Materiality in Dialogue

14.Jul 2023—13.Aug 2023

Curated by Resident Artist Varuni Kanagasundaram, this exhibition brings together artists from Australia and the USA who integrate materiality in exploratory ways to address how we engage with culture, land, society and our surroundings.

Through a range of diverse materials, we see how they have a spirit of their own, and how these artists shift contexts to express social and political ideas.

Artists

Elizabeth BurdenVicki CouzensVittoria Di StefanoKarla GarciaVaruni KanagasundaramSara LindsayCarmel WallaceBronwyn RazemBecky Cahill

Acts of She’ by Varuni Kanagasundaram, 2020, ceramic, 23.0 x 12.0 x 9.0 cm

‘Ancestors calling II’ by Varuni Kanagasundaram

‘Ancestors calling I’ by Varuni Kanagasundaram

Subtleties of Sand, 2023, raw terra-cotta clay on canvas, 30.5 x 30.5 cm

Infinite Permanence, 2023, raw terra-cotta clay on canvas, 30.5 x 30.5 cm

‘Eel Trap’ by Becky Cahill and Bronwyn Razem, New Zealand flax, 11.0 x 48.0 x 48.0 cm

Totemic Anemones, 2007, beach-found plastic cray-pot throats, cable-ties, 175.0 x 35.0 x 35.0 cm

Cluster, 2019, beach-found plastic burley fishing baskets, cable-ties, mesh wire, 95.0 x 100.0 x 27.0 cm

‘Beach Basket I – IV’ by Carmel Wallace, beach found objects & burley baskets, cable-ties, 30.0 x 8.0 cm

‘Bush Animal 1(Kangaroo)’ by Bronwyn Razem, hay and wool, 40.0 x 45.0 x 16.0

‘Bush Animal 2 (Wombat) by Bronwyn Razem, hay and wool, 20.0 x 40.0 x 14.0 cm

‘Bush Animal 3 (Echidna)’ by Bronwyn Razem, hay and wool, 24.0 x 45.0 x 16.0 cm

'Vessel Westbound' by Varuni Kanagasundaram - $800

ceramic, clay, textile and sand, 7.0 x 23.0 x 23.0 cm, 2018

Public event

Artist Talk
Saturday 5th August, 2–3pm

Join us for a discussion with the artists of ‘Materiality in Dialogue’. Learn what draws these artists to their materials and the evolution of the works to express their ideas.