First artist walk for 2015

The first artist walk for 2015 will be held on 7th February, departing at 10am from 27 Deakin Avenue Mildura. All are welcomed. Grab a coffee or tea and join us as we visit 3 cubes scattered through Mildura CBD displaying local artworks.

Win Moser

Rice Paper Trail

Medium: watercolour, ink, coloured pencil, graphite on Chinese rice paper

I bought a long roll of Chinese rice paper about two years ago and have been working on it over time. I collect stones, leaves, bark and other objects from places I visit as well as from around my home, and reproduce them by tracing, rubbings and drawing in as many ways as I like. I also try different ways to dye the paper.

Returning to this scroll from time to time is a bit like returning to a meandering trail, where I spend time exploring different ways of representing landscapes and memories of places that are meaningful to me. I am continually inspired by the persistence of nature in spite of everything that is done to it.

 I have discovered that the rice paper is a very generous medium, so strong and forgiving. Somewhere I read rice paper described as being, “..truthfull to the moment..”

My aim is to simply enjoy the process of drawing. If anything else happens, that’s a bonus.

 

 

Artist Statement: White Cube - Objects Form Place

CANDIDA ALBICANS: BIGOTS COLONIAL BITTER

Stuart Walsh

Candida Albicans, otherwise known as white yeast, is a culture found in the human bowel.

When this culture over populates the bowel it becomes an infection. This yeast infection seems

to me the perfect metaphor for Australian Culture, for colonialism, violence and the average

Australians unsettled relationship with our own cultural identity. The colonisation by this white

yeast culture in ones bowel is exacerbated by drinking and eating yeast heavy products such

as beer - One will often hear Australians talk about non-Anglo-Australians needing to fit into

Australian Culture. What is Australian Culture? Do we have a defined culture to fit into? The all too

common response to such questions is usually something along the lines of “having a beer and a

Barbie with your mates!” or “Beer and back-yard cricket” completely ignoring the multi-cultural

nature of Australian society whilst also ignoring Aboriginal societies and cultures.

Aimee Thannhauser

Domesticated

Hub cap, wool

Whilst in today’s society the two sexes are, for the most part, seen as equals, the question of domestic duties and work seemingly continues to resurface in many households. Throughout history, activities performed by men and women have become so gender specific that even the objects people use to perform certain tasks have become symbols of gender identity. Tools and construction were superficially identified as masculine, whilst sewing and knitting came to embody femininity.

In this body of work, I have attempted to combine the traditional notions of “women’s” or “domestic work” with “man’s work,” to challenge this contrast between the masculine and feminine connotations placed upon us by society. Whilst the act of embroidery and the object such as car parts are normatively considered feminine and masculine respectively, united they portray subverted ideas of gender. The very act of embroidering a metal object in itself is not of “feministic” nature as it requires the use of power tools; however the result is decidedly aesthetically feminine.