Barratt Galleries

Budgen Ave, Alstonville NSW
Ph 02 6628 0297
3 March - 13 April 2010
official opening 2pm Saturday 6 March 2010

description

An exhibition of small colour etchings - pieces selected from five recent suites including work that resulted from Christine’s University of Southern Queensland MacGregor Fellowship for overseas travel. Included also were three watercolours and one cast bronze scultpture that indicated the relationship and connections between Christine's other work and her printmaking practice.

artist statement

This exhibition is the official launch of the narrative project: a project that questions the hierarchical position of the artist as the most important curator of his or her work. It acknowledges the significance, indeed imperative, of the dialogue between the artwork and its audience: inviting collectors to impose their own narrative on this already narrated work. 

installation

A selection of key peices from each suite were framed and hung on the walls. The rest of the etchings were matted and laid out on a long work bench, along with the narrative project hand made folio boxes. The three watercolour paintings were hung in the adjacent gallery; the bronze on a plinth underneath the lost glove etching. For more information about each body of work, follow the links.

reviews

Imprint Autumn 2010 Volume 45  Number 1 P 28

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artwork

Selected artwork from the following series was exhibited:

	the Hadrian's wall walk - a series of solar plate, colour etchings about her cross-country UK walk in 2007 image: the Hadrian's wall walk III (detail) solar plate etching 2007 98x145mm
	the ongoing other people's treasures suite - small multi-plate colour etchings that are stories of a more personal nature image: just let yourself be a frayed knot (detail) multi-plate colour etching 2007 58x59mm
	the three basket suite, etchings of the iconic shearing shed woolbasket image: basket and broom (detail) etching 2004 96x96mm
	the museum shed, work about the way the minuatae of Australia's rural history can be found stored almost carelessly in the sheds and store-rooms of the places Christine visits. image: blade shears (detail) 2004 multi-plate colour etching 90x90mm
	the latest etchings from the ongoing  shearing shed suite image: the original shed (detail) 2005 multi-plate colour etching 150x70mm
	Three rural watercolour paintings - the main one from the shed near Morven  series image: shearing shed near Morven (detail) watercolour on paper 78 x 28cm (private collection)
	One of the bronze sculptures from the lost gloves  body of work was exhibited near the etching of the same subject. image: the narrative of incomplete assimilation I: the work glove (detail) 2008 bronze 150x70x40mm

post-exhibition availability/sales

Much of the artwork that was on display is still available at various galleries, including Barratt Galleries. Contact us to find out the current availability and or pricing of any of the artwork mentioned.