as part of a research project called Global Encounters and First Nations Peoples: 100 Years of Australian History. This project is looking at encounters between Australia's indigenous peoples and voyagers from the sea.
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
