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Gallery features ‘The Place Where Three Dreams Cross’

The ways in which the dreams of past and present generations of Australians have transformed the land and shaped its future is the subject of a new exhibition at the Latrobe Regional Gallery.

By Latrobe City Council - 16th January 2007 - Back to News

‘The Place Where Three Dreams Cross’ presents contemporary artwork by artists from Tasmania and Western Australia on themes of changes to the land and landscapes.

Among the works in the exhibition are large eerie photographs of drowned forests in Tasmania, a poignant installation of heavy duty work-shirts embroidered with a map of Wittenoom, and a series of paintings on geological sample bags by artists from Irrunytju in central Australia about mineral exploration on their land.

The exhibition has been curated by Bryony Nainby, a West Australian who lived in Tasmania 10 years and is now curator at Gippsland Art Gallery Sale.

"This exhibition developed because I was interested in how artists in these two very different places were responding to contemporary issues of land use such as forest clearing and coastal strip development," Ms Nainby said.

"In both states artists are creating outstanding works about our impact on the land through generations of exploration, clearing, settlement and industrial development.

"This exhibition of their work prompts us to consider the lasting impact our lives have as we each pursue our dreams."

Other works in the exhibition include Martin Walch’s stereoscopic photographs of the Mount Lyell mine site at Queenstown which document the dramatically altered landscape following 100 years of mining and acid drainage; Holly Story’s Salt I and Salt II, blankets dyed with colours distilled from Western Australian native plants and decorated with colonial wallpaper designs in encrusted salt; and Mark Datodi’s Ocean Glimpse series of prints and balsa wood constructions which present the ironic contrast between people’s attraction to the coast and the environmentally devastating housing sub-divisions that are created in response.

The artists in the exhibition include Martin Walch, Chantal Delrue, Dulcie Greeno and David Stephenson from Tasmania and Susanna Castleden, Mark Datodi, Bevan Honey, Holly Story and Irrunytju artists from Western Australia.

‘The Place Where Three Dreams Cross’ is a national touring exhibition supported by Contemporary Art Services Tasmania and the Plimsoll Gallery.

The exhibition continues until 4 February 2007.

The Latrobe Regional Gallery is located at 138 Commercial Road, Morwell. The Gallery is open Tuesday to Friday 1pm-5pm and weekends 12 noon–4pm from 3 January to 12 January inclusive; Tuesday to Friday 10am–5pm and weekends 12 noon–4pm from 16 January to 25 January inclusive. The gallery is closed public holidays.

The Gallery resumes normal operating hours from Monday 29 January: Monday to Friday 10am-5pm, and on weekends 11am–4pm. For further information about exhibitions at the gallery, please telephone 5128 5700. Entry is free.

Source: www.gippsland.com

Published by: news@gippsland.com

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