This newsletter features the monthly events happening at the Holmes à Court Gallery @ Vasse Felix and the Holmes à Court Gallery @ no.10
Current Exhibitions
Installation view, Concrete E X P A N D E D, 2019
Concrete E X P A N D E D 2 June - 22 September 2019
Holmes à Court Gallery at Vasse Felix
FINAL WEEKEND of Concrete E X P A N D E D
This exhibition has bathed the Holmes à Court Gallery at Vasse Felix in the sunset glows of Rebecca Baumann's window installation; and celebrated space, colour, pure forms and light.
Included are works from the Janet Holmes à Court Collection, works from the Murdoch Collection, works from the Art Collective and local and interstate practicing artists, with some works available for purchase. See price list here.
FEATURED ARTISTS:Rebecca Baumann, Consuelo Cavaniglia, Janenne Eaton, Robert Hunter, Brian McKay, Trevor Richards, Douglas Sheerer, Helen Smith, Trevor Vickers, Josh Webb.
The Botanical: Beauty and Peril
at the Art Gallery of WA
This exhibition has had a great response and if you have not yet seen it we strongly encourage you to go along and witness a unique selection of works combined from the Janet Holmes à Court Collection and the State Art Collection. The beauty of the botanical world is celebrated alongside an acknowledgement of the sobering reality of its imperilment resulting from human action.
This month Sohan Ariel Hayes was interviewed about his piece in the exhibition, Panoramic View of Albany (Kinjarling), The Place of Rain acquired by the Janet Holmes à Court Collection.
Principal Partner: EY
Spirits Partner: Archie Rose Distilling Co.
Art Gallery of WA 6 July - 4 November 2019
The Botanical: Beauty and Peril, exhibition views, 2019
Upcoming Exhibitions
Monique Tippett, Guardians, 2017 Janet Holmes à Court Collection
enigmas of the outback
ABOUT:
This exhibition presents similar responses to and perceptions of the Australian outback as an enigmatic, mysterious, spirited and haunted terrain. It explores the dark undercurrents that inform mythologies of the Australian landscape across contemporary indigenous and non-indigenous art works. The selection of photographic, paint and sculptural works reflect upon how the outback triggers the imagination in unsettling ways. As a journey through spiritual and mythological stories of the land, it is at once darkly evocative and psychologically compelling.
FEATURED ARTISTS:
Brook Andrew, Jane Burton, Rebecca Dagnall, Eva Fernandez, David Downs Jarinyanu, Nigel Hewitt, Janet Laurence, Rosslynd Piggott, Polixeni Papapetrou, Brad Rimmer, Jacqui Stockdale, Monique Tippet, Paul Uhlmann, Paddy Fordham Wainburranga, Toni Wilkinson.
DATES: 29th September - 9th February
Opening 10am Sunday 29th September 2019
Holmes à Court Gallery at Vasse Felix
Cnr Tom Cullity Drive and Caves Road
Cowaramup, WA.
Lesley Meaney, Desert Odyssey, 2014
Lesley Meaney | Becoming Australian | 50 Years
This 50-year survey presents the art of Lesley Meaney as a journey of becoming Australian. A kaleidoscopic visual feast of vibrant colour, pattern and texture unfolds through a variety and abundance of art works. With a spirit of enquiry, Meaney draws inspiration from the Australian bush, the heart of the forest and desert. Each of these places have come to define Meaney’s identity and sense of home. This is an evolving journey through painting, drawing, curious objects and stitched works, that speaks of impermanence, the details and forces of nature and their translation into becoming Australian.
This exhibition will include works from the Janet Holmes à Court Collection, works from private collections and a large number of glorious works for sale.
To be opened by JANET HOLMES à COURT AC
6.00pm | FRIDAY, 4th October 2019 Light refreshments will be served.
RSVP Essential via Eventbrite by : 27th September 2019 | Register :HERE
At the opening Mary-Anne Paton will launch a significant book tracing the multiple threads of Lesley's work, Lesley Meaney Becoming Australian an Artist's Journey, retailing for $100. All proceeds from the sale of the book will be donated to support a brighter future for children with brain cancer.
Pre-orders of the book are available. If you are interested please contact the gallery on: 6 217 2640
Lesley Meaney | Becoming Australian | 50 Years
5th October - 17th November
Holmes à Court Gallery @ no.10
Douglas St. West Perth, WA, 6005
T: (08) 6217 2640
Gallery Hours: Wed-Sun, 12-6pm
Lesley Meaney, Becoming Australian, an Artist's Journey, book cover
Public Programs
John Gollings, Ariel King Lake - Black Saturday, 2009
DAY OF IDEAS
9th November 2019
Declaration of Climate Emergency, Australia?
Climate Emergency has been declared in jurisdictions across 19 countries. The school strike movement has taken the climate crisis as not a potential threat but a present reality. There is a groundswell of awareness concerning environmental catastrophes, ecological collapse, mass extinction and the imperilled future of life on earth.
While this is happening and there is a significant push to bring energy policy in line with scientific reality, capitalism and political powers are hindering systemic action towards viable outcomes.The 2019 Day of Ideas is about environmental crises, the declaration of climate emergency, the question of what it takes to rise to the existential challenge of climate change and what this would look like.
The audience will be invited to ask questions and engage in discussion. The purpose of this day is to allow for the raising and sharing of important ideas.
Stay posted for speakers, booking and schedule
Other News
Recent Acquisitions
Sujora Conrad, Not Cut and Dried (white) and Not Cut and Dried (black), 2019
Sujora Conrad exhibited these exquisite works alongside works by Lia McKnight as part of the exhibition Purity and Danger at Gallery 152 in York. We are thrilled to have them as part of the Janet Holmes à Court Collection.
Leon Pericles, Cook, Banks, Solander and Harrison, 2016
This piece was recently purchased following the launch of Storm in a Teacup, the documentary on Leon and Moira Pericles. The documentary follows the development of an exhibition of Leon's life's work coinciding with the mental decline of Moira suffering from Alzheimer's disease. It is well worth watching and viewable on ABC Iview. See here.
Exhibition Space Available!!
Check out this amazing space! We are currently taking applications for exhibitions and events.
If you are interested contact Exhibitions Manager Laetitia Wilson: Laetitia.Wilson@heytesbury.com.au
