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From the Bower: patterns of collecting is an exhibition presenting
artwork and items from the unique personal collections of four contemporary
Victorian artists, Loris Button, Deborah Klein, Louise Saxton and Carole
Wilson. The artists are linked by their studio practice, their
appreciation of textiles and traditional sewing crafts, their regional locations
and connections, and their love of gleaning. Their studio collections range
from domestic textiles and sewing paraphernalia, curiosities, natural history
specimens, memorabilia, discarded books and china, carpet and linoleum, and old
tools of trade. In this exhibition a portion of each artist’s studio
collection is gathered, in an engaging and dynamic installation, alongside
works by the artists which respond directly and/or relate to, their greater
collection. The exhibition draws these individual artists together into
one large ‘bower’ and creates a space in which the private becomes
public. It allows the viewer to reflect upon the process of collecting,
gathering and making, in the practice of these four artists.
Dr Carole Wilson
Dr Carole Wilson
From the Bower: patterns of collecting
Warrnambool Art Gallery
26 Liebig Street
Warrnambool Vic
Free entry
Weekdays 10 am - 5 pm
Weekends and Public Holidays 10 am - 3 pm
Opening night: Friday 24 March
Exhibition dates: Saturday 18 March - Monday 12 June
From the Bower: patterns of collecting will travel to the Art Gallery of Ballarat, where it will run from 29 July - 17 September.