On Friday 15 August, we would be delighted if you are able to join us as we celebrate the launch of four new exhibitions at Wagga Wagga Art Gallery, from 6pm to 8pm. In the Main Gallery, we will be unveiling Home Again: Heath Franco Works 2011-2014, and Con/sequence: Suites, multiples and narratives; in the Links Gallery, we welcome the return of Kurrajong Waratah’s Art to Crow About; and the Margaret Carnegie Gallery will be hosting Hide and Seek: Self-portraits from the Cunningham Dax Collection.
This exhilarating new suite of exhibitions spans many artforms and draws upon many sources. Con/sequence, drawn from the Gallery’s own Margaret Carnegie Print Collection, explores the many ways in which artists have explored the unfolding of time and space, through the medium of printmaking.
Home Again features Sydney-based new media artist Heath Franco’s psychological portraits of suburban life – at once compelling, disturbing and often hilarious. Using a mish-mash of readily found materials to create props and costumes, these exaggerated characters (all played by Franco himself) and the bizarre worlds they inhabit are oddly familiar.
In Hide and Seek we come face to face with the most potent yet enigmatic form of self-expression: the self-portrait. The four dozen self-portraits brought together for this exhibition traverse the allusive and fluctuating territory of self-perception, and are brought to Wagga Wagga by the Melbourne-based Cunningham Dax Collection of work by artists with psychological trauma.
And the ever popular Art to Crow About returns to the Gallery in 2014 with the wide range of artists and themes we’ve come to know and love, with paintings, prints, sculpture and more, all showcasing the talent and creativity of our local Riverina artists.
We’re delighted that the launch of this wonderful show will once again be celebrated with a performance by the talented Twilight Dance Troupe; and we look forward to seeing you once again, on Friday 15 August, for the launch of all four of these exciting new exhibitions.
LAUNCH:
FRIDAY 15 AUGUST
6pm – 8pm
Wagga Wagga Art Gallery
Free event, all welcome!