EQUILIBRIUM

My linocut A Man, a Woman and a Duck, an older work that brings back more happy memories than I can count, has been included in  EQUILIBRIUM - WORKS FROM THE LATROBE REGIONAL GALLERY COLLECTION at Latrobe Regional Gallery. 

The exhibition showcases aquatically-themed works drawn from the LRG Collection, ranging from the traditional to the allegorical.

A Man, a Woman and a Duck, 1996, linocut, 30.5 x 40.5 cm, is an absurdist, affectionate,  semi-autobiographical homage to my hometown, the Melbourne seaside suburb of St. Kilda, from which I sometimes suspect the umbilical cord was never fully severed. 

Featured Artists 

Rashida Abdel-Aziz/Julie Adams/Jennifer Aitken/Marita Anderson/Clarice Beckett/Violet Biram/Marion Borgelt/Lynne Boyd/Deborah Cocks/Pauline Delaney/Caroline Durré/Lesley Duxbury/Anne Dybka/Susan Faraday/Kaye L. Green/Eileen Gordon/Juli Haas/Fiona Hall/Treahna Hamm/Anne Hand/Edith Hughston/Margaret Johnston/Carolyn Jones/Deborah Klein/ Vee Labson/Mandy Martin/Kim McDonald/Mary Meyer/Tracey Moffatt/Jan Murray/Jill Noble/Penny Ormerod/Jacki Parry/Susan Purdy/Louisa Riggall/Christian Clare Robertson/Margi Sheppard/Sophia Szilagyi/Jessie Traill/Louisa Waters/Vanessa White

EQUILIBRIUM - WORKS FROM THE LATROBE REGIONAL GALLERY COLLECTION 

LATROBE REGIONAL GALLERY

138 Commercial Road
Morwell, Victoria 3840, Australia
P: +61 3 5128 5700
lrg@latrobe.vic.gov.au

Opening Hours:
Daily 10am to 4pm

EQUILIBRIUM opened on July 5 and continues to October 19.

Photo credit: Tim Gresham. 

A visit to Latrobe Regional Gallery

   

On Friday afternoon Shane Jones and I spent some quiet quality time at Latrobe Regional Gallery exploring the summer exhibitions prior to the evening’s lively celebratory event. 

It has been a long time since I last visited the gallery - much longer than I realised. The last occasion was in 2009 when I gave an artist talk in connection with the The enchanted forest: new gothic storytellers, a group exhibition curated by Jazmina Cininas that toured extensively throughout 2008-2009. It showed at LRG from 21 February - 19 April, 2009. 

Image 1 (top): On Friday afternoon alongside my linocut Anon, 1998, in Fellow Travellers, an exhibition guest-curated by Jenny Peterson. Image 2, directly  above: With my linocut A Man, a Woman and a Duck, 1996 in the exhibition In our own time, curated by LRG Assistant Curator, Gabriella Duffy. (Photo credit: Shane Jones).

Some installation views follow. I had every intention of taking more, but over the course of the evening, we met so many lovely people, the time had flown by before we knew it - rather like the last 14 years.

The above exhibitions (which opened last November) are highly recommended, but do make haste. They finish their run on February 12.  

There are two superb exhibitions in the ground floor galleries. In Gallery 3 is Observatorium, mixed media works by Josephine Jakobi (running to April 9). In Galleries 1 and 2 is the touring show Looking Glass: large works on canvas by Waanyi artist, Judy Watson and sculptures by Kokatha and Nukunu glass artist, Yhonnie Scarce, running to 26 March.

Fellow Travellers

Anon, a linocut I made in 1998, has been curated into the exhibition Fellow Travellers at Latrobe Regional Gallery, Morwell, Vic.

Fellow Travellers: Prints from the LRG Collection

26 November 2022 – 12 February 2023
Gallery 5 & 6

 

Artists: Rashida Abdel-Aziz, Marita Anderson, Rosalind Atkins & Ex de Medici, Helen Burkhardt, Caroline Durre, Rodney Forbes, Sue Fraser, Kaye Green, Juli Haas, Euan Heng, Kees Hos, Carolyn Jones, Tim Jones, Helen Kavanagh, Kat Kershaw, Deborah Klein, Stewart MacFarlane, John Ryrie, Liz Tyler, Bonnie Quirk, Brian Robinson, Judy Watson, Yvonne Watson, Kate Zizys. Guest Curator: Jenny Peterson.

