2011 Exhibition program
Deakin University Art Gallery
Melbourne Burwood Campus
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20 July to 3 September
Discovery: Recent honours and postgraduate practice/exegesis work
This exhibition constitutes a selection of recent work by Deakin University honours and PhD candidates from the School of Communication and Creative Arts who are presenting work in progress, or who have recently completed their designated degree. Both programs have a long history at Deakin going back 20 years.
The exhibition will include painting and photography by a range of artists. Sustained research enables candidates to develop their designated area of research in depth, generating new insights and perspectives that are well documented through an accompanying exegesis. In this way the artist’s journey is a shared one that others can follow and benefit from. Their journey of creative exploration and critical enquiry is well reflected in this exhibition.
14 September to 22 October
Geelong re-imagined
and Observed works from the West Coast by Jan Senbergs
This exhibition celebrates the acquisition of a major work by renowned artist Jan Senbergs, for the Deakin University Art Collection – Geelong Capriccio (If Geelong were settled instead of Melbourne) 2010.
Deakin University Art Gallery will present an exhibition of Senbergs’ landscape works that reveal a longstanding preoccupation with Victoria’s West Coast including Airey’s Inlet, the Great Ocean Road, the Otways and beyond. Like an inventor and navigator, Senbergs combines imaginary conceptions of landscape with the world as it rolls out before his eyes. The result is a curious blend of cartography and observation – a world in which we reside, and simultaneously lives in us.
2 November to 10 December
Deakin University Contemporary Small Sculpture Award
In its third year, this annual acquisitive award and exhibition is organised by the Art Collection and Galleries Unit and supported by the School of Management and Marketing at Deakin University. Deakin University's Arts and Entertainment Management program has been providing professional development for arts managers in the Australian arts and cultural sector for more than 15 years.
Arts management is a career for people who are dedicated to and passionate about the arts. Our program is based on the view that arts managers are vital in creating opportunities for artists and arts organisations to come together with their audiences. The Deakin University Contemporary Small Sculpture Award is just such an opportunity. One outstanding entry will be awarded $10,000. The award winning sculpture will become part of the Deakin University Art Collection. Applications for the award close on 12 August 2011. The winner will be announced at the opening of a six week exhibition of finalists’ works.
All the information in this program is correct at the time of publishing; however exhibition dates can be subject to unexpected change. Please phone 03 9244 5344 prior to visiting to avoid disappointment.
Past Exhibitions - 2011
16 February to 2 April
Penny Byrne: Commentariat
A solo exhibition displaying the work of ceramist, Penny Byrne, from her earliest pieces produced more than five years ago, to her most current work. Penny Byrne is described by some people as a political cartoonist who uses ceramics. Her work covers a range of contemporary issues from the environment, to Australian and American politics and current events. Originally better known for repairing and restoring ceramics, Byrne’s reworked ceramic figurines have captured people’s imagination and stirred up comment with their confronting, witty and unapologetic imagery. 'Commentariat' is described by Penny Byrne as a term that has been coined as a combination of commentator and proletariat, and refers to 'the chattering classes' - the educated middle class urban dwellers, who comment on politics and the media through blogs and Facebook. Listen to Penny's comments on her works.
13 April to 21 May
In Solitude: Todd Fuller and David-Ashley Kerr
A joint exhibition of artwork by Todd Fuller and David-Ashley Kerr, winners of the 2010 Walker Street Gallery Emerging Artist Award, as selected by staff from the Deakin University Art Gallery.
Todd Fuller will show a range of sculpture, works on paper and animation. He explains, 'I find animation to be the ultimate storyteller. My narratives are autobiographical, metaphorical, metaphysical and highly personal. Widely accessible through themes of love, loss, masculinity and the absurdity of the human condition, the "every man" they depict is applicable to us all.'
David-Ashley Kerr’s large-format photographic works explore the visual relationship between culture and the environment through the staged solitary figure in landscape photography. He explains, 'I attempt a representation of archetypes in mainstream culture that bridge a relationship between cultural identity and physical environment.'
1 June to 9 July
Ephemeral by nature – Lasting by design
Works on paper and artists’ books from the collections of the City of Whitehorse and Deakin University, the exhibition will be shown concurrently at Deakin University Art Gallery and Whitehorse Art Space, Box Hill Town Hall.
