September Exhibitions
Northern Rivers Community Gallery (NRCG) presents four exciting new exhibitions this September addressing a range of diverse themes including culture, time, memory, and our natural environments.
Gallery Coordinator Imbi Davidson, said "This group of exhibitions and artists promises to be a brilliant showcase of artworks spanning painting, printmaking, and sculpture. We are delighted to be presenting a range of artworks from artists outside the region coupled with local artists and their work, with each exhibition delving into unique subject matter and inspirations."
SHAMAN COLA | NICK PIKE
Shaman Cola delves into the artist's ongoing fascination with the concept of the plastic shaman - self-proclaimed spiritual advisors or new age healers who use social media to gain fame and fortune. The works investigate inner worlds within the broader context of shared space and intelligence. With a sense of humour and irony, the exhibition explores self-searching and spiritual discovery, while critiquing and epitomising the commodified culture that plastic shamans represent. This analogue painting exhibition highlights the ritualistic aspects of social media and the mindlessness and savage freedoms it promotes.
TOWARDS A FEELING | SAM HOLT
Exploring the endless myriad of opportunities that exist for any moment in time, this exhibition speaks to the transient relationship of our physical surroundings with our mental states. Holt's expanded painting practice employs photography to manipulate and collage memories, digitally massaging and painting them towards a feeling. The works are printed, stretched, and then painted in oils in the studio, taking the documentation of the initial memory and abstracting it.
BIRDS OF A FEATHER | JENN ROWE & LAETEN TAYLOR
The sculptures in Birds of a Feather explore the complex relationships between humanity and the natural world amid growing concerns about environmental degradation and the delicate interdependence between humans and their environment. The artists symbolically and physically deconstruct and re-construct using natural and human-made found objects, reinterpreting the natural (and unnatural) processes that occur in the passing of time.
TIME & TIDE | GROUP EXHIBITION
Time & Tide reflects on contemporary printmaking with seven artists presenting significant early work from their archives in conversation with new work that responds to the theme Time and Tide. In the production of the new work for this exhibition, each artist has observed where their new work echoes their old, re-examining the territory and material form of projects pursued across many years.
All exhibitions open Wednesday 21 August and continue until Sunday 13 October. The official exhibition launch will be held 5.30 - 7.30pm, Thursday 22 August.
The Northern Rivers Community Gallery is located at 44 Cherry Street Ballina and is open Wednesday to Friday from 9am until 3pm and weekends from 9.30am until 1.00pm. For further information contact the Gallery on 02 6681 0530 or visit the website www.nrcgballina.com.au