From an Island South
ARTISTS: Julie Gough, Bea Maddock, David Keeling, Jonathan Kimberley (Collaborating with poet Jim Everett), David Stephenson, Richard Wastell and Philip Wolfhagen
CURATOR: Jane Stewart, Devonport Regional Gallery
From an Island South marks the first partnership between Devonport Regional Gallery and Asialink and is the only exhibition dedicated to Tasmania and its landscape that has been toured by Asialink in its 16 year history.
Devonport Regional Gallery director and curator Jane Stewart has selected works by prominent Tasmanian artists, Julie Gough, Bea Maddock, David Keeling, Jonathan Kimberley (collaborating with poet Jim Everett), David Stephenson, Richard Wastell and Philip Wolfhagen. Traditionally Australian art that investigates the landscape has depicted 'a sunburnt country' and wide-open spaces. These seven artists depicting the Tasmanian landscape however, are faced with a different reality, one of an island of environmental diversity and contradictions containing dense forests, dramatic coastlines and rugged mountains; a unique and inspiring environment.
This project is supported by Asialink at the University of Melbourne, the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade through the Images of Australia Branch, and the Australia Council for the arts, the Australian Government's arts funding and advisory body, the Visual Arts and Craft Strategy an initiative of the Australian, State and Territory Governments and the Devonport City Council.
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Julie Gough Return, 2005 Abalone shell, manila rope 30metres circumference, Collection of artist |
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David Keeling
The Diminishing Paradise II (detail), 1995 |
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Jonathan Kimberley Shift: Cloudglyph 110, 2005 |
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Bea Maddock Leaving a Mountain (detail), 1992-93 Pigment wash, Graphite, oil stick and encaustic on canvas 128x 600m |
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David Stephenson Drowned No 137 {Arthur's Lake, Tasmania}, 2002 Toned gelatin silver print 65x92cm (limited edition of 15) |
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| Richard Wastell Last night I dreamed an island gentle, 2004 Acrylic, oil, marble dust on canvas 120x360cm, Collection of Bett Family |
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Philip WolfhagenStudy for High Ground, 2002
Oil and beeswax on canvas, 80x180cm, Collection of Philip and Catherine Wolfhagen |
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Exhibition dates & venues:
Lahore, Pakistan, 12 October - 12 November, 2006 - Alhamra Arts Council
Kuala Lumpur, 12 February - 27 February, 2007 - Wei-Ling Gallery
Taipei, 9 March - 8 April, 2007 - National Museum of History
Bangkok, 3 - 28 January, 2008 - Silpakorn University
Australia, 22 Feb - 23 March 2008 - Devonport Regional Gallery