Recent Exhibitions

EG Institute of TAFE Diploma of Visual Arts student exhibition

This year’s students include Josie Ahlers, Adam Coutts, Ellie-Rose Hodge, Zac Jepsen, Malcolm Pratt, Malcolm Ross, Nich Strange and Alex Venet-Sanos.

14 November - 2 December 2008

Over their course students attend classes in life drawing, digital imaging, sculpture and painting among other subjects. The exhibition shows a range of works and the diversity and individuality of expression give the show an extra sense of excitement.

EG Institute of TAFE Diploma of Visual Arts student exhibition

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Home is where the heART is

An exhibition of decorative domesticity

24 October - 11 November 2008

Sometimes the items that decorate our homes, the embellishment around various utilitarian items, even the things that add colour and individuality to our every day clothes are not usually thought of as ‘art' but most homes have many things that are handcrafted or beautifully embellished whether functional or decorative.

This exhibition showcased those things that enrich our lives everyday.


10 – 21 October

Dale Fisher

Fish Galore

East Gallery

Ruth Fitzclarence

Beauty is in the Eye of the Beholder

West Gallery


26 September – 7 October

Contemporary Art Naive group

Dancing with Chickens

This well-known group of local naïve painters, including Pam Barrass, Linden Dean, Rosemary Hepworth, Julie Hollingsworth, Yvonne Maddern, Lyndel Mahlook, Daphne Mihan and Jo Ryan have been presenting their work at the EGAG for a number of years.

The works are bold and colourful. They can have a strong narrative that often illustrates the absurd or whimsical in everyday situations and the painters’ sense of design creates confident works that are full of energy.

Dancing with Chickens

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5 – 23 September

Kate Shone

Insectoria

An installation based on the Victorian obsession for collecting and their fascination with science and nature.

Sorted, boxed and mounted ‘insects’ made from discarded metals and presented with a great sense of humour. This absurd collection will arouse curiosity and satiate the need to place things in boxes as well as the compulsion to label things.

– assemblage West Gallery


5 – 23 September

Robyn Hill

Look

TravellerLook is an exhibition of photographs that came out of a five-week Monash University residency in Prato, Italy and extended travel to Switzerland and Scotland.

As with memory, what we see is an individual selective process and this exhibition is an idiosyncratic take on being a tourist, an outsider, in an environment that is not your own.

Perhaps we see more in the ‘special’ and the ‘ordinary’ when we step outside our usual routine.

– photography East Gallery


22 August – 2 September

Based on Paper

East Gallery

An exhibition of works on paper or works that use paper as the major element of construction.



22 August – 2 September

Robert Logie

Distances

West Gallery

Those who have seen Robert Logie’s work will remember the exuberance of his brush strokes and his sheer enjoyment in the physical application of the paint. The strength of the primary colours used and the thickness of the paint imbue the works with raw emotion.

“Distances” is an attempt to portray a very few of the types of relationships, or not, (distances) between mainly elderly, traditional farming couples in the context of wild dog attacks.

It is too complex a topic for a small exhibition but provides endless possibilities and many hours of contemplation. So much depends on the reaction, or not, of each individual to the other, as well as individually toward the environment in which they find themselves.

www.robertlogie.com

18th - 29th July

Changing Lanes Crew

Artomotive

An exhibition of aerosol art with an automotive theme by young people from Changing Lanes – a satellite campus of Bairnsdale Secondary College with a program that works to rebuild the futures of young people disengaged from their community.

Art plays a major role in providing personal expression and developing the talents and self esteem of many of the Changing Lanes’ young people.

Come along and meet the artists at the opening on Friday 18 July 5pm – 6pm.


19 June - 15 July

Cheryl Burgess, Michael Boyd

Thrown, Carved and Painted Ceramics

Showing in both East & West Galleries.


29 May - 18 June

Bloom in' Winter

Brighten up Winter with a visit to this exhibition that celebrates gardens and all things that grown in them. Flowers, fruits and vegetables have a long history in the arts as symbols linked to the most significant and memorable events and have been used to convey ideas, feelings and messages.