Local printmaking stalwart, Jenny Peterson has trawled through Latrobe Regional Gallery’s print collection to create a show looking at comradery and collaboration among mainly Gippsland artists.

- From LRG website.

Fellow Travellers for me also refers to the many printmakers in the contemporary Australian art scene. We tend to communicate and collaborate in our varied practices. In the teaching and learning space of art school and the community press environment, collaboration around ideas and development of print exchanges and projects can flourish.

Many of the prints in the LRG collection have been acquired from the Print Council of Australia through their annual commission program. Over the years several Gippsland artist prints were acquired through this process. 

- Excerpt from Guest Curator Jenny Peterson’s essay, Print Council of Australia online, 29 November 2022. The full essay is here: https://www.printcouncil.org.au/fellow-travellers/

In 2009, Anon was exhibited in …a thousand words at Tweed River Art Gallery. Curated by Susi Muddiman and Gayle McDermott, the exhibition comprised works selected from the archive of the Print Council of Australia. My Blog Post of February 20, 2009, …a thousand words at Tweed River Gallery, NSW, includes a short essay about Anon. You can read it HERE.

Anon is the second of my prints to be included in the LRG summer program. The other work, A Man, a Woman and a Duck, 1996, is part of In our own time, curated by Gabriella Duffy, also current to 12 February. (See previous post). 

Image top: Deborah Klein, Anon, 1998, two-colour linocut printed from three blocks on Japanese mending tissue stitched onto brown oriental paper, 57.5 x 38 cm. Ed. 55. Print Council of Australia Commission Print, 1998. Collection: Latrobe Regional Gallery, Vic. 

In our own time

 

My linocut, A Man, a Woman and a Duck, 1996, is part of In our own time, one of four summer exhibitions currently on view at Latrobe Regional Gallery.

When I was undertaking part-time post-graduate studies at Gippsland Institute of Advanced Education, I was invited to create a Patron Print as a fundraiser for the university, and this was the work I made. The artist Jenny Peterson (who also has a work in the show), was the studio technician and editioned the print on my behalf.

Its setting is my home town of St. Kilda, where I was living at the time, just minutes from the sea. The print contains other autobiographical elements, although sadly, I never did own a duck.

It’s a privilege to be part of this exhibition and to have my work hanging alongside so many artists whose works I admire. 

In our own time
12 November 2022 – 12 February 2023
Gallery 4

Artists: Lisa Anderson, N Barnes, Hanna Chetwin, Sarah Dingwall, Helen Eager, David Gatiss, Tiffinie-Jane Gerritsen, Siri Hayes, Mark Hooper, Lorraine Jenyns, Tim Jones, Deborah Klein, Robert Knottenbelt, John Marshall, Tracey Moffatt, Jill Noble, Polixeni Papapetrou, Jenny Peterson, Susan Purdy, Stefan Szonyi, Richard Tipping, Tony Trembath, Fred Williams, Ian Mowbray, John Wolseley, Ermes de Zan.  

Featuring work from the Latrobe Regional Gallery Collection and invited artists, In our own time is an exhibition that brings together works that, through various approaches, reference ideas around recreation and the activities undertaken in our spare moments.   
  
The importance of both connection and solitude, the need for exploration outside our everyday environments and quietude within, nurturing old and creating new memories are points of reflection in these works. It is arguable that now, more than ever, it is critical to integrate connective and comforting activities into the modern lifestyle.   
  
Through the selection of works in this exhibition, we are reminded of the agency we have over our time and the opportunities we have to engage, pause, introspect, play and discover.  

- Curator, Gabriella Duffy

NB Jenny Peterson is guest-curator of the group show, Fellow Travellers: Prints from the LRG Collection, which is also part of the gallery’s summer program. The exhibition includes another of my linocuts, Anon, 1998. Details will follow shortly.

Pictured top: Deborah Klein, A Man, a Woman and a Duck, 1996, linocut, 30.5 x 46.5 cm. Collection: Latrobe Regional Gallery. Photo credit: Tim Gresham.