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Marjorie Coleman | Lyrical Stitch
Marjorie Coleman, Leaf Litter, 2002 (detail)
This major solo exhibition spans five decades to celebrate the creative life and prolific stitched art work of Western Australian artist Marjorie Coleman.
Stitching on cloth gives voice to Marjorie’s stories. Using contemporary stitch as an expressive medium Marjorie produces rich evocative pieces to represent her ideas and experiences, to tell a story of ongoing exploration, and concern for her local surroundings. She takes pleasure from working with cloth, drawing on a lifetime of intimate knowledge, to stitch for her own enlightenment. This exhibition marks the culmination of a series of exhibitions celebrating fibre, textile and stitched art.
DATES:
17th October - 28th November 2020
Holmes à Court Gallery @ no.10
Douglas St. West Perth
Opening Hours: Tues-Sat, 11.00am-5.00pm
A major book celebrating Marjorie Coleman's oeuvre will be on sale at the exhibition. Like the exhibition itself, it is a veritable visual feast of colour, pattern and a range of techniques. There are also wonderful insights from Marjorie herself and a range of contributors. RRP $50
Holmes à Court Gallery @ Vasse Felix
Ross Potter, History Raising, 2020 (work in progress)
The swan has officially landed in a multi-layered exhibition, Tracing the Swan, that follows the story of 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
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
Artist in Residence
Sujora Conrad
Sujora Conrad finished her residency at Vasse Felix at the end of September. Below Sujora discusses her work done during the residency. Sujora worked with locally sourced materials, including various varieties of wine and plant specimens to create several sensitive and intricate works. Some of this work will be viewable at the York Botanic Art Prize 2020 at Gallery 152. More information can be found here.
Stay posted for details about our next Artist in Residence in connection with Tracing the Swan, Ross Potter.
Public Program
Join us for a conversation with Marjorie Coleman and the organisers of the exhibition, Marjorie Coleman: Lyrical Stitch. Marjorie will discuss her work made over the last five decades and provide insights into her passion for stitching inspired by the world around her. As she states: "The needle is my stylus, the thread my pigment, I like to express ideas...I can't help it."
Holmes à Court Gallery @ no.10
Douglas St. West Perth
Opening Hours: Tues-Sat, 11.00am-5.00pm
Acquisitions
Tania Spencer, Seeing With New Eyes, The Time to Re-evaluate, 2020
This work was part of the WA Fibre Textile exhibition, Hanging by a Thread, 2020. It represents houses along a street in Lake Grace. It acts as a memorialisation of these houses in a town that is predicted not to exist in twenty years time. The work is also a record of the typical Australian house, with quaint details such as the Hills Hoist washing line.
Merrick Belyea, Tree on Hill, Nanga Brook Road, 2019
This work by Merrick Belyea was acquired from his recent exhibition Merrick Belyea // Even in Arcadia, There Am I. This work is concerned with the environment and humankind's curious appetite for destruction. As a reflection on the crumbling of Arcadian ideals of harmony with nature, it pictures land around Nanga Brook that has been earmarked for clearing.
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
