Where has the time gone to? It's hard to believe that after several months, it's nearly journey's end for
From the bower - patterns of collecting. It's a journey that began earlier this year at Warrnambool Art Gallery, where the show ran from 18 March - 12 June before travelling to the Art Gallery of Ballarat, where it opened on 29 July.
From artists/collectors Loris Button, Louise Saxton, Carole Wilson and I (AKA the Bower Birds) thank you so much to all who saw our show. For those who haven't yet managed a visit, don't despair. You have until next weekend before it finishes its run at the Art Gallery of Ballarat on Sunday 17 September at 5 pm.
The following installation views of From the Bower at the AGB were taken by photographer Tim Gresham. In labelling them, I realised that providing full details of each and every work and collection item would be far too unwieldy, so in most instances each artwork is identified solely by its maker and in the case of individual collection objects, by its owner. Click on individual images for a clearer view.
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From the Bower, L - R: Cabinet of curiosities; on the wall: works by Loris Button, Carole Wilson and Loris Button
and items from the collection of Loris Button |
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| L - R: works by Loris Button, Deborah Klein, Louise Saxton and Carole Wilson |
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Left wall L R: Items from the collections of Loris Button and Louise Saxton, drawing by Loris Button
Right wall L - R: works by Deborah Klein and Louise Saxton |
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| L - R: Works by Deborah Klein and Louise Saxton |
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L - R: Works by Deborah Klein, Carole Wilson, Deborah Klein, Carole Wilson, Loris Button and Deborah Klein
Plinths on righthand side: combined collection objects |
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L - R: Works by Loris Button and Louise Saxton, objects from the collection of Loris Button (on plinth),
works by Carole Wilson and Deborah Klein |
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L - R: Works by Louise Saxton, Loris Button, Carole Wilson, objects from the collections of Loris Button and
Louise Saxton, drawing by Loris Button. On plinth: Combined objects from the artists' collections |
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L - R: Works by Deborah Klein, Carole Wilson, Deborah Klein, Carole Wilson, Loris Button and Deborah Klein
Plinths on far right: combined collection objects; on plinth foreground right: Porcelain Garden by Louise Saxton |
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L - R: Works by Carole Wilson, combined collections cabinet, works by Loris Button, Carole Wilson and Loris Button,
collection objects: Loris Button |
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L - R: Works by Louise Saxton, Loris Button, Carole Wilson, objects from the collections of Loris Button and
Louise Saxton, drawing by Loris Button. On plinth: Combined objects from the artists' collections |
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L - R: Works by Louise Saxton, Loris Button and Louise Saxton, objects from the collection of Loris Button (on plinth),
works by Carole Wilson and three works by Deborah Klein (including two on plinths) |
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| Deborah Klein L - R: Tattooed Faces Sampler, A Cabinet of Moth Masks and Vignette Vitrine |
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| L - R: Objects from the collection of Loris Button, works by Carole Wilson and Deborah Klein |
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| L - R: Textile work by Louise Saxton, drawing by Loris Button. On plinth: Combined objects from the artists' collections |
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L - R: Works by Louise Saxton, Loris Button, Carole Wilson, objects from the collection of Loris Button
On plinth: Combined objects from the artists' collections |
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| L - R: Works by Loris Button and Louise Saxton, objects from the collection of Loris Button |
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Foreground: Porcelain Garden by Louise Saxton
Background: Combined collections wall |
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L - R: Leaves of Absence artist book by Deborah Klein with related collection objects
On wall: works by Carole Wilson and Deborah Klein |
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Cabinet of curiosities from the artists' collections (view 1)
On left: Works by Loris Button, Carole Wilson and Loris Button |
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Cabinet of curiosities from the artists' collections (view 2)
In background: works by Carole Wilson |
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Cabinet of curiosities from the artists' collections (view 3)
In background: combined collections wall |
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| Combined collections wall designed by Loris Button with assistance from Carole Wilson |
