Featured in this post are a smattering of snapshots taken on Thursday evening, February 25, at the launch of
Goldfields Printmakers: Elemental at
La Trobe University Visual Arts Centre in Bendigo. Some were taken by me, and some by Shane Jones.
The exhibition was curated by Goldfields Printmaker, Josephine Walsh, with assistance from
Goldfields Printmakers founder, Jimmy Pasakos. It was wonderful to see everyone's work come together so seamlessly, and in such a superb art space.
On a personal note, the show is something of a milestone, as it marks the appearance of further works from the fledgling
Leaves of Absence series of archival pigment prints. They are part of an ongoing body of work that initially came into being in 2015, in response to the brief of
Not Born Digital, a Goldfields Printmakers portfolio that traveled to Hangzhou, China for IMPACT9, the international printmaking conference. The works were subsequently exhibited
at
Ararat Regional Gallery, also in 2015. Until last year, I'd never made digital prints. The process is, for me, an entirely new way of working and much of it was developed intuitively. I've learned a great deal since
Not Born Digital - which I most certainly wasn't! Indeed, I'm still learning - and loving - the process. I hope that some of the modest ground I've gained is evident in
Elemental, a show I'm proud to be a part of.
Elemental runs until 10 April. For full details, scroll down to previous post.
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From left: DK (holding Shane's glass while he takes the photo), David Frazer, Jimmy Pasakos and Loris Button.
(Jimmy and Davids' works can be seen in the background, left and right respectively) |
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Goldfields printmakers Leonie Auhl (fifth from left) Josephine Walsh and Jimmy Pasakos (in conversation, centre
foreground) Penny Peckham and Loris Button (background left) |
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| Left - right: Opening speaker, artist Jeff Makin, myself and David Frazer in front of David's prints |
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| Foreground right: Jimmy Pasakos, background centre: DK and Jeff Makin, far right: David Frazer |
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Jeff Makin delivers his opening address. To his right is Paul Northam, Managing Curator of VAC Gallery
Artwork left by Jackie Gorring and right by Kim Barter |
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| The opening night crowd absorbed in Jeff's address |
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| Gallery 2: artworks by Jan Palethorpe |
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| A gallery visitor studies Amanda Lawler's screenprint monotypes (right). Left: fragment of works by Jan Palethorpe |
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| Jackie Gorring in front of her artworks |
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| From left, artworks by Dianne Longley, Barbara Semler and Jimmy Pasakos |
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| Jimmy Pasakos and Loris Button admire the works of Rosemary Eagle in Gallery 2. Far right: works by Jan Palethorpe |
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Second from left: David Frazer chats to Jimmy Pasakos. Third from right: Paul Northam, in conversation with
Josephine Walsh and Dianne Longley |
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| Deborah Klein: Leaves of Absence, archival pigment prints |
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| David Frazer's works |
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| Works by Dianne Longley |
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| Works by Kim Barter |
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Shameless, but irresistible, the delightful James Pasakos, Jackie Gorring and Shane Jones
mugging in front of my Leaves of Absence |
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| And finally, me: relaxed and happy at the opening's closing |
